Just curious...

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Abomb Muchbaby
Member Since: Jul 02, 2009

I am wondering what the general consensus is about quantizing, or even manually "lining up" music that's been recorded. We recently went into a studio and that process really seemed to tighten up everything. Thoughts?

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


Sep 25, 2009 10:19 am

if the tightness is called for, yeah, I love quanitizing, but for some music I think it makes it sound unnatural...totally depends on the music in my opinion.

www.TheLondonProject.ca
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Since: Feb 07, 2005


Sep 25, 2009 03:12 pm

Just don't kill the groove. A tight sound is great but too tight and it will sound mechanical.

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


Sep 26, 2009 12:14 am

Yep, you can adjust how tightly the quantize is working. I prefer with most projects to keep it a bit looser. But on a lot of electro stuff it is pretty good to keep it completely spot on as that is the nature of that beast.

Abomb Muchbaby
Member
Since: Jul 02, 2009


Sep 28, 2009 09:18 am

Well, I have to say that however this process was done, the music sounds nice and tight, but definitely not processed or mechanical. Kinda feels like cheating, but I must say that when people hear it and they start to groove with it, it feels pretty good. I guess in all fairness to my other musical friends, I should let the cat out of the bag. Eventually I will, but for the time being, I think I will just let them believe that we are that tight as a band :)

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