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In Reply to: RE: Who are the in vogue "audiophile" artists today? posted by AbeCollins on May 07, 2008 at 09:32:07
As an Upright Bass player you soon realize how pedestrian the instrument gets recorded and mixed most of the time. It's just the Bass and people don't buy records to hear the rhythm section. The recordings by Brian Bromberg and Patricia Barber have captured incredibly subtle nuances of the Bass.
On Brian's recordings, since he's using the same instrument, you can actually hear the evolution of recording techniques improve over the years. Unfortunately, since climatic conditions can have a great effect on the state of his 18th century Guersam Bass the actual condition at the time of the recording isn't noted. On the first Wood CD the low E string is definitely in full song and being able to hear that is remarkable to me.
Jim Anderson's recordings of Michael Arnopol's Basses is another example of the state of the art in mikeing and recording techniques.
In order to make any significant comparison it's imperative to have heard these instruments in person unamplified, which I have. I'm in no way a professional critic or reviewer but I'm content that the recordings of these instruments are some of the best that I'm familiar with despite the degradation which most certainly occurs in post production these are still some fine examples.
Vic
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