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

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.

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)

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.

Im gonna test some Autechre on it & break it.

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!

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

I'm gutted.

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

I'm gutted.

Huh-uhh--Shut your mouf!

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

Can't you hear it man?

Sheesh

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.

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

and mine is all chicks with dicks and licks