This simple idea is lost on many a young engineer, musician, home recordist:
A good instrument, played by a talented performer, in a nice natural sounding environment makes for a recording that's difficult to mess up (unless you really try!! Talk to Fletcher, and I'm sure he'll be happy to give you some advice that will mess things up totallY!! [hey Fletcher!! How about those t-shirts for my kids LOL]}...
A natural sounding room doesn't have to be huge. It has to sound "natural".. in other words, comfortable to talk in, with no blatant acoustic issues like flutter, bass build up or "bulbous" low mids and with a decay that fits the size of the room.... These are the goals we have been discussing in many of the posts. Some are more oriented towards "specialty" rooms; the small "diffuse" room or the totally dead booth when you have other acoustic spaces to work with...
USE YOUR EARS guys!! If the recordings all sound honky or muddy is it the room? Does the stuff sound that way in the room? If so, look at your room before you buy and patch in another eq, or plugin!! The room is an equal contributor to both the "production" of recorded sound and it's "reproduction".... think about it! [Fletcher>>> just kidding buddy, really... no put down that 1176!! no... no... don't hit me in the........]
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