<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I wonder if you quantized and sample enhanced if not replaced what they would of thought when hearing the improvements if they would of liked it and wanted to go with that instead? <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And is it just me but some of those super fast blast beats done with triggers can sound like a machine a already. lol <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 11, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Chris Smart via RWP <<a href="mailto:rwp@bluegrasspals.com" class="">rwp@bluegrasspals.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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well, in the case of metal, nobody wants a blast beat or a fast kick fill
that is sloppy. I guess the art is to make things accurate but not so
perfected that they sound like a machine or inhuman.<br class=""><br class="">
At 11:49 AM 11/11/2015, you wrote:<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">I write metal + I might up
recording some country-ish style music with a friend so I guess 100%
quantization does not apply. :D 2015-11-11 17:41 GMT+01:00, Chris Smart
via RWP <<a href="mailto:rwp@bluegrasspals.com" class="">rwp@bluegrasspals.com</a>>: > If it's something like
electronic dance music that you're doing, quantizing > all of it is
probably what you want. That stuff is machine generated as it > is.
> > If it's a rock track played by real live humans, you probably
don't want to > quantize it too much. Groove and good time feel is a
mysterious thing, and > you can't always put a number on it and say
"wow, that drummer's snare is > quantized about 70%".Â
When it feels right, it is right. > > Think of pitch corrected
vocals as an analogy. Too much, and it sounds > robotic. A little, in
the right places to correct more obvious problems, and > things still
sound natural. > > At 10:02 AM 11/11/2015, you wrote: >>
>> Hi guys, >> this time I don't really need any technical
advice, but I'd be eager >> to know how you approach the concept of
quantization. I know that this >> is a general recording question
and so if you think that this is not >> the right place to ask
this, just ignore this message. >> So, from what I gather
quantization is very common in today's >> recordings. I understand
that it's more frequent in certain genres >> than others, but I
guess that it's safe to say that everyone working >> with music has
to know something about it. Quantization should be used >> to fix
timing issues, so that sloppy recordings don't sound sloppy or >>
so that they sound at least less sloppy if possible. So far so good.
>> But the question is: how much to quantize? >> I know that
this is subjective, just as everything, but the general >> opinion
is not to overquantize. In other words, if I for example >> record
something as MIDI and than make every note absolutely perfect >>
(in terms of length and position), the result should sound robotic.
>> But is this really so? >> Obviously, whether one perceives
something as robotic or not depends >> on a number of factors, but
I get the feeling that in some cases it >> makes no perceivable
difference whether you quantize or not. Imagine a >> recording of
only 8th notes at 200 BPM for instance. Maybe it's only >> me and
my unseasoned ears, but it seems to me that human ears have a >>
tendency to perceive things as much more regular than what they >>
actualy are - unless the recording is extremely sloppy they in my
>> uneducated opinion seem to compensate for minor imperfections -
thanks >> to or because of their imperfect nature. >> My
point is, if I slow down a fast recording, I'm able to tell how >>
much it has been quantized. If it's too perfect I might say to my self
>> that this is too perfect to be a human, but does this really
matter in >> the end? >> Sorry for the essay. I started
thinking more about quantization, >> because I'm finally working on
my first recording and I quantized a >> part of it, but not because
I thought it sounded bad, but because I >> had the chance to easily
do it. >> So my personal conclusion is to quantize up to the point
where you >> perceive something as perfect (to keep it human), but
all in all this >> topic still puzzles me. >> Currious to
know what you think. >> Matej >>
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