famous beagle
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Fine tuning of pitch is just like fine tuning of output level/compression. Same shit/different aspect.
See, this is where we disagree. To me, the pitches and rhythms are much more fundamental than volume levels, compression, EQ, etc.
If you think about it, volume and EQ are constantly adjusting depending on who's listening and/or where the listener is standing in the room, or what type of headphones they're using, etc. So none of those things are constant.
However, the pitches and rhythms on a recording are constant, no matter what system you're listening on. They're embedded in the performance itself, whereas the EQ and levels are simply a byproduct of the recording environment/equipment at the time of the performance.
This is why stereo systems have EQ on them --- so you can make adjustments to suit your listening environment .. because you're not listening in the room where the song was mixed, and therefore you're not hearing the song the same way the mixing engineer was.
So that's why I think that changing pitch or nudging rhythms is inherently different than changing EQ, volume, etc.