i wont take that as a personal insult, mainly because i spend between 5 and 8 hours everyday in my studio making / recording and releasing music, whereas i have spent only about 20 minutes in three years bothering to switch on a camcorder to capture a couple of jams ive done.skept wrote:
@ oblioblioblio and steevio: do you ever think that it seems like no one is using these tools to make music because the people making music with them are sitting in theirs studios doing just that instead of wasting time on internet forums and posting youtube videos?
a few people that i can effortlessly think of who are well known for making techno and using modulars: plastikman, lucy, drumcell, villalobos
likewise ive probably only posted on this forum about 10 times this year.
there's no doubt plenty of producers are using modulars in their music, and have done for some time, but it's also true that there's not many videos of musicians playing live on modular rigs, personally i would be really happy to see more videos... watching musicians play live rather than hiding away in studios.
whats wrong with that ?
I'd travel to another country anyday to see Ricardo play live on a modular !
the truth is there are very few people playing live techno gigs purely on a modular synthesizer, and i think that is down to the fact that we've all become a bit lazy since the advent of laptops, its just so easy to gig with your entire kit in the overhead locker, that taking your big precious modular out gigging is a total ball-ache, risking damage in transit, taking hours to set-up and take down etc..
and as for the lack of studio videos, who knows what anyone is actually doing with their rigs in the confines of their studio ?, who knows how much of what they do is modular ? is it 100% modular ?, what do they use their modulars for ?
i'd say we need more people wasting their time putting up youtube videos. its interesting to me, so i'm sure there are others who also find it interesting.