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In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: Sound Engineers as UberConductors,Posted by Paul S on: 8/29/2024
The pipe dream might be a well-located "figure 8 pair" of mics that stays there through the performance, with set gain. However, like so many things in audio, we have no control over these processes and practices. In fact, considering the problems we encounter, from recordings, to equipment, to rooms, to electricity, it seems unlikely going in that we could ever get Musical Satisfaction from hi-fi. As far as the DGG pitch thing, I think they did as many sound engineers do, they cut curves they thought would sound best to their putative customers when played back on their putative record players. Yeah, they got it wrong with us, but someone gave them gold laurels. And it's not news to most GSC habitues that "equipment manufacturers" take the same approach. It took me a long time to build a system that's "boring" end-to-end. I think it's fair to say that most gear is pretty much swamped by signature sound, often of the sort that highlights something as it omits or even wrecks else. i would say (if asked), if your recordings sound "all over the place", you are doing something right. Getting Music from most recordings is another matter, of course, and it's easier (and normal) to fall back on "good-sounding gear". "The Industry" is still here to serve those who still operate in this mode.
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