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

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

I know I know, the 3rd movie sucked, but I love it
anyway.  The scene with the family in the train
station saved it for me.

--- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:

> 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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