I've got some music software. I just don't know how to use most of it.
There's Revitar, a physically modelled acoustic guitar. Very realistic, widely configurable, and not completely baffling to tweak.
There's also Guitar Rig - a collection of VSTs that can be stacked to create pretty much any guitar stage setup you can imagine. Amps, cabinets, delays, filters and a load of other stuff, that can turn you into the Cocteau Twins in 5 minutes. That's 5 minutes after the six months intensively getting to know each of the 45+ modules.
Plus Avox Vocal Kit to change the sound of my recorded voice, and Autotune to stop me being off key. And Microphone Modeler to make my Sennheisser E825S mic sound like several dozen high-end brands and models I've never heard of.
And Nuendo 2.0, which may be the most powerful sequencer in the world, and Sonar 4, which still does more than I'll ever need.
I do know quite a lot about synthesisers. I know why Human League sound more like Yazoo than Kraftwerk, and I can tell you in excruciating detail the differences between the TR808 and TR909 drum machines.
I've been using Reason and Audition for years, and reckon I'm a pretty good engineer with the former and producer with the latter - because I've been using them for years.
But when it comes to the difference between the setup of Aerosmith and that of Black Sabbath, I don't know where to begin. How do I make a guitar sound like New York Dolls without winding up with Extreme Noise Terror? No idea.
Give me a year, and perhaps I'll be able to do what I want to do this week.
I'm under some pressure to go to this demo in London. The comrades who generally organise the rest of us have recently discovered that email and text messaging is quicker and cheaper than spending an hour telephoning everyone in turn. They have also found the power of repeated messages to nag reluctant comrades into action.
I don't have the money to spare for the train. But I also didn't have the money to spare for getting drunk with my equally bankrupt comrades. Is this what they used to call Champaigne Socialism?
Mother's birthday tommorow. She won't tell us which birthday it is, but she doesn't let us forget it is one.
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Doesn't matter what age they are women are always 21. Good rule of thumb ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not completely sure that applies to mothers. Seeing as I'm 34 and she's retired, she just might take it as sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it looks like she'll be spending part of her birthday helping me format this here laptop and reinstall windows. Because...it's got a virus! Looks like a sneaky one too.
So, see you when I'm all back up and running. Fingers crossed.
Extreme noise terror is good!
ReplyDeleteAnd happy birthday to your Mum.