Must have been the EP so!
So? If it sounds good, it sounds good.For example - One guy overlayering multiple instruments, and electronic sounds, over a long period of time and many sessions, in order to create a soundscape, is not truly capturing a 'performance' is it? Multiple performances maybe.
I think the best recording in the world is a song that would not need to be mixed
The most important things are:
1) the music, the performer and the instrument
2) the room
3) putting the mic. in the right place
4) choice of mic.
Everything else comes after this.
And as i said, the vast majority would say direct guitar is not preferrable to a miced amp in a good room. We can test this theiry at your decision with a poll on gearslutz, up for it?
Why do you keep referencing GS as if they were the font of all knowledge?
Perhaps you are on the wrong bbs.
He has a nice little following at GS.
Why is this an interesting topic?
After 30+ years, I finally rediscovered the secret to good recordings.
It's not the gear (duh!)
It's not the engineer (wha?)
It's not even the room (heresy!)
It's the players.
This may seem obvious, but I swear, older recordings I made in shitty rooms with shitty equipment sounds better than newer recordings I made in a nice room with boutique equipment and better engineering skills with less than kick-ass players.
Now, either flame away in disagreement, or pummel me for my grasp of the obvious.
1) the music, the performer and the instrument
2) the room
3) putting the mic. in the right place
4) choice of mic.
Everything else comes after this.