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Old 11-29-2012, 05:17 PM   #367
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And personally, I hate that approach.

Get a great bass tone from the amp, cabinet, microphone, instrument, strings, pick/fingers and record.

Make a decision and go with it. Having options doesn't make the music any better and it generally tends to **** things up come mixing time.
Totally with you on this - I'm just running extra tracks to appease everyone else.

Come mixing time...we're using my stereo-miked cabs. Already a done deal.

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The Rockman was a new creative tool and it sounded unlike any other guitar amp or guitar recording chain. Same with drum machines. There was an isolation that had never existed before and new sound.
Just never was a fan. Compressed and sterile, to my ears.

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Drum samples came into play for various reasons. A guy like CLA uses them because it defines his sound. Bob Clearmountain used them and shared his library with others because it defined his sound.

Producers don't generally use drum samples unless they ****ed something up while tracking and that usually isn't the case. Mixers like to supplement recorded drums with samples to fit their vision, although it's not unlikely that the drums are replaced in their entirety.
They do that nowadays, in the 'modern rock' world. Not drum samples, but triggers on the actual drums, so that it's actually someone playing, for a 'live band' feel, but digitally triggered.

Think any Nickleback, Disturbed, or Saliva record you've ever heard.

Again, not a fan.

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I just don't agree, whatsoever. If you're using high end gear like Neve, SSL, API, Drawmer, Empirical Labs, Vintech, etc. and so on and the gear is properly maintained in a clean, temperature controlled room, there is absolutely no reason why anything should sound different from day to day.
Dude, it's all top notch gear. If you're feeling different each day, the guitar plays different each day.

It may just be a musician thing...of course I'm a weirdo with acute hearing.
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