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apologized, Ye Zi invited Huang Zhijian to the control room.

"Lao Huang, you say...... If I want to make an album recorded by an all-real band, do you think it's necessary? After making tea and handing it over, Ye Zi took the opportunity to sit next to Huang Zhijian and asked.

The idea was already in place when he positioned the style of his second album as more folk, and now he wanted to ask for the opinion of others. However, even if the whole album is not produced like this, in order to ensure the quality of the song, Ye Zi will definitely use this method to produce this "You at the Same Table".

"All Real Band Recording?" Just after taking a sip of tea, Huang Zhijian was a little surprised to hear Ye Zi ask such a question.

"Little leaf, it seems to be ...... now It's rare for anyone to use a real band to record songs, aren't you making pop songs, why are you making such a big fuss? ”

Huang Zhijian's surprise is very reasonable.

Twenty or thirty years ago (calculated in 1992), there was basically no such thing as MIDI production, and at that time, all the songs were recorded by real instruments and real people, which is what Ye Zi said about the recording of the real band. But from the late 70's to the 80's. Since then, the development of electronic technology has been changing with each passing day, the advent of electronic synthesizers has allowed electroacoustic bands to have richer sound effects than ever before, and the frequent use of MIDI production has gradually made it less and less common for real instruments to record albums. After the 90s, this was the most normal recording method twenty or thirty years ago, and now it has become a rare way to make songs.

For example, the albums released by Principal Tan, his brother Zhang Guorong, and Sister Mei in the early 80s were basically recorded by real bands. It was at that time that Eisley became famous in the Hong Kong music scene, and at that time, almost all of these big-name singers' albums invited him to record drums. Ten years later, however, their new album is now basically based on MIDI productions, supplemented by real instruments such as electric guitar, violin, saxophone, etc.

Ye Zi is now going to record the Quanzhen Band, and Huang Zhijian will of course be very surprised.

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In fact, it's not for nothing that the recording method of using an all-real band to produce an album has fallen out of favor.

First of all, the cost of recording a real band is much higher than that of producing with MIDI, and no record company owner would turn a blind eye to it from a commercial point of view. It's a reduction in operating costs, and to put it bluntly, that's the profit that the boss can earn more.

Is there any merchant who doesn't go for profit?

No.

Therefore, it is inevitable that low-cost MIDI productions will replace expensive full-fledged band recordings.

This is the main reason.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned commercial considerations, there are other reasons why the recording of the True Band will be gradually replaced by MIDI Productions in terms of the specific aspects of recording production.

On the one hand, the timbre of the True Band is not as rich as MIDI production, as mentioned earlier, the timbre used in the prelude to "Actually, You Don't Understand My Heart" is the timbre synthesized by synthesizer samples, and there is no such instrument in the real world, which the Real Band can't do.

On the other hand, the recording of a real band is also much more difficult than producing with MIDI.

With MIDI Production, you only need to select the appropriate timbre through the audio source when recording, and then import the MIDI split track into the recording equipment, which is very convenient. However, the use of a real band requires the same instrument and the same instrument to record separately, which is very cumbersome and complicated. If nothing else, the mere issue of rhythmic synchronization between various instruments can be a headache for the recording engineer, and humans are certainly not as precise as machines in this regard.

This is just an example, but there are other difficulties as well.

Moreover, the recording of the real band must meet at least two conditions, the first is that the recording engineer must have a high enough level to deal with complex and changeable recording situations, and be able to solve various problems in the recording at any time. The second is that the musicians involved in the recording must have a lot of recording experience in addition to their own high level of performance, and it is better if they have long-term experience with the band.

These two conditions are not so easy to achieve.

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Ye Zi nodded: "Lao Huang, I want to make a folk song this time." ”

"Folk songs?" Huang Zhijian also nodded: "Then it's no wonder, if you do folk songs, then you really have to use the real band, MIDI can't make the taste and characteristics of folk songs." But...... Then you'll have to be prepared to spend more. ”

Huang Zhijian's words explained the main reason why Ye Zi decided to use the True Band to record this album.

