Were plugins ever viewed, especially in the early days, as step-children in the studio?
There were arguments between the diehard analog guys and diehard digital guys. I am trying to remain a believer in both. There are certain things that can be completely substituted by plugins, because they were digital to begin with, like digital reverb, for example. But anything that has to do with more classic analog gear such as EQ’s and compressors, and so forth, one can argue the differences between analog and its digital equivalent. Yet, if one chooses, it can be looked at as apples and oranges. And I reckon that they both perform the same functions, but they just do it differently and the result is obviously different. I wouldn’t consider it better or worse. I would consider it different. Ultimately, the challenge was to not convince people that we were killing what they were used to before, but introducing a new creature into this evolutionary system. Q: Tell me about seeing music on screens, the use of screens to see sound patterns during engineering and production. A: My good
