Let's Talk "Analog vs Digital" at Superbooth '24
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 06. 2024
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
What do you think about when I say the word Digital and What do you think about when I say the word Analog?
These are the 2 questions I asked random joyful people while walking through a hut-filled zone in a small forest at Superbooth 2024
The answers may surprise you, they certainly surprised me!
00:00 Opening (music)
00:04 Anthony's Intro
00:18 Interviews Begin
16:35 Anthonyâs Summary (music)
16:50 Logo (music)
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ABOUT ANTHONY
Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. Heâs composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including Young Gunsâ, Internal Affairsâ, The Man From Elysian Fieldsâ, 15 Minutes and Planes, Trains & Automobilesâ, been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as Michael Jackson's Thrillerâ.
His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for Quincy Jonesâ, Jack Nitzscheâ, Lamont Dozierâ, Arthur Rubenstein and Giorgio Moroder was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major.
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âPerfection which is unnecessaryâ is an amazing response. Iâve been searching for that phrase for 20 years.
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6:17
I love perfection.
It still leaves it to the individual, what they deem ânecessaryâ or not, and what constitutes âperfectionâ. It is definitely an interesting notion, that turned around could also be valid, and consider some aspects of analog as âImperfection which is unnecessaryâ
I think that is not well thought out because digital can do so much more. Same way with analog some things are possible that are difficult with digital. The best is a hybrid where you can benefit from the best of both.
The Prince of Synth in his natural habitat, amongst his people.
Haha. Nice to see Joey Blush Response. Fun to see two of my favorite channels cross paths like that.
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It isn't Analog vs Digital. They are both great in their own way, it just depends on what type of sound you're trying to achieve.
Love putting digital sounds and samples through analog filters! Or digitally bit crushing analog synths.
Take everything out of its box and do something amazing with them. Everything with anything.
Thank you so much for showing us how beautifully the Superbooth is embedded! That's almost a forest in which it takes place.
These are truly amazing times in the realm of audio production, on many levels, but Anthony makes it that much more fun.
Years ago I heard people saying digital is cold sounding compared to digital in regard to synthesis. Iâve played so many digital synths that sounded awesome and warm. More recently I found out that they were originally referring to the early digital recordings not instruments. These issues were quickly resolved however the stigmatism remained.
Digital can be anything, analogue can only be itself
Such a feel good video. Great vibes!
âTwo quick questions, I have a CZcams channelâŠâ props for going with your most humble credit đ
The best part about this is that Anthony was mistakenly at a Renaissance festival. Superbooth was actually taking place one forest over. đ
Just kidding, of course! Sending appreciation to you and your team up the 5 from San Diego!
Keep going Anthonny! I enjoy your content as a fellow music nerd, and you along with Dr. Mix and Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) are the most informative and knowledgable that I've seen, while also entertaining and talented.
Digital
âUnnecessary perfectionâ
Analogue
âNecessary imperfectionâ
Hybrid
âExpensiveâ
Haven't expected such a diversity of answers. Really helps to get out of one own's filter bubble :) As always, thanks for sharing - it was a pleasure meeting Dante and you at SuperBooth!
That was a lot of fun! My people! Thanks Anthony
Exhausting, I agree. Just make music with whatever is at hand.
Very cool! & A special shout-out for you and all the musicians of past generations that have decided to start sharing their important knowledge, insights, and experiences with the world. Iâm just old enough to have been growing up playing and learning from older (pre-digital) generations and while the tools of music making may have changed rapidly, the humanity of it has not. Please keep sharing, the younger people need it!!!
A new generation is discovering the magic of analog. And some are even more affordable than VSTs! As A.I. looms and people find this sound and start to appreciate the details weâll come back to nature full circle. And, yes electrons and physics is closer to nature than DSP algorithms can ever attempt, saying this as a coder.
The digital is a bridge to the analog, to the brain, to the soul and to the body. This bridge is a miracle bag. Sounding analog with a few oscillators can still be very amazing.
You are putting out some really diverse content. I love seeing it, thanks!
Joey from Blush Response! Love your channel!
Interesting to see/hear the richness of the answers for sure!
This was surprisingly awesome. I was prepared for people having the old âwhich is betterâ discussion, but the way the question was phrased promoted very personal and interesting answers, like a technological Rorschach test. This was very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Interesting that several people associated "digital" with fingers, but one of the key attractions of analog gear is that it has knobs, sliders and switches that are tactile, ie we can manipulate them with our fingers. Nobody mentioned foot pedals!
