find out what artist uses a click track when recording

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find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by nathannn » Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:44 pm

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by re.mark » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:09 pm

I much prefer music recorded/sequenced to click/strict rhythm.
Deviating tempos annoy me, except for in classical/orchestrated music.

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by nathannn » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:34 pm

re.mark wrote:I much prefer music recorded/sequenced to click/strict rhythm.
Deviating tempos annoy me, except for in classical/orchestrated music.
i like both.
with music like rock i think it sounds more realistic when not recorded to a click.
most of my favorite songs where not recorded using a metronome

i did a search for songs by bands in the rock genra that completely annoy me (like greenday and nickleback) and all of the annoying bands use a metronome for the majority of there music.
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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by 3dot... » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:39 pm

almost always...it HAS to be recorded with a click (at least for the drummer)..otherwise it falls apart..
even if recording with a click... timing will NEVER be perfect throughout the whole take...
(except for maybe 1% of very well trained and technical god musicians)
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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by nathannn » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:04 pm

3dot... wrote:almost always...it HAS to be recorded with a click (at least for the drummer)..otherwise it falls apart..
even if recording with a click... timing will NEVER be perfect throughout the whole take...
(except for maybe 1% of very well trained and technical god musicians)
did you check the link out and do a search?
most music that i searched was not recorded with a click. the graph will show that the timing sways but when listening to these types of tracks none of them seem to "fall apart".. they just dont sound mechanical.
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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by squelcht » Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:50 pm

Im gonna test some Autechre on it & break it.

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by re.mark » Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:53 pm

nathannn wrote:
re.mark wrote:I much prefer music recorded/sequenced to click/strict rhythm.
Deviating tempos annoy me, except for in classical/orchestrated music.
i like both.
with music like rock i think it sounds more realistic when not recorded to a click.
most of my favorite songs where not recorded using a metronome
I get your point, however, with my band, until I joined they had never used a click etc, and tbh the playing was slightly sloppy and tempo fluctuated throughout every different section of each track. Since my involvement, Ive had the drummer playing with a click on headphones, and the whole band has become much tighter. Playing together is a lot easier and the band sounds better as a result. To this end I wholly support clicks.
Using a click doesn't make the musician any less of a performer - and in my experience has actually improved their playing!

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by dazzer » Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:56 pm

New Order "Blue Monday" got a machine score of 100%.

I'm gutted.

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by squelcht » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:12 am

dazzer wrote:New Order "Blue Monday" got a machine score of 100%.

I'm gutted.
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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by tw1nstates » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:49 pm

Blue Monday was definitely all guitrs and bass, no click.

Can't you hear it man?

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by KrisM » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:56 pm

playing with a METRONOME (for the f'ing love of whatever god you pray to, stop calling it a click. a metronome can use any sound, be it a click, beep, or some conductor tapping on his music stand with the baton while he hears the metronome) is great training, but I think eventually you need to learn to do without.
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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by Atomikat » Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:23 pm

My band is all Clicks,dicks and chicks... :mrgreen:

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Re: find out what artist uses a click track when recording

Post by leedsquietman » Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:21 am

and mine is all chicks with dicks and licks :wink:
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