End Rant #22
2002: Antares introduces the band modeler plug- in and rackmount unit. It is able to process 24 tracks of audio through " group synthesis" and rearrange songs into the styles of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pavement, Devo and many more.

2005: Brian Eno finally admits to being a musician.
2007: The Apples in Stereo violently seize control of Ocean Way studios in LA and return it to the glory days of early Beach Boys' recording technology.
2010: No more analog tape is available to the public. Nobody in Nashville notices but riots ensue in New York and LA.
2013: Computers still don't sound as good as an Ampex MM-1200.
2017: The " unknown-till now" Phil Spector- produced Shellac sessions are released by Touch and Go records.
2020: CDs are nearly wiped out, replaced by credit card sized memory slips with 500K/200 bit- encoded audio. Purists claim CDs sound truer to the music.
2032: Shure sells its one billionth SM 57.
2038: " Recording Karaoke" becomes all the rage as people go out to bars to pretend to be George Martin or Terry Date for five minutes.
2055: The word " Pro Tools" is now in the dictionary, just like " Kleenex".
2073: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dark Side of the Moon the quad version is reissued on 8-track and quarter inch reel-to-reel.
2103: Computers start to sound nearly as good as an Ampex MM-1200.
2143: " Retro" recording studios featuring Mackie boards and ADATs are the current fad.
2176: Tape Op magazine folds after turning into Tape Up, a magazine dedicated to unusual uses of duct tape.
2525: Recording studios are effectively eliminated as direct mind-to-audio file links are established. Now music can be thought right into the air or beamed into another's brain, bypassing the ears.
3012: Still no rock recordings have been made that top anything made before 1976.