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I love the analogy, Mark. Except, just don't take it to the third movie, okay? :) I like being a brain in a vat. K- ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 11:55 PM Subject: You can't have everyting (tube) where would you put it? > --- 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 > >