MP3.com: And being someone that records in isolation myself, I'm curious what you used, what you brought with you to your cabin retreat?
Justin Vernon: Well, it was more out of necessity. The stuff I had then wasn't even that good. I basically had an early Pro Tools setup with a really old Macintosh that I'd kind of spliced together, fixed up and sort of fixed and broke a billion times. So when I was up there, I mean, I always sort of have it with me. I didn't mean to make a record. So I sort of learned some things because all I had was a Shure SM57 and the preamps that are built into this old Pro Tools hardware I have. It's not like the best thing in the world at all, but I think since that's all I had, I worked really, really extra hard and thought extra carefully about the mix and the spatial relations on the album and making sure that it didn't sound too digital and really taking care of the post-production--well, I shouldn't say post-production because it all sort of happened at once.
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The quality of the music transcended any perceived limitations of recording equipment and technique
----------------------
The only people who care about mics, CLA, analog etc.etc. are musician/ engineers. The rest of the people who listen to music for the right reasons don't care what is used or to a large extent, how it sounds.
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0] George Harrison commented:
At that time [...] the console was about this big with four faders on it. And there was one speaker right in the middle [...] and that was it. When they invented stereo, I remember thinking 'Why? What do you want two speakers for?', because it ruined the sound from our point of view. You know, we had everything coming out of one speaker; now it had to come out of two speakers. It sounded like ... very ... naked.[11]
¨first ears, then years, then Gear¨
Links.
Wabi sabi:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
Cuba, the mother of invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-XS4aueDUg&ytbChannel=Motherboard
……………………………..
journal on the art of record production
Endless Analogue: Situating Vintage Technologies in the Contemporary Recording & Production Workplace
http://arpjournal.com/endless-analogue-situating-vintage-technologies-in-the-contemporary-recording-production-workplace/
What Studios Do
http://arpjournal.com/what-studios-do/
……………………………………..
http://audionewsroom.net
TE OP-1, Creative Block, Limitations & Other Stories
http://audionewsroom.net/2015/06/rediscoveries-te-op-1-creative-block-limitations-other-stories.html
One Synth, One Song – Dreadbox Erebus
http://audionewsroom.net/2017/02/one-synth-one-song-episode-1-dreadbox-erebus.html
Trueno – The World’s Smallest Analog Synth
http://audionewsroom.net/2017/12/trueno-the-worlds-smallest-analog-synth-yep-its-not-a-usb-stick.html
………………………………………
Sound Design Tutorial: Lo-Fi Color – Adding Wooly Cassette Character to Soft Synths w/ Garrett McIndoe
http://blog.dubspot.com/lofi-cassette-sound-design/
………………………………………………….
manifesto Matthew Herbert
http://matthewherbert.com/about-contact/manifesto/
………………………………………………….
Why everyone should use a Mirage (even in the 21st century)
http://mondfeuerwerk.de/Mirage/here_is_why.html
………………………………………………….
LO-FI RECORDING: HOW TO TRASH YOUR TRACKS
http://www.deltamedia.com/resource/lo_fi_recording.html
https://www.emusician.com/gear/lo-fi-recording-how-to-trash-your-tracks
………………………………………………….
Everything popular is wrong: Making it in electronic music, despite democratization
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/feature/everything-popular-is-wrong-making-it-in-electronic-music-despite-democratization/#.WibREYVWz-l
………………………………………………….
"Top-quality production values don't guarantee good music."
………………………………………………….
9 crackly lo-fi production tips
http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/9-crackly-lo-fi-production-tips-167694
………………………………………………….
12k sello
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/la-ni-a-junco
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/niesineit
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/somi
………………………………………………….
How to Make Music Without a Computer, My Dawless Setup
https://ask.audio/articles/how-to-make-music-without-a-computer-my-dawless-setup
………………………………………………….
Bricolage. fuente, wikipedia
En Arte, el bricolaje es una técnica donde se crea a partir de materiales diversos comunes o a la mano, y se ve como característico de los trabajos postmodernos.
También pueden producirse en masa o de "basura". Véase también: collage.
………………………………………………….
