19 Mar
2010
19 Mar
'10
6:54 p.m.
fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 03:16:14PM -0400, Tim E. Real
wrote:
Full ACK and IMO it's not up to the audio engineer to fade, but it's the
task of the musician to play the instrument dynamically. In most cases
an audio engineer makes a mix that is kept for a whole song, loud and
silent passages are done by the artist, not by the technician.
Automation, especially audio automation, is
extremely important.
Some examples:
When recording real musicians playing real instruments, you don't just
record one take, you record several takes, then pick the best one and
use the others to patch up the odd mistakes within the best take.
Without automation, it is impossible to do this.
Others have already pointed out that you can do all
of this in Ardour without automation. There is more:
it's non-destructive, and *much faster* than any
form of automation could ever be.
And don't forget that 90% of all music that is still
popular today has been produced without any form of
automation, and even without the editing facilities
that e.g. Ardour provides - just using 16 or 24-track
tapes (and in many cases even less). If you can't do
a decent fade-out manually you just have to learn and
do it. Agreed, it's easier with a real P&G fader than
with one you have to move by mouse.
Ciao,