i don't know whether this is going solely to you or the whole list. i don't speak often.
but: closer to the edit!?! i don't know if he was using ableton, but i do believe that that is the potential of LIVE mixing loops that you 'spent a week to cut up'. if that is your vision, and that's how long it takes, and that's how nerdy you're willing to get then...sobeit. beautiful. and i aspire to it. -r --- "J. T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i strongly dislike ableton. it's a good tool for studio style mixing, a > great advance and added flexibility etc, but i still see it as studio style > mixing. it makes mixing a very cerebral process; it's way geeky. and it's > too safe. to me it is at odds with the pleasure of playing and listening to > music, the alive-ness of music, and of mixing...simplicity... sure it > sounds > alive in the end when you can screw around with 500 loops it took you a > week > to cut up, but...i dunno. it's halfway between traditional mixing and > production, but not as open-ended and versatile and hands-on as either...it > just seems half-canned to me, music from concentrate just add ableton and > stir. the complexities arent worth the result, or vice-versa. not that i > dont enjoy some ableton mixes, but no more than i do traditional mixes -- > usually not as much. people tend to go overboard with the layering of loops > and frantic pace, which is fun at first, and good for booty music where you > dont care to hear 3 minutes of the same track, but it takes too much energy > and attention to listen to...i just wanna relax and hear some music not a > vigorous exercise in sound editing...and when mixing, i wanna wander around > crates throwing on whatever grabs me...the inclination to digitize and > computerize (and perfect and control) everything can end up draining some > of > the joy out imo...its a cold cold world..i know there are loads of people > older than myself on the list, but seeing people get excited about this > stuff makes me feel like a dinosaur... > > _________________________________________________________________ > There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1 > >
