Here is why you should feed your clavinet through a 5-pin DIN cable. In live funk, the drummer rushes the fills and drags the snare backbeats. It breathes.
In MIDI, the drums don't breathe. They ventilate . funk goes on midi
When you program a funk beat using MIDI triggers (think: an Akai MPC or a DAW piano roll), the hi-hats are mathematically precise. The kick drum lands exactly on the one. There is no human flam. Here is why you should feed your clavinet
These producers can’t record a live horn section. They can’t mic a guitar amp. But they can write a bassline on a Game Boy. funk goes on midi