Helpful ReplyHans Zimmer on DAW's

Author
sharke
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 13933
  • Joined: 2012/08/03 00:13:00
  • Location: NYC
  • Status: offline
2017/03/25 01:05:42 (permalink)

Hans Zimmer on DAW's

He speaks the truth....
 
https://streamable.com/vpf1s

James
Windows 10, Sonar SPlat (64-bit), Intel i7-4930K, 32GB RAM, RME Babyface, AKAI MPK Mini, Roland A-800 Pro, Focusrite VRM Box, Komplete 10 Ultimate, 2012 American Telecaster!
#1
Moshkito
Max Output Level: -37.5 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 3765
  • Joined: 2015/01/26 13:29:07
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 01:22:36 (permalink)
Hi,
 
I love it when someone says that I would not know anything about music because I am not a musician ... and the same goes for writing, painting and what not ... 
 
I always felt that "creativity" has less to do with the idea that you are this or than than it does with the way you think and act and translate your inner thoughts. My only concern from a creative point of view is that folks have taken to DAW's as a way to think that they are composing, and almost all they are doing is creating limitations that do not always allow the piece of music to fly and take off -- albeit it would be a different piece, then.
 
Sadly, a DAW's worst limitation is the time keeping and the locking to a drum "set/groove" kind of thing ... it takes away the freedom of the music, and makes the drummer and bass player (in rock'n'roll) much less of a creative force, because they are stuck ... I keep thinking of the scores for a Beethoven, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and I see 50 instruments go in 50 directions, and then you catch rock music, and it's 4 instruments ... and only one direction.
 
My idea is that music, like any "art", is about the FREEDOM of it all ... not the regimentation of it at all.

Music is not about notes and chords! My poem is not about the computer or monitor or letters! It's about how I was able to translate it from my insides! 
#2
Bhav
Max Output Level: -73 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 887
  • Joined: 2017/02/17 22:23:00
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 01:27:45 (permalink)
What I think about DAWS is they are too hard to learn a massive hurdle to overcome for anyone trying to create their musical ideas.
 
Or Im just a dumbo.

I7 6850k, Asus RV10E, 32 Gb ram, SLI GTX 980 Ti, Creative Soundblaster Z, Yamaha DGX 630, Creative Aurvana Platinum headphones.
#3
savageopera
Max Output Level: -78 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 625
  • Joined: 2008/04/01 23:26:15
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 01:39:53 (permalink)
Who are Beethoven, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky? ..........Yea Kanye! 
post edited by savageopera - 2017/03/25 02:56:46

Sonar Artist, HP Laptop, AMD A8700 , 1T+250g, M-Audio Fast Track Ultra ,Roland 88 Hammer action, Roland AX-1, M-audio 88es, Arturia minilabII......When I was young I wanted to become a mad scientist. I achieved everything except the "scientist" part....http://www.soundclick.com/savageopera
#4
SteveStrummerUK
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 31112
  • Joined: 2006/10/28 10:53:48
  • Location: Worcester, England.
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 01:41:32 (permalink)
Moshkito
 
Sadly, a DAW's worst limitation is the time keeping and the locking to a drum "set/groove" kind of thing ... 




Huh?
 
You don't have to work to a click track - you can just record a live drummer playing his kit.
 
Or record a whole band 'live' if you wish. Not a metronome/click track in sight.
 
 
 
 

 Music:     The Coffee House BandVeRy MeTaL

#5
sharke
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 13933
  • Joined: 2012/08/03 00:13:00
  • Location: NYC
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 03:48:12 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2017/03/25 13:45:13
Yeah Pedro the timekeeping in a DAW is purely optional. You don't have to use a click track and you don't even have to use measures in the time ruler. You can use the thing as a tape recorder.

