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“This sound harkens back to an earlier time when drums actually sounded like drums, when we didn't have to timeline every single fucking beat, replace every hit with the same fucking sample, and turn making music into a glorified game of connect the fucking dots.”

SpectreSoundStudios, at 9:42 of “The Vintage Gear Scam is OVER!” on SpectreSoundStudios’ channel.

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1. 9:36 Now I love it because it doesn't sound like the modern metal brick snare that I'm hearing
2. 9:40 on so many records these days.
3. 9:42 This sound harkens back to an earlier time when drums actually sounded like drums, when
4. 9:46 we didn't have to timeline every single fucking beat, replace every hit with the same fucking
5. 9:50 sample, and turn making music into a glorified game of connect the fucking dots.
6. 9:55 You know, when we were making music for the art of it instead of editing the human out of
7. 9:59 your drummer so he sounds like a robot all the while bitching about AI music.

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