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In Reply to: RE: Professional audio societies posted by Bill Way on August 23, 2014 at 22:49:49
I find it hard to comprehend how, when somebody posts something informative and positive, the thread gets hijacked by someone with an ax to grind.
If you want to diss a profession, any profession – learn the trade and spend some time in it so you actually know what you're talking about.
If you want to diss a product – go out and buy that product, do a tear-down and try to source its components. Then let us know your findings.
When flying commercial you want the aircraft to be maintained and operated by sound standards.
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I find it hard to comprehend how, sixty years after some of the best recording techniques were developed, the industry still produces so much dreck. And it gets worse every day with overzealous limiting and compression - much less the overuse of mics.
I have heard countless well done recordings that illustrate what is possible and how far from that truth the industry has strayed.
Sorry if you find that a website devoted to those who desire the highest performance musical recordings is critical of your profession. Do you believe there is no room for improvement?
This is not my profession; I am an amateur. I've been assisting in a studio one or two days a week for about five years now. I do not get paid, and this is the most personally rewarding thing I have ever done.
Before I started this, I shared many beliefs common among audiophiles, some of which have been thoroughly shattered.
Most people don't have a schedule flexible enough to allow this. But audiophiles who can clear up some days or evenings can get into studios as interns, help out, and learn how people actually make those recordings we all love. When you find yourself in a control room seeing and hearing great musicians performing for an audience of two, or listening to Bob Dylan session tapes from 1969 that *no one* has heard since then, you'll know it's worth it.
We all desire the best recordings. Helping make recordings takes that to a whole 'nuther level.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Amen!
Helping make recordings takes that to a whole 'nuther level.
Indeed. I played a small part with a Telarc recording years ago. It was quite an experience to understand the work that goes on - especially before the recording even starts.
I shared many beliefs common among audiophiles, some of which have been thoroughly shattered.
Don't know about "many beliefs" for me, but it was that experience that shattered the notion that using large numbers of microphones - and fixing errors after the fact - was required in order to achieve a quality product.
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