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[Mikael Hansson]

Tony Hardie-Bick skrev:
> Hi Micke,
>
> Others will give good advice about structure etc, but generally, this is 
> altogether very close to what you're aiming for, IMHO. I like the vocals, and 
> the space of the sounds, and the tempo of the way the story unfolds.
>
> For me, for sure, the thing that's not quite there is the fact it sounds 
> synthetic, in the wrong way, in that the vocals are perfectly (I'm sure otehrs 
> will object) recorded, and the synths are all exactly right.
>
> This undermines the music, a bit, because the emotion that goes in to music 
> making is imperfect, so, it's a bit out of balance, for that reason.
>
> When using such high quality gear (ie, ordinary computer, good AD conversion and 
> synths), the issue of texture can be tricky. If it were me, I'd chuck one or 
> several tracks through a tube unit of some kind, but... that, I sense, is not 
> the answer.
>
> Probably, if you grabbed a decent analogue mixer from somewhere (complete with 
> slightly crackly sliders etc), and did a mix through that, and keep all the 
> otherwise high quality signal paths, after you've done about twenty tracks like 
> that, you'd start to reach levels that are very difficult to obtain using purely 
> digital gear. Having mastered that... you could go back to digital, and I think 
> you'd find ways of encompassing the breadth of sound you discovered when mixing 
> old style.
>
> Just my thoughts. Some noise, and very subtle distortion are missing.
>   

Thanks Tony!

You're probably right and I would love to try doing it more 
"analog"...but in reality it's a luxury I'll never be able to reach.

Partly the "wife <-> resources to gear" balance, but mostly because I 
don't have enough time to work on music. I would probably have to get a 
divorce, dump the kids and call in sick every other day :)

But...its a part of my life that I have chosen to sacrifice, although I 
miss it...

I might consider a tubeunit...as I don't really have any need for new 
gear otherwise. I'm quite content with what I have right now in terms of 
synths and plugins. I mainly use a few select vst-instruments and my 
(few) external synths so I consider myself relatively clean of the GAS :)

Much appreciated thoughts though!

/Micke