Wabi-sabi
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
………………………………………………….
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI&ytbChannel=Trevor%20Music%20Annex
………………………………………………….
Mujo
https://mujobeatz.bandcamp.com/album/l-a-g-o-o-n
………………………………………………….
Headphone Commute
In the studio with Celer
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2014/10/06/in-the-studio-with-celer/
In the studio with Benoît Pioulard
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2015/08/20/in-the-studio-with-benoit-pioulard/
In the studio with Western Skies Motel
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2016/03/25/in-the-studio-with-western-skies-motel/
………………………………………………….
A Generation of DJs is Skilled in Marketing and Social Media, but not Music Production
https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/qka8kw/a-generation-of-djs-is-skilled-in-marketing-and-social-media-but-not-music-production
………………………………………………….
Gearslutz
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1069393-one-synth-challenge.html
Why You Should Only Be Using One Synth
https://www.productionmusiclive.com/blogs/news/why-you-should-only-be-using-one-synth
………………………………………………….
residentadvisor
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2873
………………………………………………….
Artist Tips: Philip Jeck
https://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/09/artist-tips-philip-jeck/
………………………………………………….
Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden (part I)
https://acloserlisten.com/2013/03/12/sound-propositions-04-steve-roden-part-i/
………………………………………………….
Interview: Bernhard Günter
http://ronsen.org/monkminkpinkpunk/5/guenter.html
………………………………………………….
Tech Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ4PlMRkIMQ&ytbChannel=null
………………………………………………….
Set Yourself Limitations when producing music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frnLb7oXuoQ&ytbChannel=Tomas%20George
Creativity & Songwriting: Joe Goddard Interview at Sonar +D 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-eoMTgn8s&ytbChannel=Point%20Blank%20Music%20School
Why Is Modern Pop Music So Terrible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVME_l4IwII&ytbChannel=Thoughty2
J-Zone In the Studio: Limitations and Mistakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14X4JOdEKJI&ytbChannel=TheOnionRingPimp
………………………………………………….
Wouter van Veldhoven
https://woutervanveldhoven.bandcamp.com/
………………………………………………….
Justin Vernon: Well, it was more out of necessity. The stuff I had then wasn't even that good. I basically had an early Pro Tools setup with a really old Macintosh that I'd kind of spliced together, fixed up and sort of fixed and broke a billion times. So when I was up there, I mean, I always sort of have it with me. I didn't mean to make a record. So I sort of learned some things because all I had was a Shure SM57 and the preamps that are built into this old Pro Tools hardware I have. It's not like the best thing in the world at all, but I think since that's all I had, I worked really, really extra hard and thought extra carefully about the mix and the spatial relations on the album and making sure that it didn't sound too digital and really taking care of the post-production--well, I shouldn't say post-production because it all sort of happened at once.
-----------------------
The quality of the music transcended any perceived limitations of recording equipment and technique
----------------------
The only people who care about mics, CLA, analog etc.etc. are musician/ engineers. The rest of the people who listen to music for the right reasons don't care what is used or to a large extent, how it sounds.
-------------------
0] George Harrison commented:
At that time [...] the console was about this big with four faders on it. And there was one speaker right in the middle [...] and that was it. When they invented stereo, I remember thinking 'Why? What do you want two speakers for?', because it ruined the sound from our point of view. You know, we had everything coming out of one speaker; now it had to come out of two speakers. It sounded like ... very ... naked.[11]
¨first ears, then years, then Gear¨
Links.
Wabi sabi:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
Cuba, the mother of invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-XS4aueDUg&ytbChannel=Motherboard
……………………………..
journal on the art of record production
Endless Analogue: Situating Vintage Technologies in the Contemporary Recording & Production Workplace
http://arpjournal.com/endless-analogue-situating-vintage-technologies-in-the-contemporary-recording-production-workplace/
What Studios Do
http://arpjournal.com/what-studios-do/
……………………………………..
