RSettee wrote on Fri, 27 June 2008 21:58 | My problem with the DIY thing nowadays, is that I don't hear alot of time and research being put into the recordings--they're rush jobs on a budget. Of course a rush job on a budget is going to sound like shit.
Good is still the enemy of great. People do things good enough (or bad that they think is good enough), and then they never try to reach the next plateau.
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yeah, that's right... we should never stop the recording just because we dont have that mic or preamp, there will be another way around, but...
I've been thinking... I'm putting all my effort tryin to get myself going into smaller and smaller details, I even joined "a" school, and there's one thing bothering me... we go to that detail and then people will compress the hell out of it to 128kbps where dinamic range, frequency bandwidth, paning and everything else (cause mp3 was designing to get rid of details) goes out.... and people are still happy... and then, they wear the shittiest headphones they can have... and they are still happy... and they get MAD if u say "listen, have u tried to compress to 192 or 320?" or... "u should try some nicer headphones u can really enjoy urself more"...
so, why do we trouble? u can do enough with a 500
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« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2008, 01:33:51 PM »
hasn't this been the same situation since 45s, am transistor radios, auratones, the porta-studio, doctor rhythm... and so on? as early as 1975, anyone could have cut a vanity record for less than $500. in today's money.
imo, it's best for us to be pragmatic and just get on with what we do best.
and how are we different than any other profession in this regard? one can build their own garden shed, treat their own illnesses, or choose to hire professionals. i see nothing inherently wrong with this situation. although i would agree that kids should be taught what fox news is, and what it is not.
jeff dinces
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« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2008, 02:03:23 PM »
Lebre wrote on Sat, 28 June 2008 08:28 |
.... what happened with the search that lead us to LP, CD 16bit, SA-CD, DVD-A?? what happened to "uuh my friend as a really good stereo let's go buy a CD and listen on it's house this friday".... i really miss that...
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I remember this but with records. Most people had something like this: It was the lucky person who had a dad who had a fisher receiver and some Klipsch's. I guess the point I'm trying to make here is there has always been a lo-fi market. The I-Pod is this record player. Once in a while I play mp3's on my living room stereo and there's no comparison to earbuds. It doesn't sound like 24 bit but someone who hadn't heard that presentation would be impressed.
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« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2008, 02:18:59 PM »
Strummer wrote on Sat, 28 June 2008 14:03 |
It was the lucky person who had a dad who had a fisher receiver...
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i suppose i was extra lucky. this too: i guess i was eight when dad put me in charge of operating and maintaining his tape deck. that is a quarter-track machine for home recording; ca. 1969. i started with one thing he did not have: time. now i remember, i was very lucky indeed. jeff dinces
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« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2008, 02:23:27 PM »
ahahahah sorry I'm not that old... guess u both made a good point there, there was always the lo-fi, but was the engineering side that detailed back then? dont get me wrong, but nowadays u can have the "pleasure" to mix a sound to death basically playing each section 100.000.000 times and tune it to a level of detail unbelievable. what was the level of damage to the sound back then?? I played with some of that stuff but I never paid much attention to it. I had one of those tape decks, vinil iPods and transistors radios, but I wrecked them before I knew what treble, bass or volume was... I do remember they were mid-rangy, noisy and with an odd SNR... strummer, u'r refering to SA-CD? because CDs are 16bit... anyways, it's amazing what u loose first on the compression then on the earbuds.
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« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2008, 03:47:38 PM »
To play 24 bit I patch a line analog stereo output from my DAW mixer to my Bryston preamp (the big stereo).
I've also owned a four track Technics 1/4" reel to reel forever. It still sits in my studio but isn't used anymore. It would be a fine addition to anyone's 500 dollar studio! lol
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« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2008, 08:53:30 AM »
yeah, that can be our salvation ahahahah....
let's sell stuff to their 500
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