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Almost afraid to ask, what is RoS?
Rings of Saturn
If you enjoy super techy abrasive dissonance shred deathcore you’re in for a treat. Otherwise youll hate it

Almost afraid to ask, what is RoS?
Rings of Saturn
If you enjoy super techy abrasive dissonance shred deathcore you’re in for a treat. Otherwise youll hate it
Super abrasive
Dissonance
Shred (can beI’m picky)
Deathcore (might kill it idk)
I added it to my work commute on Monday lol
Hahaha they've played all their songs 5bpm-15bpm faster live, they get a pass for playing it slower in the studio.
Heard this for quite some time and to be honest; seems to be a bit of a trick that kinda makes you doubt the ferocity of all those years of downpicking. Not really, but maybe just a bitSeems like something Fleming should have kept to himself if we're being honest?
Of course I’m more willing to give a pass to 60s acid heads than 80s thrash![]()
That's fine, but if you need it to perform live you don't deserve to be on that stage, masquerading as an actual singer.
What if those 60's acid heads are in their 80's? That's where I take a pass on buying tickets.
I dunno, I only saw dead & co once when they came through here on their last tour and had a great time. Of course at this point it’s just Bobby and Micky being the geezers in the band. Kind of regret not seeing them more previously when they were actively touring. Hope to make it to a Sphere show at some point (assuming they do another residency)
Hahaha they've played all their songs 5bpm-15bpm faster live, they get a pass for playing it slower in the studio.
Yes but, especially the super fast versions in 86, are super sloppy, nothing like the record.
It is sloppy because they play these already hard songs, full of downpickings, like 10%-20% fasters so naturally they ll sound sloppy. Especially at the ozzy tour you can hear a buzzy mess often, when they play the songs way faster. I m sure the cocaine and drinking did not help.Is it sloppy because of a lack of ability or a lack of sobriety?
I also recall that many old singles from the 50s and 60s were sped up when mastered to vinyl. For one, it shortened the songs but also gave the effect of being more upbeat and fresh.Varispeed with tape was absolutely nothing new going back WAY before Metallica. How do you think The Hollies got those impossibly high-pitched vocal harmonies? Varispeed was a feature on ALL professional multitrack tape machines; I had it on mine, and used it.
Vocal comps have been used on nearly every pop recording made for maybe 60 years, too. Anyone who thinks otherwise is thinking very wishfully.
They used to cut verse takes, chorus takes, solos up from 2" tape, by hand, and paste them into place with splicing tape. I did tape comps on lots of ads in the days before digital.
You know who could do perfect harmonies live? The Bee Gees. The Beach Boys. The Temptations. The Supremes, Absolutely perfect. I can't think of others offhand, I'm sure there were quite a few.
Autotune is standard practice on nearly everything. It's the expected norm. As with everyone using the same consoles and recording equipment, the same mics, the same software, the same preamps, and autotune, "the sound of records" has become homogenized. In terms of audio, it's boring.
Of course, tricks like EMI's ADT (automatic doubling) invented for John Lennon and other artists who couldn't double their vocals perfectly were created and used. Echo chambers were once used to help disguise out-of-tune vocals. Varispeed (came later) cured them.
You can hear the out-of-phase tape doubling on Tom Petty's voice in the song 'Wildflowers' from the '90s. It's clear as day if you're listening in a good room or on good headphones. It creates a weird resonance in the lower registers of his voice at various parts of the song.
I'm as guilty of boring as anyone, maybe more so!
When I listen to EMI, or Decca, or Motown, or Chess records, I hear the differences in the one-off, custom-assembled gear each studio and label had. Each record company had a distinctive recorded sound.
Commercial consoles like Neve and SSL didn't exist until the '70s. Folks didn't all use the exact same tape machines and tape types. There was more variety.
"At last check, Spotify was allowing 100% AI-created music to play on their system, Laz. Put that in your pipe and smoke it."
"That being the case, I'd better smoke something else."