The Digital Doubt

[mercifulfuzziness]

That’s real thing, what gear are you making music with? Doesn’t matter what it is if that’s what you’re doing. If you’re into collecting stuff that looks vintage or costs a lot just because and you spend 2 hours a week fooling around with A minor pentatonic your gear opinions are pretty much useless.

I feel seen.

 

[duzie]

Cheech, your FM3 and Telecaster are Mediocre?

In the context of this thread my gear seems mediocre Mike
It suits my purpose very well.

 

[Eagle]

You're just a digital Negative Nelly

Imagine if you went to a Dave Gilmour gig and he was playing a ( Peavey bandits through the ages ) Helix rig in to a Headflush 108. Just exactly the same as the regular rig, no difference in the graph.

 

[FuzzyAce]

That's pretty cool. I at least piss my wife off once a day.

I can imagine.

jk

 

[SillyOctpuss]

No, it doesn’t, lol. One of those things looks like an antique radio and one of those things looks dope AF.

Hey. Loads of antique radios look really cool. Especially when you rebuild them as a sleeper digital radio and bluetooth speaker.

 

[Stone]

Well for me its all about enjoyment, I'm also a mediocre at best player who plays in a room
But I enjoy it and thats all that counts for me

 

[paisleywookiee]

Imagine if you went to a Dave Gilmour gig and he was playing a ( Peavey bandits through the ages ) Helix rig in to a Headflush 108. Just exactly the same as the regular rig, no difference in the graph.

Huh? If I went to a David Gilmour gig and he was playing a Helix, I wouldn't care. Closer to my musical wheelhouse, I saw Saigon Kick when Bieler was playing Riveras, and he crushed. I saw him last spring, and he was playing a Neural through a power amp and 1960A. He crushed. Are they 1:1? No. Did it matter? No.

 

[Eagle]

Well for me its all about enjoyment, I'm also a mediocre at best player who plays in a room
But I enjoy it and thats all that counts for me

That all that actually matters unless you charge people to watch.

 

[Stone]

In the context of this thread my gear seems mediocre Mike
It suits my purpose very well.

Then it is not mediocre at all

 

[la szum]

I mean, it's a good point. Are you having fun? I jammed with a couple buddies, DI'd with teh FM9, a bass DI, and my Alesis eKit. Didn't piss my wife off, it sounded awesome, and we had a lot of fun. Is that "neutered" or lame? Maybe. My son recorded DI'd to his Mac, with an amp sim, while the piano player and drummer used VSTi's. He loves it. Is it all a replacement for the real thing? Who knows. Who cares, in that moment.

Awesome!


I don't think making music (alone or with others!) is ever lame. Ever.

So much for me trying not to be an absolutist!

 

[Eagle]

Huh? If I went to a David Gilmour gig and he was playing a Helix, I wouldn't care. Closer to my musical wheelhouse, I saw Saigon Kick when Bieler was playing Riveras, and he crushed. I saw him last spring, and he was playing a Neural through a power amp and 1960A. He crushed. Are they 1:1? No. Did it matter? No.

It will never happen anyway.

 

[la szum]

Fuck, Bliss.... that's too much pressure. "Follow Your Mediocrity!" I say.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Hey. Loads of antique radios look really cool. Especially when you rebuild them as a sleeper digital radio and bluetooth speaker.

In no way have I ever redone an early 1900's Harmograph cabinet to have a modern DJ style turntable. Never ever...

 

[FuzzyAce]

That all that actually matters unless you charge people to watch.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

In no way have I ever redone an early 1900's Harmograph cabinet to have a modern DJ style turntable. Never ever...

I buy loads of old broken vintage radios, strip them for parts and build cool stuff with them.

Also pics of your rebuild please.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I buy loads of old broken vintage radios, strip them for parts and build cool stuff with them.

Also pics of your rebuild please.

Ok, well it wasn't actually a rebuild so much as it was a straightforward replacement. And not exactly the most high end DJ turntable either.
Still cool though.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Awesome!


I don't think making music (alone or with others!) is ever lame. Ever.

So much for me trying not to be an absolutist!

One thing's for certain; technology is making it easier to make great music in far more situations, than ever before. When I was my son's age, I was struggling to either mic a crappy amp with a crappy microphone, or running a Zoom 9000 into my Tascam cassette 4-track, with an Alesis drum machine. And even then, I thought it was fucking magic. Even friends are like "wait, this is all you? At the same time?!"

Now, my son's like "Dad, when are you getting a new Mac Mini? I want your M1. My old Core i5 is too slow!"

 

[paisleywookiee]

That's pretty cool. I at least piss my wife off once a day.

Okay well, I didn’t piss her off because of the music. I’m sure I did with something else.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Ok, well it wasn't actually a rebuild so much as it was a straightforward replacement. And not exactly the most high end DJ turntable either.
Still cool though.

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Very cool. I love stuff like this.

 

[FuzzyAce]

One thing's for certain; technology is making it easier to make great music in far more situations, than ever before. When I was my son's age, I was struggling to either mic a crappy amp with a crappy microphone, or running a Zoom 9000 into my Tascam cassette 4-track, with an Alesis drum machine. And even then, I thought it was fucking magic. Even friends are like "wait, this is all you? At the same time?!"

Now, my son's like "Dad, when are you getting a new Mac Mini? I want your M1. My old Core i5 is too slow!"

It's a great time to be a musician, and especially to record if that's your thing. I was just having a similar conversation with an old buddy last night. But even at my age now I honestly feel like I haven't fully peaked musically, so having all of this cool gear is a blessing and this moment in time.