I love how flexible modular systems are. But you're right -- they can be
very dangerous distractions. I am making lists now of what I want to
accomplish ahead of time in order to stay on target. Also, it helps to
make an outline (like writing a term paper) of a track with sketches of
what kind of sound should go where.
Scott Kellogg
www.mp3.com/tabularaza
listen to: hiq.suso.org
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Sarah Thompson wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Kellogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 03 July 2000 16:30
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Recomendations?
> >
> >
> > I'm was using an Rm1x, A3000, and Nord Modular. I suffered from an acute
> > case of 'option anxiety'. I couldn't get anything written -- there were
> > to many paths to take. I put the sampler in the closet in order to focus
> > on the Modular, which is truly an amazing (and somewhat intimidating)
> > machine. I can get some great crunchy drums sounds running the Rm1x
> > through the Modular's audio inputs.
> >
> > Have any of you experienced this sort of gear anxiety?
>
> All the time - Kyma is just so seductive. You can fall into it and never
> come out, unless you discipline yourself. Mind you, it can be extremely
> productive if there's something specific you want. I recently did a bunch of
> SFX and about 5 minutes of 'robot voice' stuff (which had to be extremely
> intelligible, which was the hard part) for Dundee Science Centre. Kyma
> helped get the whole job done in half a day, which was outstanding really. I
> recorded the voice into my Paris system, did the initial editing in that
> (it's really fast for that kind of editing because it has proper scrub and a
> real, physical remote control with a jog wheel). I exported the audio as one
> big WAV, then processed that using Kyma with the audio coming from and going
> back to disc in real time. Once that was done, I did the mastering and cut
> up the results into individual WAVs using Soundforge. There were also some
> SFX, bleeps and so on, which I just did in Kyma and did some final mastering
> in Soundforge again. The whole job took just over half a day, start to
> finish.
>
> Having said that, sometimes I've started tracks and never really gotten
> anywhere because all I ended up doing was fiddling with Kyma. Being an
> alpha/beta tester for them also takes a bit of time, but it's fun getting to
> try stuff before other people see it, and also to see some of my suggestions
> get incorporated. :) The president of Yamaha never calls me at the weekend
> to ask how I'm getting on - there's a bit of a difference with Symbolic
> Sound!
>
> Sarah
>
