[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[Richard Wentk]

At 21:32 26/12/2004 +0100, Rude 66 wrote:

>actually, i really liked what was said yesterday.. Recording music is about
>creating a soundscape.
>
>  the song is involved, yes of course. but the recording process, actually
>since sgt pepper, the wall of sound and joe meek, became an integrated part
>in songwriting..
>
>i hear a lot of dance music. now you may think of that what you want, but
>i've often wondered what it was that makes some songs with .'boom boom' and
>'bleep bleep' work, and others not. i think especially there, the recording
>process is vital..

Possibly the quality of the sounds - in the creative, not the technical 
sense. Tangerine Dream used to be good at this, and they seem to have found 
a sweet spot again with the last couple of Dream Mixes CDs. The sounds and 
sound combinations tend to be interesting and have something unexpected and 
involving about them.

It's very, very hard to make creative sounds on tape unless you have a ton 
of fantastically expensive outboard. Digital is a more open medium because 
you have a huge range of possible manipulation processes to choose from.

But it still comes down to instinct. Some people have that, but many don't.

Richard