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I know I know, the 3rd movie sucked, but I love it anyway. The scene with the family in the train station saved it for me. --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com