Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

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Q0. Philosophy
A short quote from an alt.music.4-track reader:
From mucilage@unity.ncsu.edu Thu Sep 15 02:29:08 1994
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"Now, of course, I'm not Mr. Hi-fi, but then any idiot who goes crazy
trying to replicate perfect hi-fi sound in a home studio is
by-and-large nuts, when he/she could just save up that money and go
rent studio time in a 16-track analog studio with a decent mic package
for about $30 - $35 an hour.
"I've got some advice fer you: spend a little more time writing songs and
practicing them, and a little less time tweaking your superbedroomstudio.
I've heard more clean-sounding 4-track demos of more shitty songs than
I'll ever care to elaborate on.
"And always remember this: every single device in the signal path alters
the signal. Period. There is no perfect transparent mic. There are not
even different levels of alteration, really--just different types, some
of which sound more "normal" than others.
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