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> Krispen Hartung wrote: > I wonder if piano players have these same sort of discussions? Or are guitarists just freaks of nature... :) Tone, tone, tone.... Hi Kris, They do :) Piano and synth players have similar discussions. You have purists, analog freaks, soft synth freaks, generalists, newbie's etc Example discussions are Analog vs. Virtual Analog, Mac vs PC, hardware vs software..no difference But I think this discussion goes about "sound design": what makes up a good sound, what mix of instruments and effects. I like designing my own synth sounds and use them live on stage. And what I learned playing live is that you often play in a venue where the sound is so bad that it really doesn't matter if you use synth A or B or FX A or B. So you often "think" you have a good sound but it's not...it's ruined by the acoustics of the room you play. Another phenomena I see a lot is that many artists have a bad sound: too loud, bad mix, bad EQ, too much FX, noise, hum, no dynamics etc You understand what I mean? So my advice is not only to pay attention to the instruments, FX and amps but also to how their sound is perceived by the audience (the mix) because some artists simply forget that there's an audience listening to their music. Second, I also believe that the average musician doesn't use 100% of the capabilities of the gear they have. I believe a good sound designer makes more of cheap gear than a many of us hear on the LD list. Btw: I think I'm one of the few keyboard players here using guitar stomp boxes. So don't get me wrong: I'm a gear freak and fully understand what you guitarists mean. I'm as bad: I can program for hours on a synth patch or FX pedal and still don't like it. Or I change it for the 10th time after a live show because it the sound wasn't good. And buying gear and trying to find the ultimate sound is an interesting journey, so I do that too ;) --- Sjaak http://www.livelooping.be/ http://www.overgaauw.be/ http://www.myspace.com/sjaakovergaauw