[sdiy] Nifty Slider/Fader alert

[nN AAt e e]

> but there's a healthy interest from a newer generation
> as well.. all is not lost..;-)

    that's me :P the kids who aren't even out of highschool and are getting
into synths and DIY...

    i'm all for a hybrid setup though... all analog can sound great, and so
can all digital... if they are done nicely... we all know everyone gets
upset with recordings that sound too flat/digital/clear/low quality... but
someone can get equally upset at an all analog recording that is too
muddy/lo-fi/whatever...

    when i record, it's everything recorded straight to cassette tape, and
then transferred into the computer, or its all done directly into the
computer. however,the gear [a mix of all digital and digital hybrid synths,
and guitar that has a "100% analog" effects path] always runs through a
mixer [analog] before it gets to the computer or tape deck. right now, i am
playing with an Akai MPC-1000, and a Nord Micro Modular... both going into a
tube amp. and they sound great, nice and warm, and why shouldn't they? they
are both high quality digital music equipment.

    as doug said: "digital *is* getting better, maybe someday it will
actually start to sound like real music."

    most of the time, i think it's just the execution that needs to sound
better. i remember listening to an album, and thinking within the first
minute of the hearing it, that it was done in a [mostly] digital studio. i
know the band uses analog amps, it wasn't the distortion that was digital,
it was the recording process. the album had horrible engineering considering
how popular the band has become in its genre.

    i guess thats all i have to say... blame the engineers. even if the
group does suck, or if its someone making all groovebox bedroom dj music
that sounds horrible no matter what [NOT you Rude66, you are actually very
good and a real musician, with out the gooveboxes  :P ], it is still
possible to make the recording sound good, even if it is with a 16bit
digital interface. getting a recording to sound comfortable, not crystal
clear or faultless, is what is more important.

    the fact that you can get VST plug-ins that can replicate the 'style' of
a particular recording, i think that says a lot.

- nate... who uses the cheap condensor microphones that come with portable
cassette recorders to make albums.

i hope i'm too neutral to rile anyone up.