Tron: Legacy soundtrack

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Tony Scharf wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:14 AM, ibi sum <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't really want to incur everyones wrath by saying this, and I
>> feel like I might, but to me it *really* seems like Daft Punk are just
>> playing presets.
>> 
>> Could it just be that factory-presets (they're big TI users,
>> apparently) are getting too good these days?
> 
> I dont think its so much that they are playing presets, as it is that
> there really arent many sounds left out there in the scope of the
> standard OSC+FILTER+FX model that havnt been used to death.  At this
> point, you cant really program your own sounds without them sounding
> like someone's  preset on some synth somewhere.  And if your using a
> TI?   well, damn...you might as well just use presets.   Particularly
> if your working on a deadline.
> 
> Personally, ive given up on my anti-presets rage.  If the track sounds
> good, you could have it slathered in standard moog basses and tubular
> bells for all I care.

yea it's a balance, though I think one of the most interesting parts of electronic music is the addition of creating your own sounds. Imagine an orchestra having to create their own sounds before they sat down to play, David Lynch style :)

In interviews with Justice they say all they use is Garageband and Cubase and all their sounds come from the internal sound library, and of course samples from records. I think they are bullshitting but they do use stacks of fake Marshall amps and modular racks for their live set :)