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Post by Bat Lanyard on Jul 18, 2021 18:39:33 GMT -6
To me it depends on the goal. If you’re looking to make “stay out of the way of the song” rhythm section demos, paring down and making things simpler could be a great idea. But if you want to create distinctive arrangements for finished recordings its hard to do that quickly and without experimentation. Regardless, please don’t go the route of electronic drums. A simple acoustic kit of kick, snare, hat and crash-ride is infinitely better sounding and easier to mix than trigger pads. What’s better, an e-kit triggering the latest SD3 expansion kit, or a shitty acoustic kit recorded in a shitty sounding room? Or put triggers and mesh heads on an acoustic kit to trigger SD3. Definitely an option.
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Post by Bat Lanyard on Jul 18, 2021 18:45:03 GMT -6
To the original post, that's how I'm setup. To quickly get going. Took a long while and like others have mentioned, lots of patchbay sorting out, but it's worth it to get out of your own way.
The other thing I found was that you get more creative because the basics are done. Led to a lot of pedal and ITB plugin experimentation, just having fun making sounds.
Edit: I'm mostly outboard but have plenty of options ITB. I use both.
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Post by lpedrum on Jul 18, 2021 20:42:09 GMT -6
Plus it's easier to mix real instruments, period. I'm not a purist and I love blending in samples if I want to make the kick more aggressive etc. But it's ironic that on RGO we'll chat for hours about the micro differences of a pre or compressor and then what, turn around and only use our cherished gear to record vocals and acoustic guitar? I’m tracking at Panoramic House today, we are using like 5% of the mic locker and only API console pres (nearly). Gear is awesome, except when it detracts from actually focusing on music. There are like, three Fairchild clones here, not using any of them. The U47 is still in the safe. I used to try and maximize during tracking but it really is better (for me) to keep it simple. Nothing wrong with going through an API console! What I was responding to was the idea that somehow using midi sample libraries could be more helpful and yield better results than recording real instruments. I feel that being a musician/engineer/producer is a holistic endeavor--it's all intertwined and the various passions feed each other. The danger is of course that gear can be fun and too distracting at times. If too many gear choices are causing a distracting creative block it's obvious that some changes need to be made.
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