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"The most exciting new music comes from young kids guys running some audio software in a bedroom, listening to the result over a shitty hi-fi and use Melodyne all the way wrong. Those folks do not read gear magazines, they could not care less about yet another mastering EQ, but create the most stunning beauty.

I felt that coding is a trap when it comes to actually creating music. One simply does spend to much time with non-musical problems.

there is a great amount of insecurity about which technology to use. It’s the abundance paradox. Which software sounds best? Which compressor do i need to use? Which plugins do I need for mastering housy dub music with a hint of pop and some acoustic guitar? Having the choice between 5000 compressor plugins whilst not understanding what makes a compressor really sound the way it does it pretty much my idea of hell.

Deadlines help. If I know that a project needs to be finished, I simply stop investing time in technology at some point, and instead use what’s there. Its a question of discipline and experience too. I try to teach my students that if they are working on a technically challenging project they need to define a deadline for the technical side. If not, they might work till the very last moment on technical stuff and loose focus on the artistic part. At the end, the result counts, not the beautiful MAX patch, which could possible create a nice result.

I am constantly limiting myself. I set up a multi-dimensional network of constraints and bounce off its walls. Exhausting but it helps getting stuff done. A typical constraint: No more patching in Max till that project is finished, or try to get all Melodyne processing done in one afternoon and use those results.

3dot... wrote: I like Robert...

Bagle wrote:

3dot... wrote: I like Robert...

keep your personal feelings to yourself

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3dot... wrote:how can one not like Robert.. ?

nebulae wrote:last night, me and mrs. neb got into it...full on WWF style fight, throwing shit, yelling screaming, etc. So hard core that the double-wide trailer next door was shaking...

and in the middle of it, I thought, "What would Henke do?" - I grabbed my H2 and began to sample it. What else?

nebulae wrote:

3dot... wrote:how can one not like Robert.. ?

easy...the man is a liar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOTZk0fD6Qs
and more importantly, he giggles like a little girl.

Check.
and mate.

nebulae wrote:^ no way dude...I have shattered glass in my left eye...I EARNED those samples...not gonna just post 'em. Why don't you come over for dinner some time. You'll get plenty of good samples.