Saturday, May 21, 2011

Nothing to do with cycling but I feel like a break - Pete Townshend mucking about with loops in a DAW

OK, it's not really about Dopage but maybe waaaay back in the 60s and 70s... and possibly the 80s... there's a link. Point is that we don't like to see "performance enhancement" in our sports but don't mind it so much (generally speaking) in other professions. Is it hypocrisy? I'll think about it.

This vid is funny, especially if you know the guy is chief creator at the Who. I can't really see Mick and Keef mucking about in their home studio like this, but in contrast Townshend has done it the geeky muso "hands on" way since at least the late 60's.

And a DAW? Digital Audio Workstation. He's using Ableton Live here (I use Live Lite and can vouch for its capabilities even in cut-back form. Anyway, it's an interesting insight into how one 66 year old rocker (or mod, rather) has adapted to the digital world.

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