The New World
After several years of circling, I finally picked up a serious home recording setup. As a result I fear my game playing time may take a firm backseat to what is a pretty steep learning curve - for the near future at least. I bought a studio-quality mike about three years ago in preparation for this moment, and so can jump right into the music as soon as I wrap my head around the new software.
I went with ProTools for several reasons, the most important of which is a sort of community accessibility. ProTools is pretty much the industry standard now, and several friends have similar and better setups. Having a version myself means I can export my sessions and take them to friends’ houses and/or studios to utilize any plugins or gear they have - all seamlessly. The great benefit, apart from opening up a level of collaboration of which I’ve only dreamed, is not having to stress over studio time and money constraints. The MBox alone - which is the smallest version of ProTools software/hardware packages - offers features beyond those offered by major recording studios 15 years ago. All of which means I can do what I have always wanted to, at my own time and pace, and without appreciable technical limitations. For musicians, the digital revolution really is the New World.
Running parrallel with all the new technology is a new and growing world-wide musical community based around it. 10 years ago I offered an EP online via then cutting edge Shockwave streaming, and as far as any of us could tell that site was amongst the first to ever do so. At the time I searched long and wide for an online community which was as enthused about the possibilities for digital distribution of independent art as I was, and eventually admitted disappointment. Now it seems the entire world has woken up to the potential, and the online communities and open source avenues available for independent musicians are staggering. The blogging revolution has also started to spin off sister technology offering further possibilities to independent artists.
It really is exciting stuff, and I can’t wait to start. In the meantime, I have an awful lot of reading to do on the how’s of home digital recording.
posted by monty · at 1:34 pm · filed under General
What a coincidence My partner in crime picked up and Omni Studio last week.
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/omnistudio.html
She picked it up off EBay. Quite a bit cheaper.
Not knowing much about sound recording. It goes well with her 3grand keyboard, rickenbacker, and her musical spirit, and non studio microphone.
But I like the way that the package for Pro Tools comes with the “a way in” to a community.
As a non talented musician. I can play nothing but a trumpet. So I worked on a game on the torque engine with DEDEN, where you could go online, and JAM.. Just simple keys, whack one.. Get a type of guitar sound.. Another person on the same server is playing the drums.. Just using soundeffects, and firing music instead of sound.. As much as I’d like to work more on it.. I doubt there would be much market for it.. Though an MTV sided Xbox in the future somewhere may go for it.
Plus I’d hate to make real musicians upset. They’ll put it in the same class as sampling, and it would really cheapen the musical forum. Making music accessible to those who don’t deserve it, or its bragging rights. I’ve gone all ethical
Bowing out.