Thanks, Chris. Actually, that recording was in 1994, and the engineer had fantastic equipment, but that particular engineer does not believe in single note editing, so they were all entire whole takes.
Yes, it was a difficult way to go, and there are warts on it. The easy part was in that it was a lute song CD, not solo lute. There is an entire philosophy about this sort of thing. On one hand, lack of single note edits is a more honest recording, and it gives that edge of a moment in time of performance. But cleaning it up with edits does make a more presentable product. After all, when we read a book, should we read it with typo's, spelling errors, etc, or do we want the finished product? I am not advocating either way; it is a philosophical topic. ed At 07:30 AM 7/4/2007 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Ed, > > > Oh, brave warrior, I kneel at your feet! No edits >is certainly the hard way to go! > > On my CD, I tried to get as natural a sound as >possible - fairly close, dry and with few edits. >There are a fair number of tracks on there that are >done in one uninterrupted take. (Strange thing: on >one of the tracks that I know has absolutely no edits >in it, there's what sounds to me like the most obvious >digital piecing together. Must be some odd acoustical >or performance anomaly. Still, I think the quality of >performance was otherwise good and so I let it stand.) > > I must say, its a real test of self-trust not to >remove some noises or a couple of notes flubbed or >bent a little out of tune if you feel that the natural >performance overrules this. I know putting a lot of >reverb or placing the mics farther away could have >covered up some mistakes, too. Are people going to >think I don't know what I'm doing or that I'm a bad >player? (Both might be true!) I would of course not >like that much, but ultimately, I hope that aspect >becomes irrelevant and people focus on the music. > > >Chris > > > > >--- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, my first CD had no editing at all, and I > > really enjoyed the > > honest, freshness in accepting whole entire takes > > without "fixing" buzzes, > > wrong notes, etc. > > > > ed > > > > > > > > At 09:47 AM 7/4/2007 +0200, LGS-Europe wrote: > > >As to the editing. I think there's too much editing > > on cds these days. It > > >kills the soul of the music. Sanitary work, > > Toyohiko calls it. I think my > > >Terzi recording has more edits than all my cds > > before. So it sounds perfect, > > >more perfect than we'll ever be able to play it > > live. So, is that still me > > >on the cd? I really believe one-track recording has > > more life in it, but not > > >many players, or producers, seem brave enough to > > release cds with small > > >mistakes, buzzes, or notes out of tune. Did you > > ever hear a concert without > > >mistakes, and did you like it? > > > > > >David > > > > > > > > Edward Martin > > 2817 East 2nd Street > > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels >in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. >http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/885 - Release Date: 7/3/2007 >10:02 AM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
