Drum/Electronic Vs Human Percussion

[24db]

I love Drums played by Human, as long it is not Iris who tries to be in time with the Machines.
Sorry, but It's not possible to play along with machines properly, as long as you don't have a click-track on your ear.
The main reason, I think, why Iris is so hard to audible on the TD-DVDs

Michael Shrieve does it

[epsilon75]

and so did Klaus Kreiger very well IMHO

[24db]

and so did Klaus Kreiger very well IMHO

Yeah not bad, but...IMHO not in the same class as Mike

[epsilon75]

I admit Shrieve is very good

[24db]

I admit Shrieve is very good

I take it you own Transfer Station Blue Colin?

[epsilon75]

Yes,and also the Go albums with Stomu Yamashta and of course Santana

[24db]

Yes,and also the Go albums with Stomu Yamashta and of course Santana

Never like them, but you can't knock the talent on them

[redziller]

Human for me - I'm happier with the early artificial drumming eg white eagle but can take or leave it on later tracks

[alipaul]

Human for me - I'm happier with the early artificial drumming eg white eagle but can take or leave it on later tracks

It's funny that's how i feel the percussion today is far too busy IMHO

I like the drumming on Ayumi's Butterflies

[Pertou]

I travel on bus every week day. Today I listened to Berlin '78. It seemed they set the pace after Klaus Krieger. I liked it a lot. In 1978, TD seemed to go back to former values of playing live.
I voted "synthetic" although the word "synthetic" has a negative ring to it. My reason for voting was tracks like Going West, Vision Quest VI, Sphinx Lightning, Ayumi's Butterflies and Monolight. But I would prefer a mix with played and programmed drumming.

[rattymouse]

I travel on bus every week day. Today I listened to Berlin '78. It seemed they set the pace after Klaus Krieger. I liked it a lot. In 1978, TD seemed to go back to former values of playing live.
I voted "synthetic" although the word "synthetic" has a negative ring to it. My reason for voting was tracks like Going West, Vision Quest VI, Sphinx Lightning, Ayumi's Butterflies and Monolight. But I would prefer a mix with played and programmed drumming.

I think the main reason why the Atomic Season Discs are so outstanding is the complete and total lack of human drumming. Gawwd it is SOOO refreshing to have the bongo player tossed.

[redziller]

I travel on bus every week day. Today I listened to Berlin '78. It seemed they set the pace after Klaus Krieger. I liked it a lot. In 1978, TD seemed to go back to former values of playing live.
I voted "synthetic" although the word "synthetic" has a negative ring to it. My reason for voting was tracks like Going West, Vision Quest VI, Sphinx Lightning, Ayumi's Butterflies and Monolight. But I would prefer a mix with played and programmed drumming.

I think the main reason why the Atomic Season Discs are so outstanding is the complete and total lack of human drumming. Gawwd it is SOOO refreshing to have the bongo player tossed.

Come off it - the reason the discs are outstanding is 'cos of the music that's on 'em. We haven't just come out of the Bongo Years WRT recorded releases have we?

[Hobo]

bongo player tossed.

Mmmm........

[modulator_esp]

I really like the early stuff with very minimal or no percussion, quite like the real drums on Force Majeure and Cyclone and the programmed drums on the early '80s stuff, but really can't stand the '90s onwards drum machine recreations of more 'rock' and 'dance' styled beats.

I've never seen the point of any of the added percussion at live gigs I've been to, I just find it annoying both visually and sonically.

So for me, it's not whether it's electronic or acoustic, programmed or played, it's whether or not it works for me stylistically

[DITHMAR]

For my part I prefer electronic percussion in TDs music.

When making it myself, the best results I've had, was electronic percussion programmed by drummers or percussionists. That can create a sympiosis that is admired and envied by us mortal programmers.

//Dennis