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Posted by CunningLinguist on Dec-21-2004 10:07:

Ironic...

I read an article by Oakenfold for CNN. In it he goes on and rants about CD mixing and computer-based music. He says:

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Computers have made it easier for anyone to make a record but that's also brought the quality down. It's great that technology has made music more accessible but the biggest artists will still use traditional studio equipment because you get much better quality. The people I admire -- Liam Howlett of Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers and Orbital -- they are all artists primarily. The technology is secondary.

LOL, then I read this interview from Liam Howlett and he says

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I bought myself a laptop, which completely reanimated my creative process because I was able to write anywhere I went... So, to summarize: What got me back on track was A) the laptop, and B) a program that let me feel I�ve gone back and taken all the complication out of writing music.
Yeah, I couldn�t live without it. If Reason hadn�t come along I would probably still be in my studio, depressed, going �aww bloody �ell, don�t know what I�m gonna do�, you know?
The technology available now frees the mind in the creative sense; I�m able to think about the actual song a lot more, rather than just going �it�s gonna take me an hour to do this or that�.

DOH!

Posted by daeus on Dec-21-2004 12:16:

lo funny as,

with a laptop for producing u need a good PCMCIA and obviously reason 2.5 , ive been looking in to it for mine

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Dec-21-2004 15:47:

Howlett should have stuck with the studio equipment.

Posted by zig on Dec-21-2004 16:33:

ye its abit like the old arguements about new technology..ye know..video recorders will ruin the movie business..digital cameras will ruin photography etc etc...they are yust extra tools of the trade so to speak..and anyone with talent will generally use anything new or old technology to get the required result.

Posted by flavdave on Dec-21-2004 17:28:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Howlett should have stuck with the studio equipment.

The new album is growing on me, but in no way does it compare to his productions of old. And no Maxim and no Keith Flint doesn't help either, even though my favorite tracks don't have them on vocals it just seems wrong without them. But if he needed Reason to get him back into producing, then so be it.

Posted by Stassi on Dec-21-2004 17:35:

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Originally posted by flavdave
And no Maxim and no Keith Flint doesn't help either

do you really miss the dancers THAT much?
new album is great, you gotta understand one think bout prodigy, all the albums are different and unique.