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Posted: Mar. 02 2004, 10:01 |
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Quote (qjamesfloyd @ Mar. 02 2004, 14:05) | What instuments did he use on TB2003 that he could'nt on the original? |
I see dkay's posted while I've been writing this, but here it is anyway!
A high percentage of the synthesisers, specifically the Roland JV880 and 2080, the JD990 and XP50, Korg Trinity, Akai S6000 and Emagic EXS24. Those are all sample based instruments, and give sounds that not even the Fairlight CMI of 1979 could have created. The Boss DR Rhythm falls into this category too. The Nord Lead we can maybe just about excuse, being as it is an instrument modelled on the sounds of earlier analogue synthesisers, and I could say the same for the Emagic ES1 and EVP88. Not so lucky is the Native Instruments Pro 52 which, being a polyphonic analogue synthesiser emulation (based on 1979's Prophet V from Sequential Circuits) is rather beyond the capabilities of what was available to musicians in 1973.
There are other things that mean it's not how it would have sounded had Mike had the time - the digital reverb and other effects (from TC Electronic M5000, Eventide DSP4000, Lexicon 300 and Yamaha SPX1000) are very modern sounding and unlike the plates, springs, echo chambers and tape effects of the 1970s, the guitar sounds from modern processors like the GP-8 (not to mention the VG-8 re-synthesiser) are very like anything that would have been achieved in 1973, while the Wal bass also has a very modern sound (the Wal Custom was first released in the early 1980s).
So I don't think it could really be claimed that Tubular Bells could have sounded like the 2003 version if Mike had been given the time back in 1973. It could be claimed of course that if all this equipment had been available in 1973 that Mike would have used it. He probably would, but I think with his personality the way it was at the time, the feel of the album would certainly have been different even if the sound wasn't. The influence of Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth would also have had an impact.
I think all that can really be said is that it's the way Mike wanted it to sound in 2003.
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