What do you base this comment on, just your own experience or a wider
view? As a primarily (but not solely) hardware producer I certainly
don't agree with that statement - I neither fear nor am jealous or even
smug about laptop producers, I simply prefer making music with
hardware. Yes, it took money and time to build up a decent studio, but
that's half the fun of it. It's just a different way of working...
Whilst I fundamentally agree also that the end product is the most
important thing, there cannot be any question that the methods used
dramatically alter the outcome. It's a matter of taste which you
prefer, but there is no doubt that differing production techniques and
equipment result in a different sound... Not only from the point of
sound generation (which is becoming less obvious as soft synths etc
become ever more elegant) but also the interface and approach that the
differing techniques force upon the musician. There are things that
you can do with a computer that would be very difficult to do with
hardware and vice versa... i don't think you can do exactly the same
thing with each at all..
Klaas-Jan Jongsma wrote:
In the end it turns out that most of these discussions are all based
on fear or a form of jealousy. I have a studio with a bunch of old
analogue synths and i see people playing out with only a laptop, and
that laptop is there whole studio to. When is started making
electronic music i had to save up a lot of money to get something
simple started, these young kids can do the same with a lot less money.
--
*matt chester
11th hour recordings*
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