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Date:	Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:28:07 PDT7
From:	"Mark D. Overholser" <os2@markoverholser.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Audio recording / editing programs?

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Peter Skye wrote:

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> J. R. Fox wrote:
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>>I'll tell you something else: though there has been a great deal of progress
>>made with the digital music chain (which by now rules the musical universe),
>>I still think that there is plenty of analog music (on LPs, maybe on
>>reel-to-reel) that -- if played back on great equipment -- *still* sounds
>>much better musically than almost any cd
>
>
> It's not just the equipment. The players aren't given enough freedom to
> perform.
>
> I just finished recording a 40-song project. This wasn't low-budget
> stuff; I used some major studio players -- strings, reeds, keyboards,
> acoustic/electric guitars plus the rhythm section. Nine sessions just
> to get the basic tracks. And, I'll tell ya, the recording methodology
> today is far different from when I was making albums back in the 70's
> and 80's.
What!!! You made of Money!!!

>
> I did these tracks the old fashioned way. I got all the session players
> together in one big room. I told them "no overdubs, pickups or edits".
> I told them I wasn't going to do any digital fiddling with the tracks
> and what they played is what went into the mix. And I didn't then go
> and sit in the plush producer's chair on the other side of the glass; I
> stayed in the studio while they recorded and I worked with them to get
> the performance that sounded best.
Cool, I have played Bass for 24 years, and really love a "live jam",
recorded for "posterity" would make it even more exciting..

>
> Darned if the players didn't love it. It's more fun and there's more
> performance electricity when everybody's playing at the same time and
> they can _hear_ what the final mix will sound like. It sounds more
> "alive" than if half the tracks are overdubs done by a player sitting
> alone in the studio with the cans over his ears, playing his part to
> whatever has already been recorded.
I have Never Done Studio Work, but the restrictions of "no overdubs,
pickups or edits" makes it just like a Live Performance, everything
needs to go correct the "first time".

>
> You can hear these songs. Soon. The tracks are part of a special OS/2
> project I'm working on. (Darned expensive hobby.)
Wow, for Sale, or what?? Taking donations??

>
> Peter
>
>
MarkO

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