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which audience ?

a] The inebriated louts in the dark club with a less than ideal PA

or

b] the folks at home, with a nice stereo, and a huge record collection ?


It's very safe to assume the audience is category B when you're making records.
So, I would hardly say the quest for sonic excellence in your productions is a futile one.


If you want to talk live shows - sure leave the tape machines & analogue synths at home when you're gigging in shit clubs, if you like. As you say, the audience probably won't care sonically... but they might miss the show factor of someone banging out techno on the hop with a veritable smörgåsbord of drum machines, synths & fx

true..and this is why we all use ableton live instead the good ol tapemachine...
however..its a pleasure to have at least some good sounding equipment in the room..or decend pres before the A/D conversion.. or an analog summing .. makes it all a bit warmer and pelasing..

if the track isnt good this wont help it on the market.. but if he track is good a nice sounquality helps it on the longterm..
so it defently dont hurts..

dum wrote:So, I would hardly say the quest for sonic excellence in your productions is a futile one.

and I didn't say that either..
analog isn't a quality, it's a preference and choice..

yes, it sounds damn warm. buy my 'warmanator' here:
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=141887

it has a slider that goes from candle like warmth to volcanic ash !

I choose to spell it "analogue" rather than "analog." It sounds and looks warmer when I'm reading it.

Analogue is the correct spelling. Speaking of which, I don't want to get into the which is better argument, just to let people know I run a service called Analogue Cabin where I run peoples tracks (individual parts: basslines, vocals, etc) through my collection of vintage and not so vintage analogue equipment for "warmth" or "crunchiness" or whatever adjective you're having yourself. I then send it back so they can mix it into their tracks. It saves people having to buy or rent stuff like reel to reel tape machines, tape echoes, spring reverbs and vast collections of filters just to treat a bassline, I have all that stuff here.
http://www.theanaloguecabin.com will be up in a couple of weeks with some soundfiles of work I've done for people. In the mean time if anybody is interested in having me treat their stuff you can PM me here. I'm not here to get into an argument and I won't be checking this thread for peoples opinions I'm just letting any interested parties know, so if you want to ask me anything then PM me.

tigali wrote:Analogue is the correct spelling.

in Ireland, yes.. in the US, no..

Poster wrote:

tigali wrote:Analogue is the correct spelling.

in Ireland, yes.. in the US, no..

the US can't spell anyways. (it's worse then me, english not being my mother tongue.)

color

SubFunk wrote:

Poster wrote:

tigali wrote:Analogue is the correct spelling.

in Ireland, yes.. in the US, no..

the US can't spell anyways. (it's worse then me, english not being my mother tongue.)

color

hehe.. here me.. not even a native speaker as well..

all I know is the Brits often use 'gue' where Americans use 'g'..

so shouldn't it be Ali Gue?.. does sound warmer..

Actually there are some very interesting reasons why the US spells some words the way they do. For example the difference between Aluminum and Aluminium. The US used both at one time or another. Google it up for some mildly interesting social history.

It's all good with me. American English is its own language.

Analogue would ten to indicate its not an English word anyway. Prolly Latin.

UKRuss wrote:American English is its own language.

i feel sick!

my spring reverb sounds like a spring.

and re: spelling, I always thought that it was Analogue meaning a continuous signal, and Analog for something that is analogous to something else.


I may have pulled that completely out of my arse, though.

SubFunk wrote:

UKRuss wrote:American English is its own language.

i feel sick!

In American, 'Man, I wanna hurl'

tw1nstates wrote: Yeah I buy all this ridiculously expensive gear cos its warmer.

I use whatever...

I use this. Got it for $10!