Could you polish turds ?

[chrisharris]

Lady Gaga would be extremely silly sounding "ohh la laa raa gaa gaa" without the sonic superthud synthy dance pop and superlayered vocals and so on.

Not all that silly sounding to me.


YouTube - Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss


Ironically, that recording clips and distorts all over the place.

 

[benherron.rrr]

You could polish a turd up so it shines brighter then a star but the fact is. . . . wait for it. . . . it is always going to be a turd. You could paint a lump of coal so it looked like a convincing piece of gold. . . but its still coal

 

[grimtraveller]

You could polish a turd up so it shines brighter then a star but the fact is. . . . wait for it. . . . it is always going to be a turd. You could paint a lump of coal so it looked like a convincing piece of gold. . . but its still coal

I agree with that in principle, but not in reality. Yes, a piece of coal no matter what colour you paint it is still a piece of coal. But not if you want a gold coloured rock on your mantlepiece. I think within music creation, or more to the point, recording, there is an element of transformation possible that to me at least, can't be overlooked.

 

[benherron.rrr]

I agree with that in principle, but not in reality. Yes, a piece of coal no matter what colour you paint it is still a piece of coal. But not if you want a gold coloured rock on your mantlepiece. I think within music creation, or more to the point, recording, there is an element of transformation possible that to me at least, can't be overlooked.

Deffinatly, sometimes a turd is what a mix needs. You can record an acoustic guitar, that you wouldn't touch with a barge poll if it were used in a solo piece, but placed in a busy mix it can sound like the best thing since sliced bread. Its all subjective really.

 

[Bubba po]

But not if you want a gold coloured rock on your mantlepiece.

You mean like Chalcopyrite, or Pyrrhotite?

 

[grimtraveller]

You mean like Chalcopyrite, or Pyrrhotite?

You what ? You what ? You what ? You what ? You what ?

Deffinatly, sometimes a turd is what a mix needs.
Its all subjective really.

I guess. But I wasn't really thinking of it what a mix might need in that sense, rather, whether or not if presented with a combination of hissy, over effected, distorted and too quietly recorded tracks (that is, badly recorded, a turd), one could make a good salvage job out of them. I know it's possible, I don't think my skill level is currently such that I could.

 

[moresound]

Had my turd polished last night!

 

[benage]

My lamination attempt is not working out too well, might have to do it in CGI.

 

[Supercreep]

It depends on the tracks. Case-by-case. Sometimes you can rescue stuff, other times it's a sign that you need to try again.

 

[texZen123]

?Good call ...

I think the saying applies in musical circles because something like a turd can't be polished whether moist or hard. It's not given to polishing, unlike say, glass or wood. Personally, I think it's a flawed saying because the last 70 years have shown that, musically speaking, you can polish turds.