Re: You can't have everyting (tube) where would you put it?

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

I love the analogy, Mark.  Except, just don't take it to the third movie, 
okay? :)  I like being a brain in a vat.

K-
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 11:55 PM
Subject: You can't have everyting (tube) where would you put it?


> --- RICK WALKER <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
>
>>  "Should  I run my recordings through a freeware
>> plugin that uses digital
>> acoustic modelling
>> to simulate tape saturation that 95% of ALL
>> audiences cannot distinguish
>> from  the sound of the reall thing (Revox)......
>
> This has been the theme of my music gear world for a
> while, so it's near and dear to my heart.  On one side
> of me, the "red pill" side, I want to live in the
> "real world."  A world full of tape and tubes and
> messy stuff to fuck with.  The other side of me enjoys
> living in a world where the real world is simulated.
> The good thing about it is, as Morphius says, "It is a
> system with rules.  These rules can be bent... and
> some can be broken."
>
> Like the rule of space.  If I wanted a real tube pre,
> I'd have to figure out where it would go in my world.
> Vintage warmer just takes up space on a hard drive.
> Not that this hard drive space is infinite, but it's
> far easier to increase than building an addition to a
> house.
>
>> .......or should I use the money that I would have
>> spent on a used
>> Revox tape machine (and all it's attendant cabling
>> and cabinetry and space
>> to house it)
>> on that French Horn that I"ve been lusting over?"
>
> Here in San Francisco, the space law is not bendable.
> There's a fixed amount of it and lots of people who
> want to live in it because it happens to be pretty
> damn cool place.  I'd love to have a wall of vintage
> synths, rack gear and tube amps.  That would mean
> working a lot more to fund the rent, or moving far
> away from the cool place.  Moving far from the cool
> place often means less work for people like me, so
> there's that too.
>
>> Both  answers to that question are valid
>> artistically and I truly respect
>> you if your answer is different from mine.
>
> I don't think it's artistically driven is it?  It's a
> pure problem of space/money.  Wouldn't we all love a
> house full of the best coolest gear, computer and
> otherwise?
>
>> If people have the money to do both, then I say more
>> power to you.
>
> We all find a place of equlibrium.  I find I need a
> good community feeling in my 'hood so I give up the
> space I'd like.  Also I have fallen madly in love with
> a woman who's got a big dog so that adds it's own
> limitations in terms of where you can live (especially
> in a city)
>
> I've chosen to give up large studio gear for smaller
> more nimble computer stuff.  Does it sound as good?
> Probably not, but it got to the point where I didn't
> have much choise and I'm sure glad I can keep the
> massive amount of gear in a virtual world at least.
>
> I love toys!
>
> M
>
>
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