I download Mark Day's patches and I sound nothing like him. Like not even one note.
I would say it's 99% personal style and expression and 1% other stuff of which 'sound' is a component.
But it's not a moral issue, if someone doesn't want to share, its their prerogative so what's to argue about?
I download Mark Day's patches and I sound nothing like him. Like not even one note.
I would say it's 99% personal style and expression and 1% other stuff of which 'sound' is a component.
But it's not a moral issue, if someone doesn't want to share, its their prerogative so what's to argue about?
Or, far more likely, you'll find that you still don't sound like those guys. :lol
I'm totally down for this, as I think many users would agree.
This would really send it over the edge and accentuate the grasp of the products niche market selling demographic.
(Plus make life a bit easier for me.)
Alas..... I'm more than happy with the cured gas syndrome.
The main thing I get from shared patches is the knowledge of how the effects can be stitched together to produce killer tones. I know I will never sound like Petrucci or Metallica or ... but it makes the learning curve smaller to master the Axe effects.
I don't care if the artists do not want to share their patches. There are a lot of smart people out there that can reproduce it if they wanted to. I loved Mark Day's patches but I soon found myself tweaking it to my taste. I appreciate his sharing and it only serves to increase my product knowledge.
The way I see it is we all have different goals musically speaking. If you are an original artist you may not want to share your tone. That's cool. Some of us just want to play in a cover band or just goof around the bedroom playing our favorite songs. The latter group benefits from shared presets and free us to play. To each his own.
I have had a brilliant mentor that always taught me that knowledge should be shared. I am not talking about trade secrets. When you can share you should. It enriches all of us in the end since others will improve upon your ideas and collectively we will all benefit.
Protecting something that's yours should be not ridiculed. Honestly, [most] anyone who is good at what they do holds back some information. Only a fool gives it all away. In this world we need to make money. If every kid on the street could sound like you—that is if you were a professional—fewer people would buy your album. Simple politics for a world full of idiots.