i was at NSC one afternoon back around '94 and Ron had mentioned how he wanted to take the noise out of some Basic Channel DAT recordings that he had been recently mastering and they insisted he left the noise alone.

Just never send something "normalized" from Ableton or Soundforge. i do not understand why? From what I have noticed normalizing is like overcompressing the main channel. It kills the dynamics. but in theory it doesn't do anything to the dynamics, it simply increases the volume of the who...

he's just an opinionated prick with bad taste. I could imagine punching this idiot if i was locked in a room with him all day. Trance is the most generic genre with absolutely no innovation imo and a lot of others too. true dat. you've seen this video right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_LVfoDC...

wow. all this about a shaker?

how long does it take some of you to make a whole track?


personally, i prefer some grit, so i'll use a lower bit rate sample.

there's no right or wrong way though - sampled or synthesized - whatever works for you.

hrmnk wrote:i only use minimoog V & oddity for my basslines

+1 on oddity

personally it's just easier for me to get a fuller mix using hardware. VSTi's work, but for me it's takes more effort. i think a lot of it is how you use it and your process of engineering the mix. sometimes layering the right instruments and using the right processing is *everything*... i agree wit...

i throw the manual away and i hook that sh!t into my setup and i GO.

haha... minimal.. ''This is a style of music that is more fashion than function. Listening to it makes you sophisticated, and actually liking it makes you 1337. Supposedly. But it suffers from the same flaws that infect cyberpunk literature: namely, that the authors are so enthralled with their own...