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Reminds me of this interview:
āā¦the producer got out a large wrap of cocaine and told us all to take a lineā¦And we stayed up all night, making music and I just thought we were geniuses: . But the next day when I woke up and I listened to what weād done, it was just terrible. Two things happened from that. One, we got rid of the producer. And secondly, Iāve never taken cocaine again.ā
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Did you see that documentary about Dave grohl buying the (now defunct) famous sound city studios so that he could cannibalize their neve console?
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i think he only bought the console because the studio was closing.
Yeah I can only speak to the viewpoint of the doc but they were definitely trying to sell it as ārock star is philanthropist for spending a million dollars on a recording desk for personal studio.ā
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i remember it as āstudio is closingā¦ going out of businessā¦ we should buy that console because itās amazing and has a ton of history.ā
i donāt know how much philanthropy was involvedā¦ seemed like they just wanted to save the console.
a lot of famous well kitted out studios have closed in the last 20+ years.
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Thatās probably how it went, who knows how the reality of these situations played out most of the time. Most people donāt make a movie about it though.
Analog recording is dying because at the end of the day the music industry isnāt losing any money by killing it off. Or perhaps āletting it dieā is more accurate.
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recording to tape is pretty much dead except in rare casesā¦ but recording through consoles happens a ton and will for a long time. recording through nice mic pres etc isnāt going awayā¦ but not everyone needs/wants a mixer workflowā¦ but for some people itās a great solutionā¦ but aināt cheap and all thatā¦ pros/cons lists are different for allā¦
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Thatās just it, to a lot of producers who actually do work, a plug-in or new mix desk is just as good. Fetishists (me included) think oooooh sexy neve time, and you end up with super expensive niche products with a silkscreened neve signature on them.
At this point an original neve console (or anything else neve) is so inaccessible itās just something you talk about, not a reality. Maybe 15 or so years ago the guys I was making music with and I recorded at this nice bay area studio that has a neve console and it really does sound incredible. I suppose it could be placebo or ear hallucinations but it felt like being a time traveler sitting there.
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I just love this part
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TenchÅ is a japanese word for store manager / shop manager, I read some supposition online that the guy who appears next to the word tencho on that pocket operator is supposed to be the boss in the scene (it was referring to tonic though, so I donāt know about the KO specifically).
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