I ran across your website today and thought . . . what a great idea. It looks like some real musicians talking about real issues! I don't usually join anything but this looks like a good bunch a people!

Hi
Welcome to the forum, from the gear you have you're obviously a serious musician, maybe we could tap into your experience regarding recording. We look forward to hearing some of your music and also your views/comments on the music we upload.
BTW what is your first name?
Cheers
Spike

Thanks for the welcome! My first name is Terry. You can hear a couple of tunes and bio at myspace.com/soundtrackmedia . I will be glad to have my brain picked when it comes to recording. (slim pickin's, teehee) In my opinion, the only excuse for "bad" recordings is bad gear. (not necessarily cheap, just not quality). We are all emersed daily in "quality" audio whether it be "the nightly news", the radio or going to the movies. So, we are at least familar what "good quality" sounds like. And, that should be our goal. It doesn't matter how you get there. You just gotta know when you are "there".

I used to think I would read online from some producer the "perfect" studio set-up and go from there. It never happened. I believe it's because there is no such thing. Tastes very from individual to individual. Also, I think most people are embarrased to admit how much money they've "thrown" at their studio, only to find out they've just spent a lot of money.

I'm fortunate that I reverted back to "playing by ear". I can still read enough "score" to fix the mistakes but don't read music very well any more.

I guess I need to save some of this so I don't run out of things to say.

P.S. I found this site by researching Tyros. I noticed you have one. How do you like it? I've always been partial to Yamaha because I prefer sounds that closely resemble real instruments. I prefer full orchestra sounds but have to produce some tunes on the popular side to "keep people awake"!

Thanks again!

Hi Terry
Very interesting post - went to Myspace and listened to your music - very good, sounds professional, I recognised one of the Yamaha intros in 'The Way Things Used To Be'.
Yes I really like the Tyros 2 with it's SA voices, I had a PSR2000 before that. Although I like Yamaha (I also have a Motif) I bought a Korg N5ex and recently added an M3 which is the equivalent to the Motif as I think you can have too many sounds from the same manufacturer and the Korg sounds are different, in many cases more 'real'
I have never learned to read music but, like you, know enough to edit scores with sequencing software and indeed built-in sequencers.
I run all my gear through a mixer and into a couple of Behringer active monitors or the Fostex MR16 depending what I'm doing. The kids kindly bought me all this from their inheritance....although they didn't know at the time!
Perhapsif you have time to spare in the future you'd consider posting a thread on multi-track recording through external digital recorders - many of us do it on our keyboards but it would be nice to get the audio slant on this rather than midi.
Looking forward to your postings
Cheers
Spike

spike~

I'd be glad to contribute on the pros/cons of digital recording. Give me a couple of days to get caught up.


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