I can't believe you guys keep doing totally different and new styles of videos and I'm here for it.
Iâm glad you went to Super Booth! This was a fun experiment.
These are great, open-ended questions. And you're the perfect person to ask them. You've got such an endearing manner. I like the character and "conversation" of analog synths as well as the malleability of digital. But that's only ONE of many responses to these questions. Everyone is going in so many different directions with it. So fun.
The tiny microphone makes this even better đ
In the words of the late great Jim Williams "everything's analogue" đ
So great to see that you are visiting us over here in Europe Anthony!
I hope you are having a great time in Berlin (I usually do) and that you have made interesting new friendships.
I'm really looking forward to see what you've found.
Analog- my cello
Digital - my cello recorded
Itâs worth watching this just because Anthonyâs such a lovely, gentle and positive human being - uplifting!
Digital? Synths. Analog? Synths. That was a lot of fun, Anthony!
This is a great video! Interesting to hear what people think and not just experts and manufacturers!!!
And, that one or the other is not better, just different!
I have both, and enjoy them both!
Nice Video , Nice question. Buy the way was a great Thing to meet you there and have a small conversation with you. I was the guy with the walker. Thanks for all. you are a kind person and it was a great minute to meet and talk. Thanks
great fun, awesome cameos!
like what you just did here - because it's different and .. just friendly. saw you at moog just in a blink of an eye - greets!
Glad you saw Blush Response there!
Cool video! To add my own thoughts:
Digital - ease of use, total recall
Analog - hands-on, in-betweens
You're doing a wonderful job with your channel Anthony. Thanks for everything and sharing the journey with us!
If I could afford analog everything, I would. But since I canât, digital is for the most part situationally better.
It used to be that the opposite was true. I remember using all analog gear but couldn't afford anything digital... đ€
@@danielmconnolly7Right. Itâs amazing that when digital was introduced it was so much cheaper than the analog instruments available. Analog dropped in price but then became sought after again and increased in price. It kinda reminds me of the VW Beetle, popular because of low cost and when it was reintroduced it was expensive. Nostalgia?
Blush Response networking. If you donât know him, go watch his videos. Love it!!!
A wild Blush Response has appeared! :D
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The fm/Moog answers are so me đ€Ł
This was a fun video! When I think of "digital" I think of those beautiful crystalline FM bell type keyboard sounds from the 90s, and "analog" makes me think of DIY-buildable instruments with unique character
Such a delight!
This was GREAT Anthony!! And it really makes me wish beeing at the Superbooth next year meeting my tribe haha, thanks for another super interesting video
This video is really special. Some day when looking back on this era, I hope that this is what they show kids in their synth design classes in high school.
Great video, Anthony & Dante ~ very interesting indeed
Thank you for this. It makes you think.
Analog = Hi Fidelity.. now that's interesting and I am inclined to consider that to be true in the signal source domain
Thanks for the video, Anthony. I hope you enjoyed your trip in Europe.
And for me most weird thing is these people don't recognize you, they don't know who you are!
I think of digital like a completely perfect drawn circle, whereas analog looks like a perfectly drawn circle, until you zoom in, and see the slight imperfections, that give it soul
You are good in these things. Thank you.
Analog: The perfect imperfection like human beings.
Digital is LIVE - Analog is STUDIO (especially yours) đŸđŸđŸ
My Korg Minilogue is an analog synth and has a bright/ harsh tone which is usually considered how digital sounds. My Roland Boutique JU-06 has a warmer tone but is digital! So it really depends on the implementation. Analog isn't always better!
Such fascinating and interesting and unexpected thoughts. I think of continuous flow vs discrete numbers.
My take on the question is: Digital is all about power (in terms of control), analog is about elegance!
Hello Anthony, I think we live in times when ideas tend to be seen as antagonists; For my part, I see the digital as e-mu, akai samplers, effects and recording and analog as synthesizers in which you can create sounds from scratch
I love this!! Asking such simple questions with a myriad of feedback on so many levels!!! :)
If I would have known that you are there, I'd had a visit, too. Some of my friends visited the Superbooth. It is a dream, to visit you one time â€â€đȘ much love....
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Almost esoteric episode. Great!
Digital: infinite possibility
Analog: beauty
I love how a seemingly boring question can unfold into something really interesting.. For me Analog is "The Beginning" and Digital "The End" đ
In general, digital technology will unalive us all.
