NAMM: U-he Filterscape Bundle previewed

[jens]

That's like if I point out that hammers are poorly made these days and you say "easy, just don't use one," missing out on the point completely that I need a new hammer.

Oh jeez - the analogy could not be poorer.

We all have access to far more and better tools than all previous generations of musicians had.

Plus a minute ago you talked about song-writing. All I need for that is a pen and some paper
- can be a bog-roll if need be.

[jamcat]

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

Yeah, the problem isn't the tools. It's the tools who are using them.

[jens]

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

And it absolutely isn't true either - there's great music coming out left and right all over the world each day - a lot more than anyone could ever listen to.

[jamcat]

That's like if I point out that hammers are poorly made these days and you say "easy, just don't use one," missing out on the point completely that I need a new hammer.

Oh jeez - the analogy could not be poorer.

We all have access to far more and better tools than all previous generations of musicians had.

Plus a minute ago you talked about song-writing. All I need for that is a pen and some paper
- can be a bog-roll if need be.

Actually I was comparing the craftmanship of the songs to the craftmanship of the hammer. I wasn't talking about making music with hammers. Only Einstürzende Neubauten does that.

[jamcat]

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

And it absolutely isn't true either - there's great music coming out left and right all over the world each day - a lot more than anyone could ever listen to.

I'm sure there is, somewhere, if you can find it amongst all the crap.

[Shabdahbriah]

That's like if I point out that hammers are poorly made these days and you say "easy, just don't use one," missing out on the point completely that I need a new hammer.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "a good craftsman doesn't blame his tools?" Yeah, maybe hammers were made better 30 years ago, but if they can still drive nails into wood, just get on with it and create what you set out to create.

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

Indeed!

meanwhile...} All your bass are belongs to us!!!

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

And it absolutely isn't true either - there's great music coming out left and right all over the world each day - a lot more than anyone could ever listen to.

Personally, I think the pop music charts are about as bad as they've ever been, but there was a lot of crap music on the pop charts for decades that we've just forgotten about due to time. Rose-tinted glasses and all...

I'm in my 40s now, and frankly, not many younger bands/artists speak to me, and the bands I grew up on are mostly off their creative peaks. But I'm sure people in their twenties feel the same way about younger contemporaries as I did twenty years ago about mine. And if not, these kids today have Spotify and easy access to most recorded music throughout history, which I never did. Music will be fine.

[jens]

That's like if I point out that hammers are poorly made these days and you say "easy, just don't use one," missing out on the point completely that I need a new hammer.

Oh jeez - the analogy could not be poorer.

We all have access to far more and better tools than all previous generations of musicians had.

Plus a minute ago you talked about song-writing. All I need for that is a pen and some paper
- can be a bog-roll if need be.

Actually I was comparing the craftmanship of the songs to the craftmanship of the hammer. I wasn't talking about making music with hammers. Only Einstürzende Neubauten does that.

Whatever substance it is that you are on, it certainly doesn't do you any good.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in my reply hint at me understanding your sad little excuse for an analogy the way you seem for whatever wild reason to believe I did.

[jens]

You may think modern songwriting is bad, but it's not the tools at fault.

And it absolutely isn't true either - there's great music coming out left and right all over the world each day - a lot more than anyone could ever listen to.

Personally, I think the pop music charts are about as bad as they've ever been, but there was a lot of crap music on the pop charts for decades that we've just forgotten about due to time. Rose-tinted glasses and all...

Exactly - but then there's all these gems all the time too - all the Sam Fenders and Alec Benjamins and Grace Vanderwaals and Sias still make it today.

[vurt]

Straight to the point!

It's an obvious fact that those of us who are satisfied with our own art don't do this sad lamenting thing as we do not perceive the products of others as a threat, how different to our own ones it may ever be.

There's really no better way to tell the public that you think you totally suck donkey's ball and have zero talent than to constantly whine how talentless every one else is.

[Matnids]

Do you think it’s a free upgrade and safe to buy right now? Or should you wait until public beta for maybe some intro price? Looks amazing.

[cryophonik]

I personally cannot wait to get my hands on this plugin bundle and singlehandedly destroy modern music as we know it

[Ah_Dziz]

I'd like to check out that whole destruction of modern music as well. Be sure to post here with updates. It sounds better than my plan anyway.

[Michael L]

Not sure that this has been posted yet, but here’s something interesting from NAMM:

Urs & Co. put so much thought into this plugin!

I have been looking forward to it.
It will take me a while to figure out how to use it musically, but it seems useful for minimal composition because you can do a lot with a little.

[zerocrossing]

That's like if I point out that hammers are poorly made these days and you say "easy, just don't use one," missing out on the point completely that I need a new hammer.

Just know that someone exactly like you said the same type of things when Bob Moog started releasing his synth modules.