Oh don't get me wrong, i don think there is anything wrong with having
a preference on making music with hardware or software or a mix. My
point was simply that most of the discussion i had with people about
if music made equipment Z or by workflow Y is based on some form of
jealousy or fear. I personally have a mix of both worlds in my studio.
My statement is based on personal experiences, something i noticed
when i had these rather pointless discussions on what was real music.
It wasn't based on some form of science/facts. The discussions on
itself is pointless because it can only be held if we could exactly
tell scientifically what would be music and what not. These
discussions are based on personal feelings about what would be the
right way to make music. It is a personal preference yet most people
try to reason about it with other people on scientific level. So we
personal/emotional choice about music and we defend it scientific facts.
KJ
On 7 apr 2008, at 18:19, Matt Chester wrote:
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.
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