Post by tonycamphd on Aug 19, 2014 12:32:59 GMT -6
My friend Levon's click thread got me thinking, and i wanted to know what "click" you fella's would recommend?
I can hardly stand them, IME they are usually very clinical and anti music in their sound.
When i do use a click, i will usually record it to a track, then automate and ride the fader complimentary/rhythmically to the idea i have in my head, if i can't create a click that has at least a smidge of groove(which imo, is the most it will ever have 8), i won't use it at all. IME, a great way to kill my own inspiration, is conflating my ideas to the clock ticking on the wall.
As a side, i'm sure this is common, but If i'm multitracking myself with a click, i will shift tempo's a tick or 2 around the tune and punch, although it breaks congruence, the slight shifts in tempo give intangible points of interest/excitement throughout a piece for a listener, even guys with great time have a hard time pointing to a single tick in either direction.
Also another really cool trick to do when you are multitracking by yourself, is to video yourself during the tracking, get your instrument and your face/hands in the frame(especially drummers), then watch and listen as you overdub, the musical visual cues of jamming with people are completely missing from overdubbing otherwise.
That said, all the stuff mentioned above pales in comparison to a group of fella's with a common vision, in a room feeding off of each other IME.
Musical click plug recommendations?
I can hardly stand them, IME they are usually very clinical and anti music in their sound.
When i do use a click, i will usually record it to a track, then automate and ride the fader complimentary/rhythmically to the idea i have in my head, if i can't create a click that has at least a smidge of groove(which imo, is the most it will ever have 8), i won't use it at all. IME, a great way to kill my own inspiration, is conflating my ideas to the clock ticking on the wall.
As a side, i'm sure this is common, but If i'm multitracking myself with a click, i will shift tempo's a tick or 2 around the tune and punch, although it breaks congruence, the slight shifts in tempo give intangible points of interest/excitement throughout a piece for a listener, even guys with great time have a hard time pointing to a single tick in either direction.
Also another really cool trick to do when you are multitracking by yourself, is to video yourself during the tracking, get your instrument and your face/hands in the frame(especially drummers), then watch and listen as you overdub, the musical visual cues of jamming with people are completely missing from overdubbing otherwise.
That said, all the stuff mentioned above pales in comparison to a group of fella's with a common vision, in a room feeding off of each other IME.
Musical click plug recommendations?
