Members Bruce Swedien Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 I LOVE Recording Really Good Music and Making It Sound Really Good! by Bruce Swedien For almost a century, sound has been recorded using only analogue techniques. Over the past twenty years, however, digital technology has almost wiped analogue recording off the map. Analogue purists argue that traditional analogue recording gives the sound a warmth and depth that digital can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 Well, if you have the time, I have the songs Let's record, Bruce!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 Good analogue is good.Bad analogue is bad. Good music on analogue is good.Bad music on analog is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 21, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2010 Good analogue is good.Bad analogue is bad.Good music on analogue is good.Bad music on analog is bad. Excellent summary of the OP. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 Except that I "misspelled" the last "analogue". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 I have good digital, so I like digital...although I have to say, the two biggest improvements to the sound quality of my digital system were: * Upgrading the mic pres. Garbage in/garbage out, and all that.* Learning to be conservative when setting levels in digital. I figured this out empirically before I found out about inter-sample distortion, but that certainly helped explain the improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 I have good digital, so I like digital...although I have to say, the two biggest improvements to the sound quality of my digital system were:* Upgrading the mic pres. Garbage in/garbage out, and all that.* Learning to be conservative when setting levels in digital. I figured this out empirically before I found out about inter-sample distortion, but that certainly helped explain the improvement. Those'll definitely help! What kind of converters are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 I love recording and producing good musicians... wherever they pay me to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 That's always fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Bruce you're killing me this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Well, if you have the time, I have the songs Let's record, Bruce!! Now of course you do know Mr. Nads, once you record your songs to analog, they will sell 15,000,000 copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Good analogue is good. Bad analogue is bad. Good music on analogue is good. Bad music on analog is bad. Yup. Also, I`m not as successful as Bruce but I have noticed that good music is recorded by exceptionally talented individuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Now of course you do know Mr. Nads, once you record your songs to analog, they will sell 15,000,000 copies. Indeed, Ernest Especially with the legend 'Produced by Bruce Swedien' attached I'm serious. I have this idea of a one-off classic album, with musicians and producer working pro-bono. It's a sure-fire winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Bartus Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 While digital is certainly convenient and can sound good, nothing compares to pressing PLAY on the remote and starting the reels in motion on the old 2" (preferably 16-track), and hearing the sound play back through a real console and come to life from the Big Red or Urei monitors... those were the days. I was much younger then, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Indeed, Ernest Especially with the legend 'Produced by Bruce Swedien' attached I'm serious. I have this idea of a one-off classic album, with musicians and producer working pro-bono. It's a sure-fire winner! I think its a great idea mate but I`m not sure you`re getting too many people working for free. I believe in your music so any time you need me to help out, I`m here whatever it may be. About two years I think we tried to collaborate here with a bunch of people but I`m not sure what happened to the project. I uploaded a song I was working on so the bones were there, we just needed to add the skin and some hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted October 23, 2010 Members Share Posted October 23, 2010 I think its a great idea mate but I`m not sure you`re getting too many people working for free. I believe in your music so any time you need me to help out, I`m here whatever it may be. About two years I think we tried to collaborate here with a bunch of people but I`m not sure what happened to the project. I uploaded a song I was working on so the bones were there, we just needed to add the skin and some hair. Cheers, mate It'd be interesting to release an SSS compilation. Everyone's best songs. It'd be one hell of an album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 With the talent that hangs out here that would take a minimum of a 4 volume set. Of course, it would go quad platinum upon shipping, so, I guess that's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 .........Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 24, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 24, 2010 With the talent that hangs out here that would take a minimum of a 4 volume set. Of course, it would go quad platinum upon shipping, so, I guess that's ok. I think Open Jam is in the lead in that department, having produced two CDs, one of them a double album. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 Is there any place for "good digital"? Fill the blank... Can "digital audio" be good? Fill the blank... Are you using a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 I`m just curious because the thread is about loving to record really good music... does anyone love recording crappy music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 I`m just curious because the thread is about loving to record really good music... does anyone love recording crappy music? If they pay really good to do so and You can charge the over-time it takes to polish the turd... Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 24, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 24, 2010 I`m just curious because the thread is about loving to record really good music... does anyone love recording crappy music? Yes, quite the silly thread topic. Kinda like saying, "I like to be happy." And I suspect Gus doesn't really enjoy the recording crappy music part, he enjoys the collecting the money part afterwards. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockViolin Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 If they pay really good to do so and You can charge the over-time it takes to polish the turd... Why not? Because a polished musical turd still doesn't smell good. The only way to determine whether music is crap, refined or not, is to take a sniff with one's ears. That takes time and fortitude. Filling the world with musical poo to trudge through does not make the world a better place. It just pads a wallet and gives somebody a false sense of achievement...on both sides of the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 I`m just curious because the thread is about loving to record really good music... does anyone love recording crappy music? Not so much, but I've recorded some mediocre music over the years, completely made fun by the fact that the people were really cool, fun people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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