Mike Rivers wrote:
On 12/24/2012 4:03 PM, Sean Conolly wrote:
Yes, I know there are some plugins with extensive modelling to recreate the
sound of hardware, but in my limited experience I haven't come across any
that really sound convincing to me.
I've always wondered what the fascination with this is. If I
have a model of an equalizer that was used on a Beatles
recording, what's the big deal? I'm not recording The
Beatles, or anything that sounds like them. What would make
me think I need to use that equalizer?
It's part of a more generalized fascination with a particular sound, and
therefore with the equipment used to get that sound. Vox sold a whole lot
of amplifiers to kids who wanted Vox amps because the Beatles had them.
Sometimes the connection is a valid one, if a person is indeed trying to
get that identical sound. Sometimes it is merely sympathetic magic.
--scott
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