Auctioneer to sell off Pink Floyd recording console
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Auctioneer to sell off Pink Floyd recording console
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#2A link to the auction with amazing pictures of the details. True nerdporn.
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23878/lot/35/?category=list&...
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#3It is certainly capable of making a good album.
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#4Don't have space for it, couldn't get it up the stairs, and got distracted reading the linked article "How to view 'The Wizard of Oz' with 'Dark Side of the Moon'... Urban legend claims that if you play Pink Floyd's classic album while watching 'The Wizard of Oz,' there's an incredible synchronicity. Well, we've tried it! Here are the results." http://www.goldminemag.com/features/how-to-view-the-wizard-o...
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#5All the console does can be done with a laptop nowadays, the nostalgic value is of course a big point in purchasing it. Still, who would aquire this monster, if not a museum?
I can't see any modern recordings done with it, but solely for the goal of achieving said nostalgia.
"It belongs in a museum".
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#6All the console does can be done with a laptop nowadays, the nostalgic value is of course a big point in purchasing it. Still, who would aquire this monster, if not a museum? I can't see any modern recordings done with it, but solely for the goal of achieving said nostalgia. "It belongs in a museum".
My understanding is that consoles like this are really unique animals, each one having its own sound. Dave Grohl did a documentary called "Sound City" about his efforts to maintain a legendary console from another studio:
https://www.fastcocreate.com/1682339/dave-grohl-explains-how...
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#7What a goofy headline; why emphasize auctioneers like that? "Pink Floyd recording console at auction" would be better.
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#8All the console does can be done with a laptop nowadays, the nostalgic value is of course a big point in purchasing it. Still, who would aquire this monster, if not a museum? I can't see any modern recordings done with it, but solely for the goal of achieving said nostalgia. "It belongs in a museum".
My understanding is that consoles like this are really unique animals, each one having its own sound. Dave Grohl did a documentary called "Sound City" about his efforts to maintain a legendary console from another studio: https://www.fastcocreate.com/1682339/dave-grohl-explains-how...
That documentary is hogwash, a marketing stunt, feeding off nostalgia and romanticism. There's a reason they never use actual data and measurements to prove their points.
If you really want to try those famous consoles, i'd recommend Sound Toys' "decapitator" plugin.
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#9All the console does can be done with a laptop nowadays, the nostalgic value is of course a big point in purchasing it. Still, who would aquire this monster, if not a museum? I can't see any modern recordings done with it, but solely for the goal of achieving said nostalgia. "It belongs in a museum".
Also for nostalgic value, I'd love to see the schematics.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
My understanding is that consoles like this are really unique animals, each one having its own sound. Dave Grohl did a documentary called "Sound City" about his efforts to maintain a legendary console from another studio: https://www.fastcocreate.com/1682339/dave-grohl-explains-how...
That documentary is hogwash, a marketing stunt, feeding off nostalgia and romanticism. There's a reason they never use actual data and measurements to prove their points. If you really want to try those famous consoles, i'd recommend Sound Toys' "decapitator" plugin.
It is true though, recording an album on tape is nothing like using a laptop and it shows in the final product. Not only is the path the sound takes different, but the recording, editing, mixing and mastering techniques required are different. You can do all the production on your laptop and then attempt to recreate an analog sound with effects but your end result is still very different.