On 12/12/01 3:05 PM, "Robert Coyote" <coyyote@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> They sound organic because the imperfections in timing come from
> anticipation, emotional reactions (tend to speed up to transitions etc.),
> interplay with other musicians, drum head --> stick --> arm --> brain
> interactions etc. so the timing imperfections are non-random.
What you are talking about is different; what you are referring to is
"swing" timing, which we've been able to mimic with MIDI for over a decade.
In fact, there is software that can analyze recordings and apply the swing
timing of the live drummer to a perfectly quantized MIDI track. I was
actually talking about random jitter in a live drum track, which is easily
measured from a recording.
> non-linear distortion artifacts from vinyl or tube amp effects are also
> pleasant to the ear for most people, much effort has been made to emulate
> these artifacts in digital.
The digital emulations of analog distortion are actually excellent for the
most part. The distortions of tubes, for example, are easily modeled and
well-understood. What *has* been difficult to emulate digitally is the
broad spectral compression characteristics of analog tape (for better or
worse).
Cheers,
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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