@@davebellamy4867 : Frik'n AI
Analog = real
Digital = options
nice to meet you! :)
You too!
Blush response Guy! He's great
Great video the variety of the responses is really fascinating. And a lot of responses that were more thoughtful than the usual "this versus that", which is kind of an optimistic thing. I'd probably think of analog as "raw" and digital as more "modern" maybe...
There is no Digital without Analog...Analog sounds of all forms are the blueprint of all digital
Some future superstars you met there , Anthony- Joey "Blush Response is a WIZARD ..... Reminds me of a Techno Egregor Gone Berserk ,- and the UDO guy - The Haken dude - some very interesting answers - It looked like it was a great SuperBooth ,-đ
Analog has character or not . Digital you need to dial in character or fail. đ
Happy I did meet you and Dante on Superbooth. đ Make: shirt.
You too!
Analog: Raw
Digital: Clean
Analogue/digital - these days it's actually a question of taste and mood. If you'd install certain present vintage emulations into vintage hardware today, one might perhaps not even notice the difference. More important is what are the instruments hw/sw that produce the fave sounds.
âAnalog for music, digital for satellitesâ . From the 80s but still not too wrong đ
8:45 âroundâ can also be the way something feels. not necessarily needing to be seen with your eyes
Incredible vid Anthony! Enjoyed listening to it on my analog speakers from my digital source. Digital speakers would never sell.
Exhausting was the correct answer. Haha. Digital has failed to give the soulful feel of a masterbuilt analog instrument, but no digital controls in a 2024+ "analog" synth is just getting silly. Having preset storage, auto-tuning, etc. is the realm of digital. Analog does cool lossy delay, but for electrifying clarity, digital delay is king. "Hybrid is best."
If we r talking about sound - digital and analogue will not work without electricity. So they both are on the one side.
On the other - instruments that can sound without electricity (pianos, violins, acoustic guitars etc etc).
And one more thing - digital can be just software, or can be packed in hardware body. Analogue can be only in hardware body.
Thanx for great video)
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It was fun, I was eating. :)
15:22 That cute japanese chic has an unexpectedly deep and interesting voiceđș
She's definitely analogue.
its www.youtube.com/@tamiX-tamiX and shes from china
I love Tammyx,
Digital: accuracy, reproducibility, predictability
Analog: imperfections, limitations, surprises
For me it feels like in digital I am the boss and a piece of gear is my employe. I can ask him to do exactly what I want, but I should clearly understand what I want to get a great result.
At the same time in analog I and a pice of gear are colleagues. If I ask my colleague to do something he will do it but he will do it "his way". And it can (or can not) be better than I thought it would be.
This was awesome. Would be cool to do this again but "digital sounds vs analog sounds"
cool
I think best synths is FM and vector.
Dang, Iâm a bit jealous you were able to play outside that much đ
FOCAL LES BOSS !
Digital as a calculator, and analog as a slide rule =)
As one old fart to another, I salute you!
Analogue -> evoques Mister D. James having a bubblebath !
1:14 "I have a CZcams channel." That's modesty. She looks like she's expecting a dating question!đ
Good stuff! It would be interesting to see you visit the Bitwig booth (their hardware implementation is really cool)
*** wish I could be there :(
Nice, on which day was this recorded? Was only there Saturday and didn't see you haha :(
With the gear available currently itâs really in the hands of the users. Iâm partial to melodic music and pleasing sounds and a person can create those equally effectively on an OB-X8 or a 3rd Wave, a Sub37 or a Hydrasynth. I no longer have a preference because of the great instruments being made using either or both types tech.
D: pieces
A: unity
Digital: incremental Analog: continuous. At any rate digital controlled oscillators or digital oscillators with analog filters offers the best of both worlds imo. I prefer Wavetable over your basic FM so analog filters paired with digital oscillators is my personal preference in that regard, but for your basic subtractive synthesis I prefer digital controlled analog oscillators. And I agree with the round answer digital distortion is noticeably harsh or I would describe the peaks of digital distortion as sharp compared to analog distortion. I will say that I find Diva to be the most convincing analog sounding VST I've heard though. Although You can sounds from inside the box out to add analog saturation, distortion, overdrive, compression or through analog filters to add analog imperfection and color. There are also ways to get to a point where it's next to impossible for anyone to notice a difference unless you do A/B comparison between the two, it's just that analog equipment naturally sounds that way and you have to spend extra time with digital sources usually to get it sounding analog.