They have a video playing of KJ making the beats and they offer the loop packs. After watching the video it seems this is more geared towards Dj’s. The loops have been recorded through some compressors, and other outboard gear. They proceed to bring it into another studio and throw more EQ,Compression etc on the loops, digital this time and after cutting up all these loops. They are “mastered” even more with compression and EQ.
Now the whole process leads him to his APC40 (which of course I will buy) and he begins to play around with all the loops he has made. I have yet to check out the sample packs, but what are we getting here? His final loops compressed a million times, and god knows how many times its been converted digitally. My only conclusion is that these loops are “good enough” for playing live. Well they dont call it Ableton Live for nothing. I love the program, I just hope people are sensible enough to realize that good music sounds good because its good.. all the way. Like my teacher said, follow the good rule. Good player, good mic, good mic placement, good preamps.. … . .. good good good. If everything is good along the way, then you will have good on the way out.
Hrmm, it seems as I wrote this I was bashing Ableton for releasing a useless loop pack. In retrospect its great and I can not wait to play with it, but play with it is all I will do.
I encourage any prospective producer’s / DJ’s / Artists to seek out what ever you need and record it yourself. Go rent a drummer/drums/project studio or studio/engineer and get those loops made. Theres something to be said about the uniqueness of using original sound.
I am officially a Recording Engineer! Now to find some work….. …. Things are moving along smoothly. Starting work on a film with a friend and somehow I got back into extra work. I just finished helping out for a Heinekin commercial. What an awful time, but worth it. I would love to get into location sound, so thats the way I will be leaning towards. Good things come to those who work at it….
Wow, ok, I really should update more often, but this site is going into redesign mode…Obviously I cant keep up with enough posts to make this interesting.
Celebrating my friend erics Bday, his wife, some friends and I all went out last monday to check out the Dodo’s at the horseshoe. What an amazing band. Three guys, one one drums, another on guitar and vocals, and one more on percussion, xylophone and mini piano. This band sounds so big. Somewhat Postal Service esque, but less people and a much larger sound. The whole show was packed to the brim and rocked our socks off.
great night. room sounded amazing and the bands were great. Tungda Browne floored me. Great tunes and presence on stage..Fantastic. I Have the stormalongs recorded which I will upload soon as well as some of Tungda Brown. I got quite drunk later on and dont remember much. The Stormalongs rocked preist suits which was wicked cool. We’ll done! Audio and Pics up soon…
ive just been watching this 2 part interview with Trevor Horn (producer/artist)… Such a great interview and there are so many more. This Trevor Horn interview is quite interesting. My favorite quote…
“I mean i’ve spent 27 years in the studio. If I tell stories about my life in my thirties and forties, they’re all studio stories because thats all i’ve ever did and if your going to succeed in this game, its much more of a life choice than a job..”
Its really important to me to find dedicated people in the industry. I don’t want to waste anytime with people that don’t want to put one hundred percent into what they are doing and belive in it. This is what I will strive for, so its a must I have these kinds of people around my career. I know a handful of people so far and I hope that continues to grow as they are all reliable and focused..
I aslo had a great lecture today from Bob Cook. He has worked in the industry the past 30 years and talked to us about dealing with people in the industry. You can know all the tech in the world and best mic placement, if your a dick, no one will work with you…Â I seem to be well liked…so I see no future problems..
Really, I see myself saying this for every classic album, but if you dont have this one of the series…Its a must.
This really help me realize the state of music today. Back in a time of simple riffs and 3 week or less recording/mix. I truly wish I could go back in time and work in the time when it was about capturing that live performance. Even more recently I’ve been watching this MOOG documentary. It opened my eyes to an entirely new way of thinking about synths and the world in general. Another great buy.
Im about to head home from the studio. Going to watch The Band Classic Album, I will let you know how it turns out, but again, read the first line of this post..
Diane, who is four years old, is a huge fan of the popular TV character Dora the Explorer. For her birthday, she received four Dora DVDs. Given Diane’s habit of scratching them, her dad has begun to create backup versions. That day, Diane brings home her kindergarten class photo, which was taken by a local photographer. Josee digitizes the photo and sends a copy to Diane’s grandmother.
If Industry Minister Jim Prentice’s Bill C-61 becomes law, all of these copying activities arguably violate the law.
Bill C-61 does not allow users to make backup copies of DVDs. The act of backing up the DVD is an infringement. Moreover, in order to make the backup copy, users must typically circumvent the copy-protection on the DVD, also an act of infringement.
For decades, Canadian copyright law has vested copyright in commissioned photographs – like school photographs – in the person who commissions the photo. Bill C-61 reverses that practice so that copyright now belongs to the photographer. (repeal of Section 13.2) Assuming the photograph came with an all rights reserved restriction, the act of distributing the digitized photo to Diane’s grandmother now violates the law. (Section 29.21 (1)(e)
Just sitting down right now, catching up on some assignments. I have playing in my DVD player, The Greatest Jazz Films Ever. Definitely something to grab for any jazz lover. I must say my favorite part, among many, is wheen Emmett Berry starts playing his trumpet and a puff of smoke leaves the bell. Classic..
