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j.robbins has come a long way since he cut the frame and canvass. have you heard anything he has done recently?
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i LOVED the recordings he was doing in the late 90s personally (d-plan 'emergency and i', first BA record, bluetip 'polymer', jets to brazil 'orange rhyming dictionary', etc). the stuff he's done recently just reeks of pro tools to me; just tepid and 'overproduced'.. but no sense in arguing preference.
i agree that compression is here to stay and sympathize with engineers who are persistently asked for more, more, more. i know when i use it i'm very careful to compare the before and after effects (AND COMPENSATING FOR BEFORE/AFTER VOLUME, very important). what's interesting is when i've asked people you think would be compression hungry (metalheads, rockers, bassists) a lot of the time they prefer it without compression after carefully showing them what's actually happening to their signal.
i don't think it's wrong to assume the biggest squashers out there are probably not asking musicians what they think, at least in a way that's fair. "look, it made it louder!!"..