Re-Editing - Interview plus TV piece

[Greg Wilson]

Just up on Cosmic Boogie - interview plus video stream (in German unfortunately - or fortunately for Germans):

Greg Wilson discusses Re-Editing | Cosmic Boogie

[thommy2458]

Hi Greg!-I understood "Chaka Khan-I Feel For You"-that's it.But I have a question for you.I thought that you guys
did your edits on the computor these days-is the reel
to reel still your favorite method? And when is the next
Credit to the Edit coming out?( I loved the Open Sesame
edit)
thanks
Thom

[musiquelover]

Originally Posted by Greg Wilson

Just up on Cosmic Boogie - interview plus video stream (in German unfortunately - or fortunately for Germans):

Greg Wilson discusses Re-Editing | Cosmic Boogie

No language problems here.

And thanks for the link. It was quite interesting.

[Greg Wilson]

Originally Posted by thommy2458

Hi Greg!-I understood "Chaka Khan-I Feel For You"-that's it.But I have a question for you.I thought that you guys
did your edits on the computor these days-is the reel
to reel still your favorite method? And when is the next
Credit to the Edit coming out?( I loved the Open Sesame
edit)
thanks
Thom

Hi thommy2458: I used to love splicing tape, found it very meditative, but times moved on and there's no point in tape editing these days when you consider just how much more is possible editing on computer. I wrote a bit about it in the 'Credit To The Edit' sleevenotes:

I remember that when people would watch me working at the Revox they were amazed to see all the pieces of white splicing tape running past the heads. Sometimes a series of edits were grouped so closely together that all that could be seen was a long stream of white tape whizzing past. I would literally take a ruler and measure a beat, before cutting it up into smaller and smaller fractions. I’d have bits of tape everywhere, bars and beats and bits of beats all marked on the back with a chinagraph pencil so I knew what they were. Having nobody else to refer to, I’d evolved my own madcap system, which made perfect sense to me, but must have seemed completely chaotic to anyone else!

Suffice to say that editing has been a major part of my life. Nowadays my work is computer based and I can do things that would once have taken me hours in just a matter of minutes. Many tape edit effects, which used to be highly complex and time consuming back in those distant days, are now made relatively simple by modern technology. That’s not to say that the craft has gone out of editing, you still have to come up with the ideas and that’s always the most important thing, no amount of technological expertise can make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. However, the precision and speed of computers undoubtedly makes life a lot easier, allowing so many more possibilities than I could have imagined during those countless hours sat over my Revox, blade in hand. There are also things that were impossible when I started out editing, like changing the tempo of a track without changing the pitch. The tools I had at my disposal back then were undoubtedly primitive when compared to what’s available now.

With regards to C2theE2, I'm hoping to get it out after the summer, but it's all dependent on finding the time to properly apply myself to the project, I've simply been too busy to be able to put aside sufficient time to really get my teeth into it. So, although I'd like to tell you it'll definitely be out later this year, I can't make any promises.

[thommy2458]

Thanks Greg-It's an honor to have you on our board and look forward
to hearing the next Credit!

Thom

[Ysl]

Hi Greg

I play your CTTE 1 many times in my shop, can't wait for volume 2

"Do the bus stop !"

Ysl

[Videoskooter]

Greg, great stuff and amazing when you show the editing tricks!

BTW, if you ever get tired of that Revox tape-deck just send it over to me

[Greg Wilson]

Originally Posted by Ysl

Hi Greg

I play your CTTE 1 many times in my shop, can't wait for volume 2

"Do the bus stop !"

Ysl

Currently in the process of getting C2theE2 together - looking at a release after the summer.