Post #118160 by tiki mick 1 on Tue, Oct 5, 2004 1:04 PM

I guess what I am trying to say is based on my own experience...

I have been in many, many rock bands..some good, some bad..

All of them had the same problem. We would go to a studio, record our demo, and as I listen to the demos now..I realize how totally amateur the recording quality was..and most of the bands I was in had very good guitarists, great drummers, etc...

So when a band comes in nowadays, like Blink 182 or greenday, and I know for a fact I have played with much better musicians then those tards..yet, they sound so polished and perfect..the guitars consistant and perfect, the drums sound like a drum machine...

Don't try to tell me that applications like protools don't totally save the asses of amatuer sounding musicians, 'cause I know better!

You can replace the entire drum part with Wav files, so that where the snare drum was, there now is a perfect sounding electronic hyper-snare sample hitting in the exact same place...like using triggers...it's cheating!!

I understand most recording have been "processed" to some extent..the use of compressors and other things have been around for years..I realize that!

That's because you want the recording to be as hi-fi as possible.....

Green day, blink 182 and other bands are simply NOT GOOD ENOUGH to not use protools, ok!

And by the way, I have used protools for a while now, and think it is a great system..but guess what? I have been playing bass for 28 years now....and I don't think people like Mike Dirnt or Mark Hoppus can hold a candle to me!!!

I can't believe any of you people actually like these "bands" like greenday and Blink 182..they are so NOT TIKI!!!