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Originally Posted by nonstatic  uhh, maybe the reason is because he owns a 909 and he rehearses with one?
are we REALLY going to have this debate in 2008? it doesn't make one bit of difference whether you have the real thing or a software emulation at this point. it isn't going to make your music any better. |
Let's not degenerate into sarcasm. All other things equal, the simple fact is that a real 909 over a decent soundsystem kills anything software based, there is no point in arguing the contrary. How do I know this? Because I've used a 909 over a decent soundsystem alongside guys using software. Guess what made people sit and go "holy shit, where is that kick coming from!?" during soundcheck? Hint: It didn't have a GUI or a mouse dangling off of it.
You are right, in a production environment and context, (ie: studio and completed, published and marketed track) it doesn't matter because the vast (and I mean vast) majority of people listening will not be able to tell the difference and of those that can, most probably don't care. But I'm not talking about a production environment, I'm talking about being on stage and driving 20000 watts' worth of speaker cone. In a live setting, the difference is huge and immediately apparent.
I don't know where you hail from, but if you're anywhere close to the west coast of the US/Canada, send me a pm and try to get up to Vancouver around July 12 for "Sequential Circus 3".
Here's a link to a review of SeqCirc 2 for more info. I'll get you in (I'm the FOH), we can hook up your laptop or whatever, and we can A/B that with my 909. Sound good?