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ambient show in Oakland review (was Re: OT:Rewire, Pro Tools, Reason)
Lot's of looping and use of Reason in a live context at this show.
Over all a bit of a disappointment. First, a bit about MNO and his
Ambient Marimba and Reason.
Potentially great. Interesting Marimba looped with a Line6 DL-4 that
seemed to be interrupted by fiddling with Reason on a laptop. Overall
the music he was playing was good, but I'd have rather seen him spend
80% of his time on Marimba and 20% on the laptop. Basically, if he was
playing Marimba along to a CD and checking his email I would not have
known the difference. (Jon suggested it might be better if there was
video projected of what he was doing on the laptop, but I'm not sure.
Makes me think hard about what I'm going to do with a laptop soon, but
I'm going to be DJ'ing my own music so it's probably not as important.)
Someone needs to get this guy an EDP or Repeater. I bet he could do
amazing things with a synced looper.
Don't even get me started about the visuals by Dr. Spook. Horrible.
Crazy techno 'shrooms in space at an ambient show? Come on. Did not
fit the music at all and so overused.
Opening band: DF Tram. I tuned out the minute I walked in the door.
Sorry, playing a Brian Eno album while someone plays diggeriedoo over
it and you put some effects on it all is plagiarism. Call yourself a
DJ if you're going to play other people's music. I *never* want to
hear an Eno album at a live ambient show. Also, they used the much
abused "You've just come from a long session of electroshock
therapy..." sample. Saturday Night Live! Weee!
Mark Sottilaro
On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 12:23 AM, Sunao Inami wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please try ReFuse.
> http://www.refusesoftware.com/
> but it does not work on OSX..
>
> Regards
>
> Sunao Inami
> http://www.cavestudio.com
>
>
> At 3:08 -0400 03.7.25, John Mazzarella wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> I'm looking to upgrade my studio in the next year. I currently
>> use
>> Pro Tools LE. I've heard nothing but good things about Propellerheads
>> Reason. I'd like to use it in conjunction with Pro Tools LE. I know
>> that you can do this with the Rewire application. Is this available
>> for
>> Pro Tools LE yet? I've done some research, but it's not quite clear.
>> Anywbody using Reason with Pro Tools LE?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>> www.johnmazzarella.com
>