In the record industry, it's true that true band recording has fallen out of favor, but it hasn't gone away and will never go away. After MIDI production became a common means of recording albums, the recording of real bands has become a high-end form of the record industry.

Just like Ye Zi this time, he wanted to spend a lot of money to carefully produce an album or a song, and the first thing that came to mind was the recording of the Quanzhen Band.

This situation seems a bit hilarious, but it's not, and there is a reason for the same.

Although MIDI has been widely used in album production, in later generations, the emergence of hosting software used on various computers has made MIDI production more convenient and faster, and a little knowledge of music can try to arrange and produce, which has infinitely lowered the entry threshold for music production, MIDI is ubiquitous in music production, but the recording of real instruments is still essential. At least no one like guitars, violins, cellos, folk music, etc., basically no one uses synthesizers or realistic sounds from sound sources and sound libraries, not even sampled sounds. Even in later generations, the timbre of the sound library is no different from the timbre of real instruments, and few musicians will completely abandon the use of real instruments.

This is because there are so many benefits and advantages to MIDI production, but there is one thing that is not always as good as a real band, and that is the "real" feeling of real people playing with real instruments. And this feeling of "real" is irreplaceable for the music itself, and the more realistic MIDI is used, the more precious and high-end this "real" becomes.

Let's take an example.

For example, for the guitar, later generations of MIDI production can not only score the score of the score and fingering, but also simulate the real performance of the musician by fine-tuning the position of each note, the volume size, the timbre change, the rhythm change, etc.

That's pretty impressive, isn't it?

But...... No matter how similar the simulation is, the guitar performance made with MIDI is still fake, and it still has a distinct electronic flavor and digital flavor, that is, it is not as natural, so real, and so flawless as the guitar played by real people (here it only refers to the feeling between real and fake, not playing technique). It will never be as "unexpected" as when it is played by a real person, and even if the line between the two can be blurred a little bit using the most advanced technology, it can still be heard by veteran singers, musicians, musicians, recording engineers, etc., and it can only "deceive" the ears of ordinary people. Even ordinary people who have not undergone formal vocal and instrumental training, if they love music and often listen to various kinds of songs, they can also distinguish them, but they may not be able to distinguish them so clearly.

The use of a large number of MIDI has become the most common production method of this song genre, and this genre also needs to use MIDI to enrich the color of the song, and at the same time simplify the production procedures and steps, which is an inevitable need for the industrial commercial production of songs. But in folk, rock, jazz, and other genres, too much MIDI is used in a lot of harm.

Take folk songs as an example, as a song genre that pays great attention to "pure and natural", and the use of MIDI to produce such a realistic and quick way to do so will not reflect this characteristic of folk songs at all.

So as soon as he heard Ye Zi say that he wanted to do a folk song, Huang Zhijian immediately reacted. But then, Huang Zhijian was even more puzzled.

"Xiao Yezi, isn't the pop type you did on your last album very good, the fans love it, and the album sells so well, why do you suddenly remember to make a ballad? Xiao Yezi, doing folk songs in China is a thankless task, and the folk atmosphere in China is ...... Tsk, it's hard to say. ”

Huang Zhijian is telling the truth.

Ye Zi didn't explain in detail, but just asked rhetorically.

"Lao Huang, then why do you keep staring at rock and roll? Don't tell me you can't write and sing my kind of pop songs. What you think, that's what I think. ”

This time, Huang Zhijian smiled, and smiled extremely happily.

"Okay, since you say that, then I definitely support you, you want to ask us to help you record the real band, right? You can keep me informed when you enter the studio, and our band will take over this job. Patting Ye Zi's shoulder, Huang Zhijian said very simply.

"Maybe it's going to start tomorrow, so let's record it first." Ye Zi is also welcome.

"Okay, then we'll come over early tomorrow morning, you get the score ready, and we'll try to get it done in one day." Huang Zhijian nodded.

"But Xiao Yezi, I have one condition here, and you have to agree to me." (To be continued.) )