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From: burris@ihopa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: studios
Message-ID: <105@ihopa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 10:57:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 10:57:23 1983
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Well, once again I find myself about to jump into the same argument about
multi-track as discussed months ago. You (FLAIRMAX!ellis) may consider a
mullti-track recorder to be high-tech elitist but I would ask you to consider
that if there were not a GOOD reason to develop them they would not exist
if for no other reason than expense. To make such a rediculous statement which
suggests that multi-track users forego the artistry is at best uninformed
superstition. The artistry of a particular piece either exists or not
independant of the recording technology. The advancement of the technology
has in fact opened the doorway to creativity by providing an expanded
repertoire of possible sounds and effects to chose from. The fact that some
musicians fail to select a combination of sounds which appears to be artistic
is completely independant of the technology.

The sophistication of consumers of music has increased substantially in the
last few years. The playback equipment and the expectations of the listeners
have reached a point that it is near impossible to produce an acceptable
result with a four-track machine. I am speaking here of popular music so all
you two-mike-audiophile-type classical listeners curtail your flames, ok!
There is another factor to support multi-track usage in major album projects;
sometimes a group of musicians may lay down some excellent tracks which they
decide are a take. But for economic or scheduling reasons the side-men 
(such as the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section) must perform at a later date.
Multi-track recording allows the luxury of adding these tracks without
disturbing the originals. Also, suppose the artist has what was originally
considered a finished product and decides that an oboe part should be added
to spice up a particular section of the piece. Would you prefer to have a
totally seperate track or to add noise doing an overdub?

Dave Burris
ihopa!burris
BTL - Naperville