On Thursday 09 February 2006 13:36, timg was like: > tim hall wrote: > >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. ;) > > Perhaps the Best advice I can give is to SAVE / archive anything in it's > rawest form... > remixing / masterin with better gear later in live can be a riot. Then you will be able to restimulate and optimise those intimate timbres in the fullness of time! Now there's an optimistic reply! -- sorry, I just couldn't help it. !:] tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
