Reverb Proverb

"The most useful and important button on a reverb box, is the power button."

Quincy Jones

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., George Zelenz <ploo@m...> wrote:

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>
> "The most useful and important button on a reverb box, is the power
button."
>
>
> Quincy Jones

I'm assuming you mean in the "off" position... :)

Actually, to quickly answer Jon... more later... Yes the theatre
*Tempest* music was, to me anyway, an *entirely* different enterprise
from my tuning works.

I understand that in the Partch world, and in certain kinds of music
the "Theatre" part is integral.

However, for *me* it was distinct, since the idea in the Tempest was
to create an "atmospheric effect" more than careful listening to any
tuning, even though it was in meantone...

Electronic *tuning* works need "precision listening" and are designed
for a different audience so, yes, I have basically found *all* the
reverb effects I have used to be a distraction from that... although
Jacky has some ideas to try...

So, in that sense, I guess I really *do* write different music for
different audiences... but *lots* of composers do that...

best,

JP

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jacky_ligon" <jacky_ligon@y...> wrote:

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> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., George Zelenz <ploo@m...> wrote:
> >
> > "The most useful and important button on a reverb box, is the
power
> button."
> >
> >
> > Quincy Jones
>
> I agree with this on some level.
>
> It is preferable to not use reverb on everything.
>
> I like my bass dry.
>
> Don't use it on kick drums - etc...
>
> That's what I'm getting at about using it on separate tracks.
>
> Although I don't know for sure what Joseph's recording methods are,
I
> was interpreting that he may be making a mix down off his board of
> all the music playing at once. This is the way many folks work (as
I
> have in the past too).
>

****This is indeed the case, Jacky, and most probably the source of
the problem. Probably, though, in order to remedy this situation I
would have to invest a *lot* more money in gear. Perhaps someday...

However, I prefer my own music even *as is* to some of the music I
hear that uses *lots* of gear... so it's obviously not the *only*
thing... :)

Thanks for the help!

Joseph