Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Bigg John wrote:

> u b i k wrote:
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> > > This was in the mid eighties.
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> > Speaking of, can anybody explain what exactly happened in the 80's?
> > Does doing coke make you want to hear less bass, or no bass?\ufffd Cold
> > reverb mixes for a cold drug, I guess.\ufffd Then again, the cold war
> > peaked, maybe blow isn't to blame...

FM synthesis, the Aphex Exciter and production by Stock/Aitken/Waterman.

That's where your bass went.

Production went a little gadget-crazy around 1984.  A few of those 
recordings from that era have so much excited high end that it feels like 
your teeth will explode.  Like the loudness wars now, there seemed to be 
a high-end war back then.  The rest - like anything mixed by Jon Fryer ca 
1985 - really went big into the new digital reverbs, which by modern 
standards sounded pretty icy.  The retro-warmth crazy didn't hit until 
around 89 or so.


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