Re: Libera in Taiwan April 2013
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:42 pm
Perhaps it would be appropriate to move this discussion to another topic?
I don't want to go into any detail in what I think has been done to the track here. Again, none of it is different from any other recording out there, but the relevant part is how much they have been used. And yes, that would include pitch correction.
Actually I think it's much easier to enjoy a heavily processed recording if you are somewhat unaware of it.
The sort of thing that is done to any "pop" recording. The question how much. For instance, I personally think Peace was wonderfully mixed, whereas New Dawn has tracks where I feel a certain natural quality has been lost from some of the vocals. Never minded any of it, though. But what I hear on the new video goes way beyond New Dawn in this regard.Yorkie wrote:OK Lumi, what do you think has been done to the vocals on this track (and any other Libera recording)? Auto-tuning?
I don't want to go into any detail in what I think has been done to the track here. Again, none of it is different from any other recording out there, but the relevant part is how much they have been used. And yes, that would include pitch correction.
Yes, a lot of the criticism is on their general sound and the genre of music in comparison to traditional choirs. But I think it's obvious that some people won't like it when they feel they can't tell what part of the voice they hear on a recording is real and what is the result of heavy audio processing. And it has very little to do with their experience (or lack thereof) in music production.Yorkie wrote:What is certain is that everybody criticising Libera for an 'over-produced' sound probably have no experience in recording, mixing and producing a record.
Actually I think it's much easier to enjoy a heavily processed recording if you are somewhat unaware of it.
I may have misunderstood you earlier. (Perhaps a good time to remember that English is not my first language. ) And I'm quite aware of this being a matter of opinion.Yorkie wrote:I'm really not sure why you disagree with my last statement, which in essence is saying one man's meat is another man's poison - people like and dislike things on an individual basis and whilst you are entitled to dislike this recording it doesn't mean that everybody else has to.
I'm not sure why we are even talking about this. The reason I love Libera is their sound and music that are unlike anything else out there. Originally I was talking about the digital enhancement on the main vocal tracks and that alone, not their arrangements, any special effects or the use of digital instruments.Yorkie wrote:I think that sums up my previous post pretty well - the critics of Libera have a belief that they should sound like traditional choirs but that is not the direction that RP has chosen to go. Who is right, the critic or the person creating the music?