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Vegetarians aren't allowed to taste adventure.

If anyone is getting two middle fingers pointed at them, it's definitely not the millions of bands that use guitars & drums. Nor is it the electronic musician that [performs and composes using thousands of $ worth of gear -- It's the retailers, advertisers, corporations and other profit-driven entities that have convinced us, over time, that the only way you can have a chance at being successful as a musician is to spend lots of money on equipment.

I think this feeling of pride in making subversive use of a piece of hardware goes much deeper than the alternative "image" produced as a result. It's a necessary, healthy and inspiring reaction to years and years of being told that we need X, Y and Z in order to be on a level playing field -- X, Y and Z all being money.

I think chip musicians ARE on a level playing field, and I think that needs to be celebrated as a vital part of the music itself. As much as it may seem at times like boast and rhetoric, I think it's this quality in particular that really inspires most people to push their work to the absolute maximum. And the most common results of that effort, in my observations, is unique experiences & good music, which is precisely why (I would hope) we came to chip music in the first place.

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Word, I figured as much. I suppose it was more along the lines of the feelings you have towards the doctor when he cuts off your morphine.

Edit: Everyone posting in this thread should check out his other band, Pains of Being Pure At Heart, if for some reason they haven't already: http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

CHEAP DINOSAURS

CHEAP DINOSAURS

CHEAP DINOSAURS

CHEAP DINOSAURS

This is not too hard to correct but requires some preparation before you record: What I've done in the past is create a one measure click track on all 4 channels at the very start, then zoom into the waveform and just line the suckers up. Pending there are no hiccups while recording, lining up just one of the beats with pixel precision will keep the rest of the song in sync.

I'm using Audacity, which is arguably the most horrible (but also free) recording software for mac, and I can assure you there's no reason you should need expensive audio software to do this.

I rarely finish songs in the traditional sense. I track to some semblance of personal satisfaction, play it at a show, and wind up adding/changing as times goes on.

Hence why I still haven't released anything substantial -- I record stuff only to find a week later that I've improved upon it and begin to hate the old version.

Perfect example: The last section of the track I played on Engadget lastweek I wrote while waiting for sound check. And it's way better than the rest of the track.

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