If you’re interested in analog check out these sites:
http://www.tapedeck.org/index.php
-I miss making real mixtapes and little artworks for them, I wish I still kept them…
“Tapedeck.org is a project of neckcns.com, built to showcase the amazing beauty and (sometimes) weirdness found in the designs of the common audio tape cassette. There's an amazing range of designs, starting from the early 60's functional cassette designs, moving through the colourful playfulness of the 70's audio tapes to amazing shape variations during the 80's and 90's. We hope you enjoy these tapes as much as we do!”
http://www.moogmusic.com/
-everything you wanted to know about Bob Moog and his revolution in the creation of the Moog synthesizer...there's a documentary dvd that's interesting as well
http://www.mu-tron.org/
-when Mutron created the Phase and Envelope Filter, they were all over the 70’s funk and disco sound. These types of effects processing are now inseparable from contemporary urban music.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/
-very informative if you are into analog synths
“The Vintage Synth Explorer was established back in 1996 in order to provide a fast and easy way to learn about vintage analog and digital synthesizers. This has grown to include modern analog emulators, software synths, plug-ins, and other new synthesizers and samplers. Here you will find detailed descriptions and reviews, pictures, audio samples, technical specifications, famous users, patch files, manuals, links and more - for over 600 instruments! The Vintage Synth Explorer is here to help you learn more about synthesizers and to find the one that's right for you.”
Adrian Vermette
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After reading this I wonder how long it is going to be before CDs and DVDs become obsolete and a part of nostaglia. MP3s are taking over the music market, so the need for music stores may also become obslete.
What will this do to the culture of music? Will this have an impact on the way artists and singers are presented to the media? Since there will no longer be a need for cover art, will the packaging of the artist change? I'm asking alot of questions.
So I guess my point is that I am worried that all my positive experiences with music will only soon only exist in nostaglia because I like holding a CD in my hand and looking at the cover art.
-Melissa Skowron
I think cd's have already become obsolete, and it will have a huge impact to recorded music. The big labels will get out of that industry, which will affect not only the 'stars' but lesser known artists. What typically used to happen, is labels would funnel the big money made on the stars to finance releases by unknowns and experimental artists. There were also independant labels that released music on small pressings, etc. This is all quickly going down the tubes, as people don't want to pay for music (regardless of quality). I think what will happen is that people who actually 'record' music as a physical object will do it for art/aesthetic reasons, as there will be no financial returns (not unlike alot of fine art). It may be more likely the culture of music will return to live performance, as it existed before the recording medium was invented. Who is to say how music will exist with growing technology? We have computer programs that do all the work, plug-ins that emulate production processes, soft-synths that emulate the originals, programs that emulate tape and tube recording. It goes back to the discussion in class about making something sound or look vintage through emulation. It almost seems we are entering a huge cultural vacuum, and it just dosen't pertain only to music.
It's interesting how you mention that you like holding a CD and looking at the cover art. Holding a record and looking at the art is a whole different experience as well. I think it has something to do with synesthesia (hearing color/seeing sound). This is a sensory experience that ipod uses are missing out on, actually holding a 12x12 inch artwork that made sense with the music. But this all seems to have something to do with how we consume...
Adrian Vermette
PS:they tried to kill the record but it came back and IT'S GONNA GET 'EM!!!
As much as it may pain people to grasp this but really no one has been making money on the type of recorded media since tapes. Most bands barely break even on their record sales any more. Where the real money is made is in touring/ticket, and swag sales (t-shirts, bag badges, buttons etc. If you really want to support a band big or small buy a tee-shirt as it were. for the same matter there is big money to be made in band swag counterfeiting this is how profitable it is for them t-shirts for like 2 dollars slap even a one colour silk screen on them and sell then for whats the going price? 20 bucks or something?, but I digress. As for MP3s and CDs debate. CDs are crap as far as I am concerned, but not for the reasons you are thinking of. CDs are crap because they are so vulnerable to being destroyed with general use. The sound quality on them is amazing mind you we are talking in the thousands of samples per second. However we are a generation who is playing with fait. 50 and 60 percent of the music made today is digital release only. any of you who understand how fragile digital media is today on our conventional storage devices will then understand that years of music from the past will exist for years to come while we the next generation who have put all of our trust in cds and highly inferior quality mp3s will be left with little to no record of our history given the rate data destruction on our systems. The Media Corporations have us by the balls in that sense because most of us buy these 99-cent MP3s encoded at usually countem' 192 kbps that is truly the scum of the file world CDs which are not in MP# file format which most people think but in hi quality uncompressed 1200 kbps. Let me put it in perspective CD quality is like Canada and the United states in terms of standard of living and MP3 quality is like oooooh lets see here... malasia or insert poorest country you can think of here___________. read em and weep people you know that nice collection of music that fits just nicely on your new 80 gig iPod and the cds that you ripped it from getting scratched all to hell in a cd wallet kiss your money goodbye people because the record companies could care less their not about archiving their about sales. This is yet another reason who corporations cannot be trusted with our cultural documentation! they don't give a flying fuck! ... breathe.... breathe... oh and even if you take care of your CDs they still could be wrecked because in mastering they put all of channels on full blast making all audio today uniformly loud. this is mostly for the radio, you see so people do not have to use the volume knob as much this way. anyhoo to distill the issue most of the subtle beauty and dynamics of our recorded media are being thrashed all to hell and unreconcilable even with a computer. We are in for it with our insatiable demands I'll tell you. We are going to have the crappiest archive of music ever concieved when we pass it on to the next generation. Not that we care or know to care we sluff these things off like they were nothing clinging tenuously to the assumption that digital is better than everything else well its not people not as long as money is in the way. you can watch a video on this topic if you don't believe me its called (search for: The Loudness War) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ
Oh, no doubt that they shittied the music up a long time ago. Ever since cd's they've been compressing the sound more to make it louder. Louder basically allows them to compete betterin the market.
I read that some big artists make more money selling ring tones than on their music...
A. Vermette
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