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- acescence0
but I understand this happens because an "emotional" connection it exists with the analog sound. not fidelity, not resolution :)
Meeklo
(Jul 13 06, 13:44)it's not purely an emotional thing though. there's a reason why, if you step into any high end recording studio, they are still using mic pres, eq's, etc., from the 60's and 70's, myself included.
- dirtydrummer0
Yep, I do all 3.
http://dirtyhaire.com (in progress)
- kinetic0
on just about all the production forums most broke-ass producers using stolen software ask the same questions ... how to get the analogue warmth into their sound without buying valve tube compressors
- khilled0
Does it just allow you to drop tracks and play them or can you chop up bits and remix AND dj at the same time?
kon23
(Jul 13 06, 02:34)yes...it's versatile to say the least you can cut and recut and mix and remix on the fly just pratice a lot be fore you go 'LIVE' otherwise it's just very improvisatinoal.... and any vinyle purist out there should think about what a MIX really is...many with turntables and a laptop and a cd deck and ...instruments...and..,.
- kinetic0
CDJs, serato, final scratch and all that shit are dope....but nothing compares to the analogue warmth of vinyl
i looooove having a vinyl collection. sure its magnetic media and you're basically destorying it every time you use it, but there is something so satisfying about the hiss and pop of vinyl....it just sounds so much better in a club IMO
plus for DNB, its all about dubplate culture....not sure about other genres
- barbtastic0
so '93
- neue75_bold0
the digging for gems is the best part of it all. With .mp3's I have a bit of the same rush, but still not even close to the rush of crate digging through stacks and stacks of wax....
- zoozoo0
I'm not that guy.
;)
- flavorful0
I got it bad y'all,
I got it bad y'all,
When it comes to the pen and the pad y'all!
- BANKattack0
whut
- komkrktprod0
that wax breaks ur back but cds will set u free.
I did like spinning on me ol belt driven thingamajigs though. I had to put a quarter on the cartridge to scratch.
ah the good ol days.
- neue75_bold0
taping a quarter to the needle and tennis balls cut in half under the decks...
- kinetic0
holy fucking shit! is that your studio???
- ok_not_ok0
100!
- Meeklo0
it's not purely an emotional thing though. there's a reason why, if you step into any high end recording studio, they are still using mic pres, eq's, etc., from the 60's and 70's, myself included.
acescence
(Jul 13 06, 13:56)I have been to recording studios many times in order master my own music, or collaborate with other musicians. Regarding compressors/ microphones/ amps / distortion gear, or even analog synths (as oposed to AU/VST ones) bring a specific character to the track, (same thing happens with sampled based music) but that is another thing.
Roland RE-150 / NS-10s / etc are still used today on many tracks in order to add character and subjetivity to a track, (portishead roads for example) but that has little to do with high resolution audio.
"Audiophiles widely share the belief that even the world's best music-reproduction equipment currently falls far short of this ideal."
someone said earlier that in order to make dnb, you need to spend 1200 in studio gear.
I do not agree with that, I still preffer my home studio speakers rather than expensive close range monitors, because I already know how my sistem sounds in an out, I know it's flaws, I know that over powers my lows, and I know how to over come it on the production stage in order to make it sound right.
That doesn't mean they sound better than pro monitors, I just prefer their sound over high end ones. :)
- alkanenine0
i've been djing since late 2001. i just use it as a way to relax and a hobby. records and dj equipment gets expensive so I only do it sometimes.
- Tara0
acescence,
do you have any dj mixes i could hear?
- kodap0
I work here (part-time) http://www.theoffice.com.pt
doing flyers and posters, sending newsletters and mantaining the blog.. I do the warm-ups for almost all dj's till 2:30 am from thursdays to saturdays.dj is just an hobby, nothing too serious, although I've been on it since 2000.
as I said just a part-time to help on the bills. my passion is paintin and illustration, not design nor dj
- mikotondria20
Yeah, I've always got one foot in the music drawer...nothing better than an hours blast in Cubase after a heavy day grinding down my visual cortex..
As in design, where I find Im most productive if I have one really right-brained pure design project, and one stricter code-based project going on, similarly I like to have one more 'confined' tune, usually some form of 'formulaic' electro/house, and one 'no-holds barred' angry techno stormer..
Recent rather poorly produced headphone-based excursion is:
http://www.tol23.com/3p.mp3 inspired by just recording random shit off tv and seeing what little snippets fall into my lap.
Somewhat like looking away from the keyboard and randomly hitting it to do a google-images search to entice the gods of happy accidents into my craft.
Othertimes of course, you just have a clear idea well up within you and perfect the craft of getting it down, in both disciplines..
Happy accidents are always best though :)..
Much fun of course, with own-music and after effects..