Members butterknucket Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I've realized that most of their sounds come directly directly from run of the mill software can buy at any music store. I'm not knocking them at all, but so many people attach so much mystique to their sound and recording process, yet I can hear things directly taken from M-Tron software. I like them, I just think their sound is pretty easy to nail down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I've tried to play a Steinway, but for some goddam reason I still can't sound like Glenn Gould or Lyle Mays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chando Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 uummmm .... I doubt they use that software But really, anyone who's played a 70's synth, MC-202, or an akai sampler knows theres no mystery. Just enjoy the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 They've stated several times what they thing of VA stuff and 'laptop music,' so... I tend to agree with them. Not a fan of the Intel Sound. Although I do think that OP-X softie sounds promising. Also, listen to all the BoC ripoffs. How many of them have really nailed that organic sound? And how many have done it with 'run of the mill' software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 BTW, some softsynths come with BoC style presets now. Like the Canadian Pad (I think it was called, I only had the demo version) preset on Reason 4's Thor. Sounds like Boards of Canada, yet at the same time not quite. I still liked it and played around with it quite a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I really, really wish they would stop with the cheesy vocal samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. On the other hand, there aren't NEARLY enough threads about Jan Hammer's music for Miami Vice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r05c03 Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 r050c03 wonders why EP refers to himself in third person.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rusty O'Hara Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 r050c03 wonders why EP refers to himself in third canine.... Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundxplorer Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. Eh. Either you feel the music or you don't. Nothing wrong with that. Their stuff can make me feel like I'm 8 years old again, or bring back certain chemically-induced memories - or sometimes both at the same time. According to my iPod stats for the past couple of years, BoC tracks played outnumber every other band I listen to by over 2 to 1. butterknucket - their music doesn't sound like software at all to me. I hear vintage analogs, Akai samplers, cassette tape recorders and cheap microphones. You can emulate that with software, but I can absolutely hear the difference. The only BoC song that has disappointed me was "Zoetrope", and that's because it is painfully obvious to me that the entire song is a preset from an Eventide Harmonizer. It's still a beautiful song, but it takes me "out of the moment" knowing how it was done. The rest of their stuff is assembled so well that I can get lost in it. I could for a long time on the subject, but I'll stop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members butterknucket Posted September 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 Eh. Either you feel the music or you don't. Nothing wrong with that. Their stuff can make me feel like I'm 8 years old again, or bring back certain chemically-induced memories - or sometimes both at the same time. According to my iPod stats for the past couple of years, BoC tracks played outnumber every other band I listen to by over 2 to 1. butterknucket - their music doesn't sound like software at all to me. I hear vintage analogs, Akai samplers, cassette tape recorders and cheap microphones. You can emulate that with software, but I can absolutely hear the difference. The only BoC song that has disappointed me was "Zoetrope", and that's because it is painfully obvious to me that the entire song is a preset from an Eventide Harmonizer. It's still a beautiful song, but it takes me "out of the moment" knowing how it was done. The rest of their stuff is assembled so well that I can get lost in it. I could for a long time on the subject, but I'll stop here. I could have jumped the gun a bit on this one. The reason I said this was because the track "The Smallest Weird Number" contains several sounds taken directly (I believe) from G-Force's M-Tron software (listen to the bird sound effects). I've also read the interviews where they dismiss 'laptop' bands, but at the same time I wonder if they say that as an attepmp to add to their mystique. There are countless websites where people debate their gear and recording techniques, with numerous theories on their process. I'm not knocking them at all, as I love their music. I do believe they use vintage gear, but it wouldn't surprise me either if they also use software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 Today on, "Remarkably uninteresting discussions" we're talking Boards of Canada again. Let's listen in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 to say that people used to compare my music to them, i've never heard anything by them that i much cared for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. while i do like .. they can be an "art in a can" type of thing for some people. now if only i can get that big doing my doctor who music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. What has always confused me about IDM bands is how gear inevitably comes up in threads, where it's songwriting that truly separates the top bands from your average glitchy junk. I am confused as to how the techniques BoC does is considered mysterious and mystique-worthy, but whatever. Boards of Canada lost me after "Music Has a Right For Children", partially because they seemed to forget about melody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 i mentioned that in another thread, i think musicianship has been dying for much of the 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 I am confused as to how the techniques BoC does is considered mysterious and mystique-worthy I agree, I hear lots of old-school "seat of the pants" production techniques that musicians of the past abandoned once they could afford better sounding and easier to use gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundwaveLove Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 ElectricPuppy is confused and puzzled by the regular appearence of BoC threads. ElectricPuppy thinks they're not all that or a bag of chips. ElectricPuppy wonders what the fascination is. They're a popular chillroom band, but also have somehow achieved a "cool" factor in the hipster crowd due to some clever marketing perhaps? I don't dislike them, but I don't really listen to them either. Now, Bassnectar on the other hand, his popularity baffles me, talk about a DJ that panders, plays whatever is hip at the moment, doesn't do a single original thing, and somehow has the reputation of being both a creative and innovative performer... Someone needs to put and end to that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 somehow achieved a "cool" factor in the hipster crowd due to some clever marketing perhaps? what part of "trying to sound like background music from an old documentary" do think wouldn't appeal to hipsters? it's equal parts nostalgia, obscurity and accessibility, the hipster formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 BoC are OK- but I certainly don't know why they are so hyped at KSS over others- to my ears artists like Biosphere/ Global Communication/ or Carbon Based Lifeforms are far superior- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I certainly don't know why they are so hyped at KSS over others- to my ears artists like Biosphere/ Global Communication/ or Carbon Based Lifeforms are far superior- Maybe because you can find BoC CDs at the shopping mall record store but not the others you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chando Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 You have to remember ... there are TONS of people that never heard "IDM/Ambient" until Radiohead's KID A. Boards of Canada was right in the perfect spot. Non-offensive and not challenging. 9/11 also inforced this. I like them, it's like many other "furniture" music that I like (Stereolab, etc). I just get a little personal when I met people that love them yet hate Aphex Twin. Makes no sense. Usually just means they are some late bloomer. Thinks Aphex is just the Come to Daddy guy. Where as BoC has that whole Polaroid vibe. I feel Aphex Twin is more other worldly and powerful. Instead of BoC's "remember when". Aphex Twin is more "never lose it in the first place" ... kinda like Cather in the Rye or something like that. BoC has never come close the beauty of Lichen. Because they don't really write songs.. they write vignettes(which I love). .. and some drawn out zzzzz trip hop. Just listen .. ignore the video. rUwAwxyj6b4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Maybe because you can find BoC CDs at the shopping mall record store but not the others you mentioned. ??? I bought most of my GC and Biosphere CDs at malls in Kansas in the mid 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 ??? I bought most of my GC and Biosphere CDs at malls in Kansas in the mid 90s I guess Kansas is hipper than Massachusetts then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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