Hi Michael, I can see what you are getting at here, and I think it's a fair point , something strangely I had also discussed with Rene in a few emails. I like creating mixes, and "Loop DJ" did make me laugh a little :) seriously though, in answer to your "which parts were composed" question the Yello vocal is of course a sample, the drums, and guitar also samples. the bass is composed and filtered/phased etc, the choir pads also composed on a softsynth (absynth, as used by boris) and that's about it. I know sonically what you mean by the end result though, it does sound like a handfull of samples from a magazine cover disk pasted together with Dieter going "BUUUM" over the top, and stuck in Acid and just exported. and it is! LOL , no just joking ;) I do use sample based technology a lot, but can also play the piano and compose on my synth, if you get a chance to listen to Nocturnal .mp3, which Jon might put up soon, that is all Composition on a Korg not much samples in that one, infact none I think. apart from my vocal at the end. Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonicom" <sonicom@mac.com> To: <yello@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: [Yello] State of the Art?
Okay...here is my question. Which parts of this 'remix' were composed and not just samples? Composing original material from scratch is one thing, while playing 'Loop DJ' is another. While I do not mean to belittle your compositional prowess, todays music software, with it's beat-matching technology, pitch-to-MIDI conversion, formant-preservant Pitch-shifting, and audio quantize features, takes a lot of the guesswork and need for true talent out of the equation. Most any of you who are blown away by the quality of these recordings could make the same things yourself, without spending a million dollars on gear. Boris says that about 60% of what he composes at this point is sound generated by software primarily, and if he does use outboard gear, it is still sound that is digitally manipulated once once recorded to the hard drive. We want to hear some original recordings, using your own home-made samples as the raw ingredients, and not 15-year old Yello samples.
Michael Pawloski