Where do you see things going in the next 10 years?

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Where do you see things going in the next 10 years? Things have come a long way in the last 10 years it is unbelievable. Whats next on the professional side? Will they continue to mix loud and squash music? I thought 10 years ago that the sound of music can't get any better or clearer..

So whats next at home and in the pro studio?
 
further seepage into dogshit. Bands are getting worse and worse, and less able to play the stuff they write. It is a sad situation. When I am tracking lately, a lot of the time I cant tell whether a part is OK or not, since the bar had been lowered by the drummer's timing problenms in the first place. Totally ambiguous parts nowdays and even if they KNOW something is wrong they say " you can fix that in the computer right " ?
 
pipeline's both down and right, to an extent.

But if things are going well, what does the future hold? Well, I hope it holds DVD, cuz the resolution's higher and music sounds better, and video is *such* an exciting medium.

Also, I think the 'music biz' and people like us are going to coexist, but the 'people like us' envelope is going to grow, offering opportunties to those who spot them or create them.
 
Yo Scott:

Where are things going in the world of recording at home in the next ten years? Forward I hope.

I see a SIAB with voice command. Like you turn it on and say, "Record on tracks 3 and 5, add a splash of program 22 reverb on track 3 for listening only, etc.

I see mixing also improving with better algorithms in dynamics and possible voice command there too.

I see some technology developing in a few years using crystals to produce flawless audio.

I see the price of this technology as higher but reasonable.

There are lots of folks out here who like to record and are willing to pay to have it come out as professionally sounding as possible even if they sing off key.



Green Hornet :D :D :cool:
[I see a few more things but I'll save them for another time.]
 
Green hornet you could be on to something

why couldnt it be that guys at home pull this off first?

Usually technology filters from big to little to home, but it would be cool, if those MAKING the music had a say in the technology for once!
 
Well, i'm not nearly as depressed as Pipeline (at least, not this week), but I gotta admit I was a little perturbed by this month's Recording mag (I think that was the one - I don't have it in front of me.)

Some producer/engineer was basically relating a sort of diary of his latest rock band project, and was talking about how he comped every track (including bass and drums) often on a note by note basis. Trying to achieve some sort of elusive perfection, i guess.

Now I'm hardly a purist as far as editing goes - I've certainly edited the shit out of stuff from time to time. But this was supposedly a good band with good players. An awful lot of wonderful records have been made with plenty of human flaws and mistakes. Do we have to remove the entire organic aspect just to insure that no bass note ever flams with a kick?
 
The question is : was that REALLY a good band or was that a creation as well?

Many times I have to show guys in bands how to play their own parts. Not to make something perfect, just to make something passable. Weird weird stuff

the bar is sooooo much lower now than even 5 years ago, but finished albums have to be better than they were 5 years ago...its rough
 
OK Then.....sounds like things are going further to hell in a handbasket. BUT......I was a little encouraged this year by the Grammys. (Just a LITTLE though.)
 
"the bar is sooooo much lower now than even 5 years ago, but finished albums have to be better than they were 5 years ago...its rough"

Somebody needs a vacation.
 
I can't wait until home surround mastering is affordable. Hopefully in a couple of years it will be there.
 
I know this is a risky statement, but I don't see surround sound catching on to the degree that people are predicting.

I think it will be the norm for home theatres; everyone with a TV and a DVD player (or whatever the format) will likely have surround, but music will still be mostly the way it is for quite some time.

I see the porn industry leading the way in terms of virtual reality. How will this effect audio? I think you'll see a lot more binaural recordings being done . . . jecklyn disks and whatnot as people get more and more in to exploring various false realities (nice oxymoron, there) from their homes.

I also see a return to the way things used to be some time ago for the record industry -- at one time, records were viewed merely as promo material with the actual product being the live act. Over the years, things turned completely around and the record became the product itself, and the tours a means to promote the record.

I see it going back the original way, as file sharing becomes all but unenforceable. Live acts will become bigger, more outlandish, more controversial. You'll hear records with more live content. A lot of AE's will be getting out of their producer's chairs and touring with the band, because that is where the money will be. Ticket prices will likely skyrocket for 10 years or so, untill the market becomes saturated and they come back down to about the price of a CD. More venues will open to accomodate the increased demand as record stores close. Employment opportunities will abound for roadies and touring companies.
 
^^^

All digital start to finish..... More home studios.... More half ass artists...
 
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All digital start to finish..... More home studios.... More half ass artists...
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Uh, dude, this is supposed to be about the future, not the present. :D
 
I see a lot of consternation among the "big boy" mic manufacturers after Stephen Paul's new Chinese mic is released...
 
chessrock said:
I know this is a risky statement, but I don't see surround sound catching on to the degree that people are predicting.

I think it will be the norm for home theatres; everyone with a TV and a DVD player (or whatever the format) will likely have surround, but music will still be mostly the way it is for quite some time.
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For me it's more a matter of being able to master low budget film soundtracks at home. I don't think your totally correct about music though. The first question I get from family members with new surround systems is how come all their CD's don't play through all the speakers.

It will probably take a couple of decades for surround mixed music to develop some standards but I think it will be appreciated from the start.
 
I see a multitrack recorder with an Avalon front end that can make recordings indistinguishable from the best pro studios. I see the German microphone industry driven out of business by inexpensive hybrid Chinese mics. I see companies like Sweetwater and Mercenary bankrupt due to the collapse of nearly every high end gear manufacturer..-Richie
 
"I see a multitrack recorder with an Avalon front end that can make recordings indistinguishable from the best pro studios."

does that include room and talent modelling algo's as well ?

" I see the German microphone industry driven out of business by inexpensive hybrid Chinese mics."

And then inexspensive chinese mic companies soon go out of business after because of " mic modeler" right ?

" I see companies like Sweetwater and Mercenary bankrupt due to the collapse of nearly every high end gear manufacturer."

errrr....sweetwater sells crap, and when you ask for advice, they sell you the WRONG crap

Mercenary is fronted by people who care VERY much to give you the best product for your needs, even if they dont carry it. Is the RNC expensive?

If all the hi end gear manufacturers (299 for a compressor is hi end right?), mic manufacturers, and studios go out of business, who will invent the products and techniques you need every day? Who will do the research? You think slave labor mics would be around if your despised companies hadnt researched them for years first ?
 
Pipeline, I think you misunderstand me. I didn't say any of this was GOOD-Richie
 
Multi-channels (more than 2) audio formats will robably make a big splash for a while. It's here now, but everything is still pretty much recorded in stereo.
 
Ten Years, who knows maybe sooner ...Maybe a large flat touch screen..set up like a mixer..a modeled Neve,API or SSL prehaps..about the size of a "Mackie 32/8" laid down flat like you would a mixer.....



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