James
Windows 10, Sonar SPlat (64-bit), Intel i7-4930K, 32GB RAM, RME Babyface, AKAI MPK Mini, Roland A-800 Pro, Focusrite VRM Box, Komplete 10 Ultimate, 2012 American Telecaster!
#6
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 86000
  • Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
  • Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 04:32:18 (permalink)
sharke
He speaks the truth....
 
https://streamable.com/vpf1s


testify
#7
kitekrazy1
Max Output Level: -40 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 3524
  • Joined: 2014/08/02 17:52:51
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 07:15:02 (permalink)
Those kids in their garage really know a lot more than you think.  Youtube is full of them.

Sonar Platinum, W7 Pro 32GB Ram, Intel i7 4790, AsRock Z97 Pro 4,  NVidia 750ti, AP2496
 
Sonar Platinum, W7 Pro, 16GB Ram, AMD FX 6300, Gigabyte GA 970 -UD3 P, nVidia 9800GT, Guitar Port, Terratec EWX 2496
#8
synkrotron
Max Output Level: -22.5 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 5263
  • Joined: 2006/04/28 16:21:21
  • Location: Warrington, UK
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 07:49:20 (permalink)
It's nice to hear a "pro" not dissing peeps with assumed lesser musical abilities. Unlike Rick Wakeman, for instance, who never hides his disdain for the "bedroom musician"

http://www.synkrotron.co.uk/
Intel Core™i7-3820QM Quad Core Mobile Processor 2.70GHz 8MB cache | Intel HM77 Express Chipset | 16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 RAM | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD | 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD | Windows 10 Pro | Roland OCTA-CAPTURE | SONAR Platinum ∞ FFS| Too many VSTi's to list here | KRK KNS-8400 Headphones | Roland JP-8000 | Oberheim OB12 | Novation Nova | Gibson SG Special | PRS Studio
#9
jamesg1213
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 21760
  • Joined: 2006/04/18 14:42:48
  • Location: SW Scotland
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 08:17:29 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2017/03/25 13:45:48
Moshkito
 
 
Sadly, a DAW's worst limitation is the time keeping and the locking to a drum "set/groove" kind of thing ... it takes away the freedom of the music, and makes the drummer and bass player (in rock'n'roll) much less of a creative force, because they are stuck ... I keep thinking of the scores for a Beethoven, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and I see 50 instruments go in 50 directions, and then you catch rock music, and it's 4 instruments ... and only one direction.
 
My idea is that music, like any "art", is about the FREEDOM of it all ... not the regimentation of it at all.




Pedro, you can play completely freeform without a click track in a DAW, then add drums (or anything else) to it using tempo mapping. The only limitations are your imagination.

 
Jyemz
 
 
 



Thrombold's Patented Brisk Weather Pantaloonettes with Inclementometer
#10
Bhav
Max Output Level: -73 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 887
  • Joined: 2017/02/17 22:23:00
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 08:44:38 (permalink)
synkrotron
It's nice to hear a "pro" not dissing peeps with assumed lesser musical abilities. Unlike Rick Wakeman, for instance, who never hides his disdain for the "bedroom musician"



I am a filthy bedroom musician.

I7 6850k, Asus RV10E, 32 Gb ram, SLI GTX 980 Ti, Creative Soundblaster Z, Yamaha DGX 630, Creative Aurvana Platinum headphones.
#11
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 86000
  • Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
  • Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 14:43:30 (permalink)
Bhav
 
I am a filthy bedroom musician.


TMI
#12
bitman
Max Output Level: -34 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 4105
  • Joined: 2003/11/06 14:11:54
  • Location: Keystone Colorado
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 16:02:11 (permalink)
This needs to go in the loyal user vs user thread.
 
I use Sonar cause I always have. I guess that makes me a loyal user.
 
#13
craigb
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 41704
  • Joined: 2009/01/28 23:13:04
  • Location: The Pacific Northwestshire
  • Status: offline
Re: Hans Zimmer on DAW's 2017/03/25 17:35:36 (permalink)
bapu
sharke
He speaks the truth....
 
https://streamable.com/vpf1s


testify




I noticed this reply was suffering from "Low T" last night.  Good to see it's better today!  

 
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
#14
Jump to:
© 2024 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1