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In Reply to: RE: I'm a musician and I've been saying this for ages. posted by andy evans on April 10, 2014 at 07:21:26
There was the usual band there playing at the finish. The guitarist was pretty good, but he was playing through a pedal into the PA. Sounded absolutely terrible despite his playing being acceptable. Amplified music, IMO, is just as hard to get right. I wanted to give him an actual amp to play through or smash his Strat.
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"Amplified music, IMO, is just as hard to get right."
I agree but have to point out that's it's even harder (by a large margin) to determine if it's right(vs. acoustic music).
One never knows just exactly how the player had the knobs (both the tone on the guitar and amp) adjusted.
Tre'
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the playback source, amplifiers and speakers are part of creating the original musical experience. Frankly, if I had to listen to the same sound quality I am forced to endure at most shows I would not be into audio at all. Most of the PA systems in clubs and arenas are just screamingly loud with horrible, one note bass. A good system allows you to create a musical experience that often was never there in the first place, given all the separate. layered recording techniques.
I agree that way too often a PA is mixed or set up or both, horribly.
Usually way too loud, crunchy, exaggerated etc...It's a foolish version of the more is better thing.
In the past I spent quite a bit of time in Europe, both France and Holland. I was constantly impressed with live electric (and acoustic) performances, even punk rock shows at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, or Elvis Costello at the Olympia in Paris, or Frank Black at Le Zénith. Not only were the systems top notch but "the man behind the curtain" mixing and/or making countless decisions, KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, and had good ears, musician ears. I think part of this is because the audience in general has a significantly higher listening ability, and this is catered to, rather than catering to a more is better mentality, that so often is cast upon us in the states, to some degree insulting those exceptions in the audience, that there are more of than they think.
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