Recently, a reader sent me a link to this new service called Ohm Studio -- it's an online, real-time collaboration service built into a fairly nice DAW software. Sounds like a nice idea, but I'm still a bit skeptical.
So, what's your opinion? Do you like the idea of doing musical collaboration completely online, or do you prefer to be face-to-face in the studio? It's certainly a timely question -- as we move further into the digital age (and recording studios become increasingly home-based), will online collaboration eventually replace in-the-flesh sessions?
So, what's your opinion? Do you like the idea of doing musical collaboration completely online, or do you prefer to be face-to-face in the studio? It's certainly a timely question -- as we move further into the digital age (and recording studios become increasingly home-based), will online collaboration eventually replace in-the-flesh sessions?
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Ever since the Postal Service, i’ve been fascinated by long distance collaborations. For a couple of years I’ve been looking for someone to do an email only grindcore project with, and I’ve emailed some tracks around, but never really gotten anything to fruition
At this point, I would jump at the opportunity to do an online musical project of any kind. The longer distance, the better.
The best part about being in a band, I think, is networking and connecting with the world. The next best thing to sitting in a studio with some guy in Australia is sending my drum tracks and waiting to see what he does with them.
Ohm studio looks very cool, I’ll give it a try when I get home.
All of my musical collaboration has been online. The advantage is – the pool of talent is large and widespread. I’ve collaborated with people from all over the world and you break a lot of barriers that way. The disadvantage – you lose the sponteneity of ‘live’ collaboration and sometimes it is hard to get across what you are really looking to accomplish, especially if tracks need to be reworked…the instant feedback is lacking. Collaborators *might* not be as dedicated to your project also, as they might be if they are working with you in the studio. But all and all, my remote collaboration experience has been a positive one and I feel I’ve grown quite a bit musically from them.
//DV Nobles