"Tour de France Soundtracks" and new technologies...
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The album "Tour de France Soundtracks" was produced on a
networked computer setup with a laptops SONY Vaio running
Steinberg Cubase SX and TC Works PowerCore PCI as heart of
the system.
All sounds was generated in computers using virtual
instruments (VST) like a HALion virtual sampler, Native
Instruments, TC Works and other with Steinberg Cubase SX
as a host.
A special feature for Steinberg Cubase SX called System
Link allows full audio and MIDI control and integration
between all computers in high speed like powerfull musical
network.
Kraftwerk are the first artists worldwide to make use of
the new TC Helicon VoiceModeler for PowerCore, having
received an exclusive pre-release copy from TC Works.
Fritz Hilpert comments about VoiceModeler and Powercore:
"It is a great tool to transform voices completely".
"We used VoiceModeler to create these whispery voices in
the chorus on the track "Elektrokardiogramm". We have also
used the Waldorf D-Coder on that track to create this
pitched drum sound. It works really well on drums, because
it can produce very punchy, metallic sounding percussion
and it has excellent modulation features."
"PowerCore has played an important role in our production
process, as it allowed us to run hi-end tools inside our
native virtual setups, without clipping the CPU or having
to get connected to our outboard gear all the time."
Extraído de http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/ la mejor página que he encontrado de Kraftwerk y es de Brasil
Aunque yo sigo oyendo mi Kawai K5000 en varias pistas y supongo que mucho cacharro analógico... maravillas del sampleo... pero no es un equipo excesivamente caro el que tienen ellos y con un resultado absolutamente profesional, aunque para mí este cd sea flojo.