Comments on: TIME, SPACE AND THE AUDIO CONTINUUM http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2006/12/12/time-space-and-the-audio-continuum/ Mix magazine's George Petersen's rants, musings and general commentary about recording, live sound and professional audio in general Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Turbo http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2006/12/12/time-space-and-the-audio-continuum/#comment-1072 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:14:11 +0000 http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2006/12/12/time-space-and-the-audio-continuum/#comment-1072 I think so. Beethoven and Mozart's music would likely have never been heard, as they would have been overlooked within the myriad of people putting out cost effective music as a result of the ability to have this technology in their time. However, if by chance, their music found its way through the masses, it probably would have been quantized to perfection with an inconceivable amount of layers and tracks, which would have likely completely revolutionized the production and possibly style of music to this point. Or not. I think so. Beethoven and Mozart’s music would likely have never been heard, as they would have been overlooked within the myriad of people putting out cost effective music as a result of the ability to have this technology in their time. However, if by chance, their music found its way through the masses, it probably would have been quantized to perfection with an inconceivable amount of layers and tracks, which would have likely completely revolutionized the production and possibly style of music to this point. Or not.

]]> by: Łukasz http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2006/12/12/time-space-and-the-audio-continuum/#comment-1069 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:57:20 +0000 http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2006/12/12/time-space-and-the-audio-continuum/#comment-1069 There’s a question about the essence of music, I guess.<br> These are two kind of guys involved in it, generally; talented ones that don’t need all of these tools you pointed out, to create another evergreen. ‘Cause it’s all about the good songs, isn’t it? We find the tools very helpful creating song’s arrangement, but it doesn’t neceserly work the other way round. Even the smartest arrangement doesn’t make a good song.<br> <br> The other group are pretenders, countin’ on a miracle to come in the name of tons of equipment that is there to cover their lack of talent and practice combination. <br> So the world wouldn’t be any different for the Great ones in my opinion. It's becoming overloaded with quasi “home studio” musicians, rather. <br> Would Mozart be in a need of multitrack and tools like pitch and tempo correction, having an absolute ear and ability to write the whole symphonies right out of his head? I doubt it. There’s a question about the essence of music, I guess.
These are two kind of guys involved in it, generally; talented ones that don’t need all of these tools you pointed out, to create another evergreen. ‘Cause it’s all about the good songs, isn’t it? We find the tools very helpful creating song’s arrangement, but it doesn’t neceserly work the other way round. Even the smartest arrangement doesn’t make a good song.

The other group are pretenders, countin’ on a miracle to come in the name of tons of equipment that is there to cover their lack of talent and practice combination.
So the world wouldn’t be any different for the Great ones in my opinion. It’s becoming overloaded with quasi “home studio” musicians, rather.
Would Mozart be in a need of multitrack and tools like pitch and tempo correction, having an absolute ear and ability to write the whole symphonies right out of his head? I doubt it.

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