On Thursday 09 February 2006 12:51, Arnold Krille was like: > 2006/2/9, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more > > than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom. Then > > maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something > > polished. > > > >From my (limited) experience: Start learning to polish before you buy > > new equipment! > Often we think "If I have this and that, all we go easily" but the > truth is that all the technical gimmicks like soundcards, speakers, > preamps, amps, micorphones are just tools. If you know what you are > doing you can get the best possible out of the most crappy hardware. > If you don't know what you are doing, it won't get any better with > speakers that cost 1000€ each. > > Start polishing, mastering, etc before you decide which new gear you buy... > > And continue to make music! I just want to say a big AYE to that! I made 'Do what you can with what you've got' a production rule a few years ago and my productivity soared. Anything you can't put your hands on right now only exists in the world of fantasy. Not making the album because you haven't got the latest bit of kit / musicians / whatever will SCREW YOU UP. The corollary to that is: 'Be grateful for the skills and equipment that you DO have' - some great albums were made with nothing but a beat up old guitar, beat up old voice and a walkman. As it happens, we also have a huge pile of excellent software. That said, one day I too will spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more than 20 quid, hopefully on the proceeds of the beat up old solo acoustic album I recorded in my front room. ;) -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
