You can't have everyting (tube) where would you put it?

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

--- RICK WALKER <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

>  "Should  I run my recordings through a freeware
> plugin that uses digital 
> acoustic modelling
> to simulate tape saturation that 95% of ALL
> audiences cannot distinguish 
> from  the sound of the reall thing (Revox)......

This has been the theme of my music gear world for a
while, so it's near and dear to my heart.  On one side
of me, the "red pill" side, I want to live in the
"real world."  A world full of tape and tubes and
messy stuff to fuck with.  The other side of me enjoys
living in a world where the real world is simulated. 
The good thing about it is, as Morphius says, "It is a
system with rules.  These rules can be bent... and
some can be broken."

Like the rule of space.  If I wanted a real tube pre,
I'd have to figure out where it would go in my world. 
Vintage warmer just takes up space on a hard drive. 
Not that this hard drive space is infinite, but it's
far easier to increase than building an addition to a
house.

> .......or should I use the money that I would have
> spent on a used
> Revox tape machine (and all it's attendant cabling
> and cabinetry and space 
> to house it)
> on that French Horn that I"ve been lusting over?"

Here in San Francisco, the space law is not bendable. 
There's a fixed amount of it and lots of people who
want to live in it because it happens to be pretty
damn cool place.  I'd love to have a wall of vintage
synths, rack gear and tube amps.  That would mean
working a lot more to fund the rent, or moving far
away from the cool place.  Moving far from the cool
place often means less work for people like me, so
there's that too.
 
> Both  answers to that question are valid
> artistically and I truly respect 
> you if your answer is different from mine.

I don't think it's artistically driven is it?  It's a
pure problem of space/money.  Wouldn't we all love a
house full of the best coolest gear, computer and
otherwise?

> If people have the money to do both, then I say more
> power to you.

We all find a place of equlibrium.  I find I need a
good community feeling in my 'hood so I give up the
space I'd like.  Also I have fallen madly in love with
a woman who's got a big dog so that adds it's own
limitations in terms of where you can live (especially
in a city)

I've chosen to give up large studio gear for smaller
more nimble computer stuff.  Does it sound as good? 
Probably not, but it got to the point where I didn't
have much choise and I'm sure glad I can keep the
massive amount of gear in a virtual world at least.

I love toys!

M


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com