'Returning to the root' of your martial art

[skribs]

Regarding old vs. new guitar amps - I think some of it is that whole "uncanny valley" thing. The idea is that things that are too perfect are creepy. Like a robot that looks just real enough to trick you into thinking it's human.

When an amp or a recording sounds too perfect, it loses a bit of its magic. It's also the problem with movies nowadays. Back in the day, you had to wonder "how did they do that?" Nowadays you just guess it's all CGI.

 

[dvcochran]

I have noticed there are some special effects shots done in miniatures and such that I like better than CGI.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

View attachment 22708

View attachment 22709

Did someone say tubes? I rebuild tube amps as a hobby, and I listen to vinyl records.

Bill, I have a fried old bit of analog kit that may or may not be of interest to you. I'll PM you when I can grab a couple of pics.

 

[O'Malley]

I guess it's more about looking for the best exponents of your art.

Just like with cross-training, you ultimately want to add new skills and nuances to your own practice. Sometimes, this can mean "going back to the root", as most martial arts spread because their original practitioners were highly skilled. So you can certainly try to have the skills the old masters had, by "seeking what they sought". You can also train with the best modern practitioners, with the advantage that you'll be able to feel them for yourself and get instruction.

 

[jobo]

There are still guitar amps (incuding high-end ones) marketed around that sound, too. Many of the DSP systems even claim to have some of that warmth to them. As you say, it may not be objectively "better", but many seek that sound.

well of course they can replicate it, the average windows ten computer has more processing power than a 90 recording studio, you can do much what you want to achieve the sound you want, even completely remix it if your so inclined

you really need an understanding of 60s and 70s recording techniques to under why they had that sound you crave

first they had rubbish mikes, they couldn't record low base say bellow 50 hzs and almost no treble about 12 khz.

second vinyl is a rubbish medium for music, they couldnt put much base on as it took up so much room and not much of the limit treble they had as it would cause all but the most expensive needles to skip, so what your left with is a slightly trebly mid range. they corrected this by designing amps ( and speakers) to put back what was missing in the original recording, ergo most of what you want is in the amp configuration and not on the record

that why classic album sound so poor through cd player and modern amp, your just getting whats on the recording, which isnt very good, unless its been remixed and then it seldom sounds like the original. the remix of hotel California is awful

a quick rejig of the setting to make it slightly blurry, lower the dynamic range to 12 bits,drop the high treble and boost the mid range base and it sounds just like the original played through an expensive tube amp, even my Samsung tablet has a @ make it sound like a tube amp@ function

all this is helped if you play it through some worn out speakers to get '' warmth'' as modern speaker are again to good for the music,