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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonBay View Post
    Never said to eliminate them completely, but if you happen to miss one note and yet the whole performance besides that is solid, why waste it then?
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    Talking to people who get paid to produce songs for other people on gearslutz. Every single one of them says recordall your main sounds, if its not right, do a retake. Once you go in and edit the arrangement it will sound more grid like.
    This is something that was covered in Sound City (the dave grohl doco) which was one of the parts of the film that I actually agreed with, they talked about the introduction of digital and programs like Pro Tools into studios, and how you could just pick the 'best' bit from that take and the 'best' bit from that take, and actually mash it all together. They felt like it was cheating, as they would just record a straight take, over and over and over again, and the one they liked the 'best' made the cut, and more often than not, it was the first one, the one with the most raw power, the one with the most honesty.

    This is my outlook when using any instrument, digital or analog, don't take shortcuts.

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    Recording a band and capturing a performance is way different from writing a dance track.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonBay View Post
    Recording a band and capturing a performance is way different from writing a dance track.
    I don't agree with this statement, but I could understand it, if the OP was talking about sitting at a computer with his mouse, clicking and clicking, but he's talking about an Analog instrument, so I really don't think their is much of a difference, infact, I don't think there is any difference at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonBay View Post
    Recording a band and capturing a performance is way different from writing a dance track.
    You need to experience some BC raves or something dude. They are one in the same completely. People playing guitars over someone playing a synth all while spinning a beat in the background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllDay View Post
    You need to experience some BC raves or something dude. They are one in the same completely. People playing guitars over someone playing a synth all while spinning a beat in the background.
    art vs science (australian band) are a great example of live hard synths mixed with guitar and drums.


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    So I just figured out about Logic Pro's "comping" when recording live instruments. What an awesome feature. I can do 3-4 takes and take the best of each part and integrate it into a single seamless audio region.

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    Quote Originally Posted by djchriswoods.co.uk View Post
    Welcome to the oldskool! Thats how we did it lol. or at least we would of sent midi from the computer to the synth and audio back into the computer.

    The other way you could do it is to record your take, say an 8 bar take, and make adjustments to that and just loop it in your daw
    This exactly.

    The sound and grit of analogue gear with the fast workflow of a digital DAW. Playing something over and over again is a frustrating waste of time, and an un-quantized bass can sound nasty

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