bblackwood wrote on Sun, 15 May 2005 09:56 |
ammitsboel wrote on Sun, 15 May 2005 08:26 | But Brad, isn't how you interact with the Sontec and your other gear a great part of your sound?
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If I used it (or the same chain) on every project and used the same settings every time, then I'd agree. Fortunately, neither of those factors exist...
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No, no, Brad- I think I know what he means (what he ought to mean!) but it's not coming across. Consider this. If, no matter what you're given to work with, the output is:
-suitably deep but never, never muddy
-clear as a bell but never, never grating
-spacious and 3D but never, never murky
-loud and punchy but never, never smashed
-etc
That IS a sound. It's not coming from one setting on one piece of gear, that would be ridiculous. Avoidance of negative characteristics is a sound too... getting into 'the zone' where everything sounds awesome thanks to your expertise is great, but how can you not think that 'zone' is a personal sound? It's your ear, man, not some meter.
Sometimes I've literally tried to imitate what I percieve as your sound. I can get very technical specifying it, perhaps more than Henrik because of the way I analyze things. But no matter what I do, I don't successfully imitate it because I have a 'desired sound' of my own that's got some common factors but is more likely to be grating, I think, if I'm not damn careful. And so it goes...
Do you want to see a fairly detailed analysis of what comes across as 'your sound'? I'd be interested to know if you've got a lot of counterexamples giving the lie to it, as I've not heard that many examples of your work compared to how much you do regularly...