Crank? Nah, just like to hear the sound of laughter.

Now one real life example where I'm glad we didn't have pro tools. We cut
this song, a very long instrumental live at a rehearsal with Deniz Tek. When
I started doing over dubs I noticed something funny. I mentioned it to our
drummer. When he came around and realized it was HIS mistake (nothing  we
couldn't live with) he pitched a fit. A while later I had to do some
transfers at another studio and ask if we could spend some time to fix this
mistake...the drummer hit the cymbal one measure too soon, before the next
section. Dave Weyer said he could, but had disconnected one of his interfaces
because he was sick of Pro Tools and was now doing most of his work on
2"-24track. So stuck with this track the drummer demanded we didn't use, I
had to think...It finally came to me that rather that redo the drums, or
recut the first verse, we could do the front in a completely  different
arrangement. I got the other guitar player over and had him rework the verse
in a sort of "arranged free form" thing. I stuck some backwards piano and
cymbal onto the end, and cut it onto the body of the song. Bingo. I played it
for the drummer who dug it, and spent a session doing overdubs, including a
load of cymbal hits to replace the temp backwards one. Our drummer never
mentioned his previous hissy fit, and now thinks it's genius. If we could
have just fixed it in the computer in the first place, the songs ultimately
wouldn't have been nearly as good. Plus we had a lot of fun doing the new
section.

I was serious about the flange and tape delay....

RS


jon harrison wrote:

> Ronald, you're obviously a crank, but I'm glad you're clinging to the old
> ways.
>
> Funniest thing I've read in weeks.
>
> Jon
>
> >
> > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:03:43 -0800
> > From: ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net>
> > To: audities <audities@smoe.org>
> > Subject: Pro Tools
> > Message-ID: <400D5F6E.A672957F@mcn.net>
> >
> > Hey, we've found this great effect we're using on every song on our new
> > album. It's a little tricky and has to be used carefully. What you do is
> > play or sing each part two or three times, until you get it "right". If
> > you get just about there, but not quite, slam some flange and tape
> > delay, and it sounds great.
> >
> > Ron "razor blade edits" Sanchez
> > -- Ronald Sanchez
> > Director Of A&R
> > Career Records
> > www.CareerRecords.com
> >
> > The Donovan's Brain Web Site
> > www.Donovans-Brain.com
> >
> >
> >

-- Ronald Sanchez
Director Of A&R
Career Records
 www.CareerRecords.com

The Donovan's Brain Web Site
 www.Donovans-Brain.com