Fun With Computers and Music!

Yep....I played with some of the early versions of that stuff back in the 200x era. I never really put out any recordings using them, just learned what they did...
That stuff is exactly why I say talent is no longer required for fame in music...it’s all about looks...the rest can be fixed in post....
...and yes, I’ll use a drum machine/software drums that I program via midi. My drummer pitches the most ungodly hissy fits when I flip his kit to lefty.
 
To add though...I don’t think that “computers” killed music...I blame it on the perceived desire for a crutch/cheat, that facilitated the passing lack of drive to practice enough to develop skill that presents as talent.(so yes, I blame autotune and beat detective and drum sample replacement)
A computer only does what a user tells it to do. If I don’t like the performance that I record on to a computer/tablet/phone, I play it over and over...until I get it the way I want it. Now that memory is fairly cheap, computers are handy recorders...not the same mojo as tape, but it’s improved immensely over the last 15 years.
 
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A little hyperbolic to claim that computers "killed" rock music. There are many, many bands still recording the old way, a lot of them still going to analog tape. There may be an abundance of shortcutting going on with pop music, but real rock bands are still recording real instruments.
 
cricket bats and boots in asses that is what makes music ---and acid----- and groupies------and weed--------and Jack Daniels----
 
gball said:
A little hyperbolic to claim that computers "killed" rock music. There are many, many bands still recording the old way, a lot of them still going to analog tape. There may be an abundance of shortcutting going on with pop music, but real rock bands are still recording real instruments.
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Indeed. I am one that records the old fashioned way...I don’t even like to do punch passes to correct errors. I will cut up tracks to remove any unwanted noise during silent passages. I only use software drums to facilitate writing...for band stuff my drummer is well practiced (on some days...no different from myself). I am a digital recording person though....moved from analog in the late 1990s. I still treat it like tape though...
 
The computer capabilities are pretty astounding, even beyond what Rick Beato goes into here. You don't even need an amplifier or any effects when recording in the studio. You can play the parts dry and all effects and amp sims can be done entirely from the computer with plug-ins.

To see some of this in action, compared with a real amp, go to 31:50 - 34:17 in this video from NAMM 2019.

The software plug-in is indistinguishable from the real amp.


Here's another:



Actually, seeing this in action, it seems to have no distinguishable latency. You could possibly even use this live.

Don't get me wrong, I love real amps and pedals, but the software has gotten really good.
 
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smitty_p said:
In a way, you’re the ideal candidate for one!
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Maybe....but seems unnecessarily complicated.

I recall playing my Les Paul through my 1997 Valvestate and having people ask me tons of questions about my tone and commenting on how good it was...and that was nothing but a 30 foot cord between the guitar and amp.

I had hoped the DSL40C would have been more versatile
 
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