[dnb-prod] RE: compression, it's just a tool (was ; Re: This list)

[James Stratford]

Like you say it would seem that artists are afraid to push the use of breaks to there limit and fall back on past ideas that work with a crowd and guarantee sales.  Granted that they are earning a living like anyone else but after so many releases it feels like sloppy practise.   Once upon a time I could hit a record shop and there would be at least 80% of the vinyl that I was feeling, this was back in 95/96 when "tech step" was prevailant.  Of course it may be argued that there is a greater amount of vinyl being released these days but it is not often that you get a tune that makes you sit up and listen.   For all its faults I still feel that dnb is one of the most healthy scenes in the world, with new artists pushing boundaries in order to gain recognition.   Long live breaks!!!!... ( at 170bpm naturally)....   stratty   (Abducted by Audio) ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:16 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: compression, it's just a tool (was ; Re: This list) I totally agree with this point:        Its really funny, how we have this amazing music technology and its so under-utilized.  There has been a musical and technical regression in the new-skool of D&B.  Tracks are getting simpler and less creative, but the technology masks the fact that alot of it is crap.        The problem is that the new technology has too many features and capabilities.  It gives producers too many options and does too much for them, they get overwhelmed and careless.         For example, its interesting that as breakbeat chopping and looping software like Acid, Wavelab and Recycle came out, the D&B breakbeat science went into a huge decline in the mid to late 90's.  The old-skool producers cut their breaks by hand in very basic wave editors.  The irony is that the old-skool breakbeats are much more technically and musically sophisticated than the new-skool breaks.         Alot of times, the limitations imposed on musicians and artists by their primitive equipment forces them to try and transcend those limitations, and this results in alot of ingenious art.  Examples are the TB-303, TR-909/808 and early Amiga Sequencer software like Cubase.         It probably still happens Ed Rush and Optical (as well as all the big producers) probably have a bunch of innovative tracks on DAT, but they will never release them for fear of losing their position in this ever "mass market" D&B scene...    What are your thoughts??? I --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]