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eric prydz mastering techniques? (pg. 2)
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| Nightshift |
+1 to Booster. The man is a genius.
Genesis and his new one Waves are my faves. |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by BOOsTER
Actually, you may not find his music really complex melody-wise or whatever...but the truth is, that he *is* kinda genious about how to write a simple melody/hook/riff that does work. And most of the time in his track it DOES work much better than something complex...
There's certainly beauty in simplicity! |
It's not really simple when you think about it. Simple hats, snares, claps, sfx, melodies, and basslines come together to make something complex.
If you gave 10 producers individual tracks, you would have 10 different songs. |
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| LoveHate |
| hes a true minimal artist. |
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| Kismet7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by BOOsTER
Actually, you may not find his music really complex melody-wise or whatever...but the truth is, that he *is* kinda genious about how to write a simple melody/hook/riff that does work. And most of the time in his track it DOES work much better than something complex...
There's certainly beauty in simplicity! |
thats nice and all...hes still a good engineer, and musically average compared to Producers who employ more musical characteristics in their music. The genius is that he can turn musically average stuff into big tracks, through great sound engineering and equipment. I dont follow it as much as I use to, in the big room Prog genre, musically...folks like Michael Cassette or Marcus Schossow do more interesting things, or even Danny Howells lately. |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kismet7
thats nice and all...hes still a good engineer, and musically average compared to Producers who employ more musical characteristics in their music. The genius is that he can turn musically average stuff into big tracks, through great sound engineering and equipment. I dont follow it as much as I use to, in the big room Prog genre, musically...folks like Michael Cassette or Marcus Schossow do more interesting things, or even Danny Howells lately. |
As much as you dont want to believe (or i myself for that matter) - he doesnt run his stuff through any mad desks or anything
As he has said before, hes just in Logic with the Korg Legacy stuff
Hes just damn good at what he does and proves once again that its not about the equipment - it how you use it |
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| Nightshift |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
its not about the equipment - it how you use it |
A+ |
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| Kismet7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
As much as you dont want to believe (or i myself for that matter) - he doesnt run his stuff through any mad desks or anything
As he has said before, hes just in Logic with the Korg Legacy stuff
Hes just damn good at what he does and proves once again that its not about the equipment - it how you use it |
thas cool dude. you're really on top of things! |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
As much as you dont want to believe (or i myself for that matter) - he doesnt run his stuff through any mad desks or anything
As he has said before, hes just in Logic with the Korg Legacy stuff
Hes just damn good at what he does and proves once again that its not about the equipment - it how you use it |
From what I know, the hardware use (ssl etc.) is total BS.
He is nearly entirely ITB and the magic is simplicity itself. It is about combining simple and in some cases basic elements so well that they compliment each other. Don't forget simple, sparse elements leave space for for grand fx such as reverb and compression, thaus allowing that big sound and making the elements stand out even more.
So in that respect, the engineering potential greatly helped by the compositional content, and vice versa.
The track themselves don't have difficult or even complex elements - the complexity and the the extremely difficult thing is making simple things work together so well to become more than the sum of the parts. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kismet7
thats nice and all...hes still a good engineer, and musically average compared to Producers who employ more musical characteristics in their music. The genius is that he can turn musically average stuff into big tracks, through great sound engineering and equipment. I dont follow it as much as I use to, in the big room Prog genre, musically...folks like Michael Cassette or Marcus Schossow do more interesting things, or even Danny Howells lately. |
But that is what makes him a genious. He makes such simple stuff work sooooooooooo well. Every time. Every track he releases makes me go "Damn I wish I had thought of something that simple yet massive!" |
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| Kismet7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
But that is what makes him a genious. He makes such simple stuff work sooooooooooo well. Every time. Every track he releases makes me go "Damn I wish I had thought of something that simple yet massive!" |
yep, he is above average in intelligence. |
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| echosystm |
| There is an interview floating around, done by a member of this forum (the guy who runs the swedish mafia forum). It is the same interview as the quote on the previous page here. Eric Prydz said he does his own mastering, on the master channel of his track as he mixes it. He said the only time he has had things mastered is for vinyl, obviously because of the different dynamics/frequency range of the medium. |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
From what I know, the hardware use (ssl etc.) is total BS.
He is nearly entirely ITB and the magic is simplicity itself. It is about combining simple and in some cases basic elements so well that they compliment each other. Don't forget simple, sparse elements leave space for for grand fx such as reverb and compression, thaus allowing that big sound and making the elements stand out even more.
So in that respect, the engineering potential greatly helped by the compositional content, and vice versa.
The track themselves don't have difficult or even complex elements - the complexity and the the extremely difficult thing is making simple things work together so well to become more than the sum of the parts. |
Exactly ^^^ usually his percussion is minimal, like 2 hat lines and a snare. If you listen to Armed theres hardly any reverb on the main elements, just clever use of delay.
Usually its the naturally talented who always make it seem so easy |
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