Bruce Dickinson Discusses Pro-Tools
Bruce Dickinson spoke to BW&BK Magazine recently for an upcoming feature due out in mid-July (ish #90). The legendary screamer spoke about a number of topics including his latest album, Tyranny of Souls. When asked about being part of the Pro-Tools generation with his current effort he commented:"You know what, I am so delirious with having done this album on Pro-Tools. It's such a different way of working for me. You know, the ideal that you could make a record, leave it for 8 months, come back to it and it still sounds fresh and untouched, and then complete it and still keep the energy was amazing. I don't think you could do that with analog. Analog, of course, has many advantages because of it's limitations. Good analog makes you focus on the immediate performance, which is good. I wonder whether a generation that is brought up on digital and Pro Tools will have the same set of performance skills, if you like, as the generation that was brought up on analog. But, that's no concern of mine, in a sense, because when I perform and we're doing Pro Tools I pretend like it's tape. I pretend that you only have one chance to get this right. But the truth is, once you've done your performance you can actually sit back and relax and go, 'Wow, now we can listen to it and do what we like with it', which is really cool. The other good thing about Pro Tools is that you don't lose anything in terms of magic moments, a mix that has a magic moment to it, you can recall that at any time and say, 'what was it about, when we did the demos, that was just so cool?' And you can listen to them, there it is, on the hard disc. And you can then go back into your main mix and say, 'well let's make the main mix sound more like the demos.' You know, so you can do fantastic things."
Source: Bravewords.com
4 Comments
QUOTE(Shadow @ Jul 10 2005, 05:31 AM)
I wonder whether a generation that is brought up on digital and Pro Tools will have the same set of performance skills, if you like, as the generation that was brought up on analog.
in other words: ProTools is killing rock
QUOTE(gor @ Jul 10 2005, 08:20 AM)
in other words: ProTools is killing rock
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I don't think so... It just makes the recording process easier and production better than in the old days. And the new generations have better technical skills (playing-wise). Just compare bands from the 70's with the ones from the 80's, the 80's bands with the 90's etc. Unfortunately, technical skills don't necessarily mean the the music is interesting.
It might make the big performers a bit lazy cause its so easy to be perfect, but it makes the garage bands and home studio musicians much more viable than ever before. I use acid pro 4 on my pc at home, along with drum sequencing software and a guitar amp modeling software and Ive been able to put together a nice little recording studio for myself.
Ive got enough pc power, and software that enable me to record songs and mix them in a way that would have cost me 10,000 dollars to do 10 years ago. I also began my recording hobby on analog equipment way back in 1994, so I definately appreciate the advantage of the technology today.
And its not killing music at all.
QUOTE(where_eddie_dares @ Jul 11 2005, 10:25 PM)
Ive got enough pc power, and software that enable me to record songs and mix them in a way that would have cost me 10,000 dollars to do 10 years ago. I also began my recording hobby on analog equipment way back in 1994, so I definately appreciate the advantage of the technology today.
And its not killing music at all.
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And its not killing music at all.
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The software costs a couple of thousand bucks these days. If you get it legally
