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Last big post in this thread.
All that gear that used to be expensive: the Korg's, Yamaha's, MPC's, etc. all got the much cheaper digital versions now that sound as good.
Like you can get the full Korg, Roland, Yamaha, etc. suites now that all the great songs have been made on for $15/month right there on your laptop, which would cost you tens of thousands of dollars before to own.
Things are easily available now too, some people outright release it straight up. For example, Solange released the official DX-7 preset algorithms for one of her albums for everyone to use right there in their favorite FM synth.
Some people still prefer the analog hardware (it does have a physical tone quality to it because of the "analog drift") but many digital vsts now like Diva emulate it and other people have made tutorials on how to pull it off with other vsts like Serum.
Bottom line, basically only a few people had access to all this terrific sounding tools to create music. Now everyone does and it's kind of watered everything down.
Which is another great point other producers have made: people are so willing right now to share their production secrets because it generates views and clout. Folks are opening up their project files and showing everyone how they did what in whatever song they made that blew up. Back in the days nobody told each other what they were using and there was some serious gatekeeping. So there's a tradeoff for sure. Problem is, people have got incredibly good at finding what people have done when they try to keep it a secret so they might as well share what they did.
It's all basically comes down to accessibility.
All that gear that used to be expensive: the Korg's, Yamaha's, MPC's, etc. all got the much cheaper digital versions now that sound as good.
Like you can get the full Korg, Roland, Yamaha, etc. suites now that all the great songs have been made on for $15/month right there on your laptop, which would cost you tens of thousands of dollars before to own.
Things are easily available now too, some people outright release it straight up. For example, Solange released the official DX-7 preset algorithms for one of her albums for everyone to use right there in their favorite FM synth.
Some people still prefer the analog hardware (it does have a physical tone quality to it because of the "analog drift") but many digital vsts now like Diva emulate it and other people have made tutorials on how to pull it off with other vsts like Serum.
Bottom line, basically only a few people had access to all this terrific sounding tools to create music. Now everyone does and it's kind of watered everything down.
Which is another great point other producers have made: people are so willing right now to share their production secrets because it generates views and clout. Folks are opening up their project files and showing everyone how they did what in whatever song they made that blew up. Back in the days nobody told each other what they were using and there was some serious gatekeeping. So there's a tradeoff for sure. Problem is, people have got incredibly good at finding what people have done when they try to keep it a secret so they might as well share what they did.
It's all basically comes down to accessibility.
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The quiet storm beat always scared me when i was a kid
i thought they were gonna climb through my window and kill me and shyt.
