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<vigs> As I understand it, lo-fi music just doesn't have the same production quality, since they leave in all the amp buzz, etc.
<alexgordon2> well I don't know this lo-fi music is
<alexgordon2> but I listen to 70s jazz
<alexgordon2> and it's great :P
<vigs> yeah I just hopped in, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<vigs> I listen to punk rock, and it's great
<incomprehensibly> vigs: what i mean was that it used to take lots of money not to have a lo fi sound but now a bedroom recording can sound like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6OLS2JBZU
<incomprehensibly> that would have been shit tons of money in the 80s
<vigs> oh, hm. not what I imagined when I read "lo-fi"
<incomprehensibly> no i mean that is emphatically not lo fi
<vigs> oh yeah
<vigs> fair
<incomprehensibly> the point is that *not* being lo fi is now available to everyone
<vigs> to some extent, yeah
<incomprehensibly> right, takes dedication, free time, economic stability, etc.
<vigs> yup
<incomprehensibly> but certainly more people have that than have million dollar record deals :P
<vigs> when I would record myself playing guitar, I'd put a bit of cloth across the frets to remove other strings vibrating in resonance and stuff
<incomprehensibly> oh interesting
<incomprehensibly> when i record acoustic guitar i really like all the physical sounds like the fret sliding and the pick clicks
<incomprehensibly> but yeah my dampening technique is not so great so i should try that :p
<vigs> ah yeah those are harder to get rid of; my solution was always to just play more deliberately, so as to not make those sounds
<incomprehensibly> mic placement has a lot to do with it
<vigs> granted, for punk stuff, you're playing loud enough for that to not be an issue, but for breakdowns in some non-punk stuff, and for acoustic things…it gets annoying
<incomprehensibly> also different picks sound very different
<vigs> although I don't think it sounds that bad IRL
<vigs> true
<incomprehensibly> also i heard a tip that if you're layering some strumming or something, use different picks each time so the pick sounds don't reinforce each other
<vigs> I used to plug my guitar directly into my old laptop, actually
<incomprehensibly> with guitar rig or something?
<vigs> nope
<incomprehensibly> just clean?
<vigs> male 1/4" mono TS connector --> male 1/8" stereo TRS connector
<vigs> I have a bunch of converters, so the single channel from my guitar is sent to both channels on my laptop
<vigs> It wasn't the best solution, mind you
<vigs> most likely wasn't very good for the laptop, either
<incomprehensibly> haha wow
<incomprehensibly> did you have to crank the gain up
<vigs> nope! THAT would've been even worse
<vigs> for effects, I relied on Garageband's built-in effects
<vigs> Someday I'll figure out a better recording solution. I can't do THAT anymore because my rMBP doesn't have an audio input jack.
<incomprehensibly> oh right, that's what i meant by guitar rig
<incomprehensibly> garageband's effects aren't bad
<incomprehensibly> when you're ready to shell out a hundred dollars or so it's really nice to have an audio interface
<incomprehensibly> with a couple xlr and 1/4 inputs
<incomprehensibly> and phantom power
<incomprehensibly> etc.
<vigs> true
<vigs> oh I thought you meant that one guitar rig software/hardware thing
<incomprehensibly> i have a focusrite scarlett 2i2
<vigs> But yeah, eventually I'll shell out ALL the money for awesome software. Today is not that day.
<vigs> oh, cool!
<incomprehensibly> unlike hardware, software can be pirated :p
<vigs> well not with that attitude
<incomprehensibly> haha
<vigs> One of these days I'll take advantage of the fact that I have access to a lab in which I can fabricate my own PCBs and make a bunch of effects pedals
<incomprehensibly> oooh
<incomprehensibly> i really want to do audio hardware stuff
<incomprehensibly> i have too many things i want to do right now
<vigs> saaaame
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