[sdiy] Synergy (was Re: OT: Music movies)

[David Cornutt]

On Jun 26, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Glen wrote:

>
> By the way, does anyone remember which album from The Eagles had the 
> notice, that the album was made *without* using an Aphex Aural 
> Exciter? The Aphex was pretty popular at the time, and for some 
> reason, they made a point of telling the world that their album didn't 
> use one. I always wondered what they had against the Aphex unit, and 
> why it was such a big deal to them, that they had to tell the world 
> they didn't use one?
>

Back in their early days, Aphex was pretty over-the-top in terms of how
they marketed the original Aural Exciter.  For one thing, you couldn't 
buy one --
they only leased them, and they came with all kinds of seals on the box 
with
dire warnings of how much trouble one might be in if one took a gander 
to
peek inside.  You rented one for a session, and the minute the session
was over, the Aphex people were there to re-take possession of it.
And they loved to spread all kinds of rumors about how ultra-advanced
the circuitry was, and how it was going to make all other effects
units and reverbs obsolete.

But yeah, for a while it was "the sound" and producers ran everything
through it indiscriminately, the way some do now with, say, a Finalizer.