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I miss Side Two. . . There was always something about the song that kicked off side two. . . Did anyone else ever notice that?. . . You just can't get that with a CD. . . At least cassettes preserved that part of the vinyl experience.

Just an FYI. . . I recently paid $850 for one in good condition w/snakes and cables. . . They're out there. . . I'd keep looking.

That's really what separates the skilled songwriter/arranger from the . . . rest. Keeping it interesting. Dropping in early clues to a story as it unfolds musically. . . Repeating the hooks with minor alterations. . . Changing the song's key. . . Building to a climax. . .We want the listener to...

Yes ! Bring back the counter-point melody ! . . . The trend to just bang power-chords during the chorus and return to a mellow verse is SOOO played out. . . I always felt it really highlighted a band's inability write an interesting song. . No understanding of arranging or "real" dynamics. . ...

Mastering engineers, anyway. . . And welcome to Side of Light ! . . Another pair of ears has been opened. . . Perhaps one day we shall overecome. .

The Critical Listening. . . That's what I sense is lacking in alot of what I hear. . . I hear mixes with good levels, a nice placement, but lacking the punch and air that could set them apart. . . The understanding of room echoes, delays, reverbs. . . Putting a sheen into a mix. . You have to...

Maybe it could happen more often. . . Recording can be quite complicated if you let it.. . And recording songs that don't have "it" is a necessary part of learning to record well, I suppose. . . I myself honed my skills with the minimum, most basic of gear. It's after much songwriting...

I have to second this - - Where the home recordist really falls short is the song itself. . . The writing, arranging and producing. . . Being a musician is the easy part, but learning to craft a song, or an album- - That's a whole other thing. . But it can be learned, like anything else you...

Agreed. . . But we can try. . . And we SHOULD try. . We don't have to be Masters of None. . .Maybe we can be masters of some. . . My own discipline is to write the best songs I can write, first and foremost. . . I have and probably will fall short with tracking or mixing here and there, but...

With due respect to the realists, and at the risk of being too positive, I'd just like to add that the equipment, tools, and instruments available to the average home recordist today is better and cheaper than most everything that the tens of thousands of successful recorded musicians had that...

Thanks ! . . I think best part is the freedom from having to bounce anything. . No more compromises and having to make hard choices like I did with the 38. . . I wouldn't change that though- - The critical listening and the ear-training that you do when you have to combine tracks; making that...

Well, I reference my mixes to others early in the process, usually to get the basic sound, the punch, the body of the rhythm section. . . The listening from another room is invaluable to me. . . For those who haven't tried this, they should. . It will be interesting when they do. . .

I finally voted, and I voted Yes. . . I thought about it, and even though the younger generation is deeply rooted in a digital world, I think enough people want or will want the option to go analog, and seeing as how so many machines are being parted out and not restored, eventually complete...

I do most of that and two more- - - I listen from another room, which is very revealing to me, and lastly, I use cheap ear-buds. . . After all that, when it's good, I force myself to quit and accept that it's the best I can do, and it is what it is.

You make many valid points. . . More than I can quote. . . I was mainly referring to the "truly lame song" . . there are many on the internet. . . they are hard to listen to. . . Unique songs, like Boris, or the Police's On Any Other Day, are album-worthy, for sure. . not lame. . . I have...