“You can make something very unlistenable by quantizing it too much. I play a lot of stuff by hand and don’t quantize it, and very often it sounds better that way. Unquantized rhythms work better when used next to quantized rhythms and vice versa.”
“Basically, you have two hands, so you’ve got ahold of two knobs, and you set it up for that golden spot […] where subtle, slight tweaking of two parameters takes you through a huge range of sound. And then you can pick those best performances and stick them back in the sampler.”
“I think people who use lots of plug-in programs don’t always understand that it’s better to start off using different VCOs and things on synths to get your source material, because there’s something more ‘analog’ about it. There’s something about the curve. The human brain can distinguish ever such a lot of information. The way an analog echo throws its repeat back, for example, and the timing of its repeat versus the way a computer does it. It might be subtle, but we can tell that. That’s something that should not be underestimated.”
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