Why did everybody use so much reverb in the 80s?

[JGriffin]

An excellent point. That can also explain the really silly stereo panning on '60s records.

[Snarl 12/8]

An excellent point. That can also explain the really silly stereo panning on '60s records.

Or all the porsches wrapped around telephone poles in the late spring/early summer in the south.

[JGriffin]

"Who's the U-Boat commander?"

[cgarges]

An excellent point. That can also explain the really silly stereo panning on '60s records.

Although nothing really expains Surrealistic Pillow.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[Snarl 12/8]

An excellent point. That can also explain the really silly stereo panning on '60s records.

Although nothing really expains Surrealistic Pillow.

Except surrealism.

[cgarges]

Except surrealism.

Well, that certainly descibes the Grace Slick I saw live in the 80s. That and "drunk as hell."

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[Snarl 12/8]

Except surrealism.

Well, that certainly descibes the Grace Slick I saw live in the 80s. That and "drunk as hell."

I'm a huge fan of surrealism, although I'm not any good at creating it.

Has this thread gone off topic yet?

[honkyjonk]

Why doesn't somebody on this message board find a way to use autotune creatively and post the results?

[Snarl 12/8]

Why doesn't somebody on this message board find a way to use autotune creatively and post the results?

I think the t-pain style of using auto-tune is very creative. They're using a tool to do a completely different job than what it was intended for. Like strapping a rat pedal across a mix buss, or something, creating a new sound. It's been overdone, sure. Arguably, it even sounds like ass, but c'mon, it, at some point, was creative.

Now you want a new creative use of autotune? What makes you think that's going to turn out any better in the final analysis?

[caffiend2049]

Well...there is always autotune the news.

And very agreed with the "because it was new theory." Just like every album released in 1984 had dx7 all over it - VH is a case in point.

I was a young pup when I first heard the faux horn lead-in on "I'll Wait" and even though a critical listening now tells me the sound is cheeseball and passe....if I squint just right, it still sounds badASS.

[Snarl 12/8]

Well...there is always autotune the news.

And very agreed with the "because it was new theory." Just like every album released in 1984 had dx7 all over it - VH is a case in point.

I was a young pup when I first heard the faux horn lead-in on "I'll Wait" and even though a critical listening now tells me the sound is cheeseball and passe....if I squint just right, it still sounds badASS.

Auto-tune renewed my faith in Katie Couric as a current events spokesmodel.

DX7? We overused that because it was the only keyboard we had for a while. Have you been listening to my HiSkool music folder?

Didn't they tout fm synthesis in a "this digital is the new analog" sort of way? Like, "Hey, don't buy that new Mirage 12-bit sampler, the DX7 actually sounds more realistic if you use it right."