Foo Fighters First Song Release from "All Analog" Garage Studio

How do they get EVERYTHING to sound completely buried all at once?

Is that analog?

It sounds like they've totally captured the I'm sitting in my couch watching MTV vibe rather than the I'm bopping hard in a crowd of sweaty rockers at a live show vibe.

Is this what people call "girlfriend rock"?

It makes me feel like I'm looking at my self in a mirror with my sunglasses on.



Thanks for the link.

I'll skip the album and wait for the making of documentary.


best regards,
mike


P.S. My wife walked by and said "it sounds eighties" :-)... and she knows a rocker when she hears one!

Here's an example of something that sounds way more alive and rocking than "Rope":

http://www.soundclick.com...&q=hi&newref=1

Everything is competing for attention... it's rocking... where as Rope sounds to me like it supposed to sound like listening to Black Sabbath on a set of Auratones.

It's not listening to Sabbath on Auratones... it just sounds like it's supposed to sound like it's listening to Sabbath on Auratones.

It seems to me to be mixed for people who grew up listening to "heavy" rock on MTV through a Sound Design receiver and some mystery meat speakers in a wall to wall carperted living room.

It doesn't sound alive, edgy, awake, or happening... it sound's like music you'd blare in your Nissan while taking your girl friend to Macdonalds on a date.

Bob's Bullet Proof heart (and most of his stuff) sound's ****in!!!

I think there is a noticeable difference.

best regards,
mike

I'd still listen to Captain Beyond for heavy and sound value and would recommend it to them too ....while dancing madly backwards......carefully so the LP doesn't skip.

Holy crap - thought I was the only person left alive who knew about CB - played "Dancing Madly" in my prog band back in the 70's, in good company w/Yes, Kansas, Gentle Giant, The Tubes, Genesis, and others of their ilk.

(Just wanted a chance to use the word "ilk" - whens the last time......?)

From the SoundDesign fan club archives:

Their giving a way a free plaid shirt and a dictionary of cool cuss words with everyone of them stereos they sell this weekend.

:-)

Just went and listened to this again (for about the fourth or fifth time).  You need new speakers or headphones Mike, ol pal.  I'm amazed at the detail that Dave was able to coax out of a totally analog signal path.  I guess it's also why I like guys like Chuck Loeb.  Totally different genre and style but the same amazing detail when mixing natural aural material that fights you all the way and makes you "do it perfect...or better" to get it souding right.

yorolpal


Just went and listened to this again (for about the fourth or fifth time).  You need new speakers or headphones Mike, ol pal.  I'm amazed at the detail that Dave was able to coax out of a totally analog signal path.  I guess it's also why I like guys like Chuck Loeb.  Totally different genre and style but the same amazing detail when mixing natural aural material that fights you all the way and makes you "do it perfect...or better" to get it souding right.

Butch Vig and Alan Moulder might appreciate getting some of the credit my olpal. ;-)

Right;-)

So which is it?

Is it difficult to coax detail out of a 3/4 million dollar all analog signal path?

Or is it impossible to get a nice sound out of a $40k PTHD digital rig?



And since when does how something was produced become part of the marketing speil?

There's still a lot of great music being put out that is simply there to like or not like... and no one seems to have to make F-Bomb videos trying to pre dispose you to thinking it sounds like what you will become pre disposed to think it is.



Maybe I need some concrete plant stands. :-)

Well, I think what's pretty impressive is that Dave and Taylor and the fellers have been able to acheive the same (or better?) detail, focus and overall clarity of sound using an all analog chain instead of a digital one.  This speaks as much to their musicianship as their production chops.  While I'm a fan of Dave (and the Foos) I've never been gobsmacked by their digital efforts...but only because I know firsthand how things can be manipulated and corrected and tweaked in the digital realm.  Don't misunderstand...I generally love their production/mixing techniques (and their songs!!) and think they are head and shoulders above others in their respective genres.  However...as I also know through years of experience, trial and error and (mostly) failure...just how hard it is to produce that level of "detail" in an analog recording, I AM gobsmacked by this effort.  Again, it is more about their level of musicianship than their production.  This level of detail using an all analog chain is very hard to achieve.  Whether it is an almost perfect Sinatra cut...the work of Sir George Martin...whatever...to work within the limitations of the analog environment and to produce this level of detail...and especially with aural elements (distorted and jangle guitars, stacked heavily, multi layered vocals, and driving cymbal laden drum kits) that are problematic at best when trying to record cleanly and place properly in a cohesive mix setting...and to still ROCK YOUR ASS OFF...is an amazing achievment.  Just my two cents.

PS:  As to whether Dave drops an occasional "f-bomb" I couldn't care f*#$ing less;-)