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In Reply to: RE: The pic of that console is a great example of posted by E-Stat on August 24, 2014 at 18:21:55:
The # of tracks - assuming there is more than 2 employed - has zilch to do with over-dubbing. As anyone who has ever used a 4-track tape recorder knows, tracks 1 & 2 could be recorded in 2014 and tracks 3 & 4 in 2015 - OR - all tracks could be recorded simultaneously. The same applies regardless of # of tracks. There are countless multi-track recordings made with every track employed recorded at exactly the same time, as were my own multi-track big band recordings.
Do you think all recordings are or should be an attempt to replicate live and/or "natural" sound?. Would you prefer that Sgt. Pepper had never happened?
The # of mics and/or tracks has little to do with resultant sound quality. Its the engineers, specific mics and their placement, mixing/mastering that determine sound quality whether live to 2-track or 64 track mixes. There are also countless recordings with overdubs recorded at different times - even at different studios in different cities - that you would never know employed overdubs. Of course if done badly, they sound shitty, just as plenty of live to 2 track recordings utilizing only 3 mics or less suck.
How 'bout countless Philips/Decca/RCA/Lyrita/Erato recordings that were made with quite a few mics/tracks and mixed down - they all sound artificial? The sound on every multi-tracked Steely Dan recording sucks? Multi-track Gerry Mulligan Concert Band recordings have bad sound? I could type a VERY long list of excellent recordings never intended to exemplify what you'd hear live, and a VERY long list of multi-miked/multi-track recordings that sound damn good.
Is electronic music "natural"? Recording a group that plays electronic instruments and amps for each instrument is "natural" if you employ only 1-3 mics in front/center of the group (thereby recording the sound emanating from each axe's amp) live to 2 track, and UNnatural if electric guitar/bass/synths are recorded direct to the console (and/or direct & miked amp combined) and mixed utilizing 1-64 tracks? Exactly how many mics and tracks is natural and how many is UNnatural?
Some recordings strive to simply replicate sound you'd hear at a live concert and employ only 1/2/3 mikes and 2 tracks, others utilize the full palette of what's available in recording studios to produce a totally different animal. Both can be done very well and very badly. To think multi-miked/multi-track is inherently bad is wrong-headed, as so many recordings display.
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Follow Ups
- Neither one of you seem to know what you're talking about. - Rick W 13:30:57 08/25/14 (14)
- I'll be happy to respond to your hit and run post - E-Stat 16:00:54 08/25/14 (11)
- Deeper and deeper. - Rick W 11:57:01 08/26/14 (1)
- RE: Deeper and deeper. - E-Stat 12:12:37 08/26/14 (0)
- RE: I'll be happy to respond to your hit and run post - b.l.zeebub 07:22:51 08/26/14 (8)
- Ok, so - E-Stat 07:27:34 08/26/14 (7)
- RE: Ok, so - b.l.zeebub 07:45:20 08/26/14 (6)
- According to Martin - E-Stat 08:08:51 08/26/14 (5)
- RE: According to Martin - b.l.zeebub 08:21:36 08/26/14 (4)
- RE: According to Martin - Inmate51 10:39:40 08/26/14 (1)
- RE: According to Martin - b.l.zeebub 11:49:08 08/26/14 (0)
- Yep, the Stax sound and stable of artists is among my faves too. nt - Rick W 10:01:37 08/26/14 (0)
- You and I are on the same page! -nt - E-Stat 08:45:24 08/26/14 (0)
- Have no idea what you're talking about - E-Stat 13:40:29 08/25/14 (1)
- RE: Have no idea what you're talking about - Inmate51 13:59:22 08/25/14 (0)
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