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Originally Posted by ryst  Reverb isn't going to make something sequenced in a DAW sound more like a live performance. Only a live performance will make something sound more like...........................wait for it...................................wait for it.................................................a live performance. |
Yes like you can actually make the musician a heavy lunch, they get the itis and they play more laid back.
I even went so far as to buy a real piano (in my living room but I will gladly mic it (11 ft ceilings!), get real percussion (shakers, tambourines etc) and where you can get it real, I go for it. So far Ive only found one local violin player that was willing to do studio work but they as of late are MIA. Otherwise I know quite a few, drummers, guitar players, bassists, about 10 guys that play horns, several excellent keyboard players. So I really do go there as far as sticking with the real deal.
I'm definitely looking forward to the Blakroc album, however regarding the videos of it, being in a studio with people who play instruments and getting good takes, all rolled into a hip hop format, that's like everyday for me LOL. I definitely dig who they are doing with the videos, its eye opening to the doubters who think that live instruments can't get you some dope ass hip hop music. If you listen to the compositions off the Blacrok videos, they are at times simple but really about playing in the pocket and presenting the right feel to the song. But because they are using that old school equipment all over the place, it helps to give you that old school sound you are used to hearing with samples.
The engineer mentioned how they would intentionally screw around with start points for spliced together takes, there's a good tip. It helps to make things loop inaccurately at times to make it sound like a sample or choppy. It adds a little authenticity to the sound of the clips.
I like bussing guitars through my Gates Solid States Man, all those damn transformers just do something evil to the signal. It doesn't help that I pad the output so I can crank both stages into saturation and distortion
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