^^Mic Dropped^^KEVMOVE02 wrote:I experienced this very phenomena with the bass guitar. On day one of a new purchase, I was enraptured by the brightness of the percussive sounds coming forth with each slap and pop. When I noticed the degrading of my appreciation of the sound. I tried the fix the problem by buying: new string, new pickups, ne amp, new bass (4, 5, and 6 strings), new pedals, new plugins, new rack extension, new audio interface, etc. After reaching a point of no hope that anything would ever sound good again, I thought that perhaps the sound had become muddied by all the processing. So I went back to a raw, unprocessed signal. Eureka! That lasted about 10 days and the cycle began again... Fast forward 10 years and I discovered a secret: if you never ever use the phrase (or thought) "I wish I could sound like..." something amazing happens: you stop comparing what you have (or lack) with others and you begin to love your sound again. Or you could spend all your time and money chasing a sound that is as elusive as the feeling you get the first time you try something new. Give in to it and it will make you its batch. Sigh. I miss the days of a Portastudio 4 track, a Casio keyboard, a Dr Rhythm drum machine, and the audacity to think I could write my ticket with the music I could make on this poor man's recording studio.
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