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RE: According to Martin

I do not disagree and I'm a firm believer that technical restrictions are frequently a good thing as it does force the artists to perform better in the studio.

As it happens the recordings I enjoy most were made at times when technical limitations did abound. The SQ may not be all there but the emotions are and usually in staggering amounts when compared to what came later in the wake of the technical overkill.

For example Steely Dan are frequently mentioned as the benchmark for SQ and they used every studio trick available including the first use of a digital sampler to clean up the drum timing (12bit, 12.5khz no less!).
However all their output leaves me emotionally completely cold compared to a cheap 16tr recording like The Specials for example. Or Otis Redding or Sam&Dave or Booker T etc.


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