Comment by cmer
14 years ago
The only "good sounding" triangles you'll hear are those buried in a mix. Alone, it always sounds weird and "muted".
EDIT: Listen to the triangle at the beginning of Rush's YYZ. It's an old recording, but it sounds significantly worse than the analog version. It's been digitally mastered some time ago so if it was mastered today, it would probably sound better, but still not great. I heard a rumor that Rush is remastering all their albums "for iTunes" at the moment, so hopefully we'll be able to compare soon!
Not a very good example, because that's a Crotale (A Flat, ~4" cymbal, basically), not a triangle.
Wow! I didn't know that! All these years I was convinced it was a triangle just like pretty much everybody I guess. Thanks :)
It's not like it has been a secret: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYZ_%28instrumental%29