wilme861 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I personally love the electronics being used except for one major exception. I hate the brass being supplemented (with a patch or whatever the case may be) usually for volume purposes but not always. I don't think any brass instrument patches should be allowed. The horn line shouldn't need any help in that department. Otherwise, it's all fair game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKSuperman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Who wants to bet that within 10 years, an electronics caption pops up on the sheets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D41145 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I guess I'm the only person in the world this year that hardly noticed Bluecoats electronics this year. I saw them live and was only 7 rows up next to the 50 and the electronics were something that I never even noticed. Maybe my attention was drawn elsewhere or they were so well integrated I couldn't tell they were there, but the only time I actually could really hear something was the rewind section. You could hardly tell? Um............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDz Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Once the electronics reaches the point that the artists want it to, we can eliminate the music judges completely and restructure the scores as percussion (sticks only), 20; visual, 40; and GE, 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D41145 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) You can imitate just about any instrument on a synth with an easy setting. I don't know why there are still horns being used. Edited August 17, 2016 by D41145 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 When the band I teach was very tiny, around 2002, we wireless micced every wind player on the field except the two trumpets, the mello player, and the two piccs. About a dozen were micced overall. When the DCI corps started miking their soloists a few years back, I was completely against it, unless it was used to create a special effect. But now.... after seeing/hearing how the solos and featured small-group brass segments (the trombone features, etc.) are staged within a show, the use of microphones makes perfect sense. And it seems more corps are figuring out how to make proper use of those microphones... there are far fewer examples of tin-can, overmodulated, just plain bad sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I'm all in with electronics... Except: Ban all Synthesizer Bass. Please. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 You could hardly tell? Um............ I'm not lying. Like I said, must have been seamlessly integrated. After getting annoyingly blasted out of my seat with electronics from two unnamed corps that went before them I was expecting a lot more from what some people on here were saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbandguy Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 D41145...when you find a synth that sounds like Carolina Crown, Bluecoats, Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Cadets (to name just a few) would you let me know. I'd sure like one in my man cave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKSuperman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) D41145...when you find a synth that sounds like Carolina Crown, Bluecoats, Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Cadets (to name just a few) would you let me know. I'd sure like one in my man cave. Considering Bluecoats used a brass patch on the synth, just find out what brand they used. You'll be able to play like them in no time. XD Edited August 17, 2016 by UKSuperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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