http://audionewsroom.net
TE OP-1, Creative Block, Limitations & Other Stories
http://audionewsroom.net/2015/06/rediscoveries-te-op-1-creative-block-limitations-other-stories.html
One Synth, One Song – Dreadbox Erebus
http://audionewsroom.net/2017/02/one-synth-one-song-episode-1-dreadbox-erebus.html
Trueno – The World’s Smallest Analog Synth
http://audionewsroom.net/2017/12/trueno-the-worlds-smallest-analog-synth-yep-its-not-a-usb-stick.html
………………………………………
Sound Design Tutorial: Lo-Fi Color – Adding Wooly Cassette Character to Soft Synths w/ Garrett McIndoe
http://blog.dubspot.com/lofi-cassette-sound-design/
………………………………………………….
manifesto Matthew Herbert
http://matthewherbert.com/about-contact/manifesto/
………………………………………………….
Why everyone should use a Mirage (even in the 21st century)
http://mondfeuerwerk.de/Mirage/here_is_why.html
………………………………………………….
LO-FI RECORDING: HOW TO TRASH YOUR TRACKS
http://www.deltamedia.com/resource/lo_fi_recording.html
https://www.emusician.com/gear/lo-fi-recording-how-to-trash-your-tracks
………………………………………………….
Everything popular is wrong: Making it in electronic music, despite democratization
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/feature/everything-popular-is-wrong-making-it-in-electronic-music-despite-democratization/#.WibREYVWz-l
………………………………………………….
"Top-quality production values don't guarantee good music."
………………………………………………….
9 crackly lo-fi production tips
http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/9-crackly-lo-fi-production-tips-167694
………………………………………………….
12k sello
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/la-ni-a-junco
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/niesineit
https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/somi
………………………………………………….
How to Make Music Without a Computer, My Dawless Setup
https://ask.audio/articles/how-to-make-music-without-a-computer-my-dawless-setup
………………………………………………….
Bricolage. fuente, wikipedia
En Arte, el bricolaje es una técnica donde se crea a partir de materiales diversos comunes o a la mano, y se ve como característico de los trabajos postmodernos.
También pueden producirse en masa o de "basura". Véase también: collage.
………………………………………………….
Wabi-sabi
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
………………………………………………….
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI&ytbChannel=Trevor%20Music%20Annex
………………………………………………….
Mujo
https://mujobeatz.bandcamp.com/album/l-a-g-o-o-n
………………………………………………….
Headphone Commute
In the studio with Celer
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2014/10/06/in-the-studio-with-celer/
In the studio with Benoît Pioulard
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2015/08/20/in-the-studio-with-benoit-pioulard/
In the studio with Western Skies Motel
https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2016/03/25/in-the-studio-with-western-skies-motel/
………………………………………………….
A Generation of DJs is Skilled in Marketing and Social Media, but not Music Production
https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/qka8kw/a-generation-of-djs-is-skilled-in-marketing-and-social-media-but-not-music-production
………………………………………………….
Gearslutz
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1069393-one-synth-challenge.html
Why You Should Only Be Using One Synth
https://www.productionmusiclive.com/blogs/news/why-you-should-only-be-using-one-synth
………………………………………………….
residentadvisor
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2873
………………………………………………….
Artist Tips: Philip Jeck
https://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/09/artist-tips-philip-jeck/
………………………………………………….
Sound Propositions 04: Steve Roden (part I)
https://acloserlisten.com/2013/03/12/sound-propositions-04-steve-roden-part-i/
………………………………………………….
Interview: Bernhard Günter
http://ronsen.org/monkminkpinkpunk/5/guenter.html
………………………………………………….
Tech Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ4PlMRkIMQ&ytbChannel=null
………………………………………………….
Set Yourself Limitations when producing music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frnLb7oXuoQ&ytbChannel=Tomas%20George
Creativity & Songwriting: Joe Goddard Interview at Sonar +D 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-eoMTgn8s&ytbChannel=Point%20Blank%20Music%20School
Why Is Modern Pop Music So Terrible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVME_l4IwII&ytbChannel=Thoughty2
J-Zone In the Studio: Limitations and Mistakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14X4JOdEKJI&ytbChannel=TheOnionRingPimp
………………………………………………….
Wouter van Veldhoven
https://woutervanveldhoven.bandcamp.com/
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