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Re:Beyond Smart by Slow_Hand on Thursday October 21, 2021 @08:46PM (#28952592)
I don't disagree with you, but I'd like to make one small addendum that may go to explain why people might consider his music to feel overproduced. I believe that reason is his use of non-equal-temperament tuning.

For those unaccustomed to hearing pure intervals it can sound like a high-gloss "sheen" that gives an unreal quality to the music. In a way it becomes "too perfect" and unnatural to those who are used to hearing the equal temperament that most western music is recorded in. I hear it a lot in some acapella vocal groups and I often find the sound off-putting and it somehow feels a little corny to me.

Re:Beyond Smart by tallies on Friday October 22, 2021 @12:05AM (#28953650)
Re:Beyond Smart by golergka on Friday October 22, 2021 @04:05AM (#28954713)
I think that his use of Logic in particular is very relevant in this discussion, because not only it has excellent support for different temperaments, it also has Hermut tuning, which dynamically alters temperament of all the instruments played based on actual chords to reach perfect intervals regardless of the key you're in.
Re:Beyond Smart by roryokane on Friday October 22, 2021 @11:21AM (#28958351)
Logic Pro documentation link for Hermode Tuning: https://support.apple.com/guide/logicpro/hermode-tuning-lgcp...
Re:Beyond Smart by Slow_Hand on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:28AM (#28954242)
Touché.

Still, his virtuosity allows him to do things that very few people are capable of conceiving, attempting, and doing. We're lucky to have him in the mix.