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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gear / Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Moby's New York Studio
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM
This video is a serious nerd session, but I'd be pretty stoked to sit around there and play with that stuff for a while, preferably without Moby.
h/t: Chris Cairns
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Is this a joke? Literally he says, "I've always been really utilitarian when recording, just using whatever's at hand and whatever works," while sitting in front of a GIGANTIC WALL OF RARE DRUM MACHINES?? Yes... so utilitarian. Real down to earth, "whatever works", this guy.
My other favorite part was when, after his pretentious spiel about "nobody sweats on a plugin, I just love the tangible history of these things," he reveals that he then just SAMPLES THEM because it makes them "way easier to use." So... you turn them into... PLUGINS???
So just another SUPER materialistic rich dude.
My other favorite part was when, after his pretentious spiel about "nobody sweats on a plugin, I just love the tangible history of these things," he reveals that he then just SAMPLES THEM because it makes them "way easier to use." So... you turn them into... PLUGINS???
So just another SUPER materialistic rich dude.
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it's refreshing to hear someone as high profile as moby admit what a dork he is. loved it.
@2 he admits the majority of those drum machines are just for show. also posing in front of that wall was likely the director's idea.
as for your second point, - i don't think he was ripping on plugins for being too "easy". he was making a comment about the character you get from a weathered 30 year old instrument compared to a piece of digital software.
people have been sampling drum machines long before plugins (or recording software in general) ever existed.
it's a completely different process that yields different results.
not to mention drum machines that old aren't programmable, so you have to sample them in order to really use them at all.
@2 he admits the majority of those drum machines are just for show. also posing in front of that wall was likely the director's idea.
as for your second point, - i don't think he was ripping on plugins for being too "easy". he was making a comment about the character you get from a weathered 30 year old instrument compared to a piece of digital software.
people have been sampling drum machines long before plugins (or recording software in general) ever existed.
it's a completely different process that yields different results.
not to mention drum machines that old aren't programmable, so you have to sample them in order to really use them at all.
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