xfinsterx said:
Im with you on that.
Thats 100% correct man.
But i just want to hear you say that AFTER youve honed those skills>>A great Pre will take THOSE skills that much further.
Its as if youre alluding to saying that nice pre's are important just so the nubile reader will take your point and run with it.
So ok nubile reader here ya go!
"Learn to RECORD properly. Then buy nice pre's"
There problem solved bub.
You got most of it.
But really, as you get better, you stop worrying so much about the gear you have.
I will make the best with whatever I have, and turn out a good product with it.
There is this whole thing going on around here that suggests everybody is looking for world class sound! I think the average Joe mostly understands that you PAY for that kind of sound, and that it isn't JUST the gear that get's you there.
I have proven time and time again that you can achieve QUITE professional sounding results with low end gear IF you know what you are doing with it. Many listen to the work I have done with crappy gear and been impressed with it simply on the basis of it sounding good, not caring what I used to get there. It is further inspiration to them to know that I achieved it with the same kind of gear they own!
I think THAT is the spirit of homerecording.com, an average joe on a budget learning how to make the best with what they got.
What I find mostly here is a few things:
1 - Snobs with great gear who aren't turning out all that great of a product, have very little useful knowledge to share, and use the cop out that you gotta have all this expensive gear to do anything worthwhile to listen to.
2 - Guys who are too lazy and/or feel too threatened to share REAL useful info about how to use gear to it's fullest. Guys who worry that sharing little things like how you can decrease distortion via a compressor simply by using a longer release time, etc...
3 - Mocking birds. You know, guys that don't know shit, but like to feel important by sharing what they have read some other cat said.
Anyway. AGAIN, it would be nice to see more questions/answers about HOW to just use gear. More thoughtful responses from guys about little things you can do to improve your productions. Hell, there are still people, recording in 24 bits, who think they gotta record as hot as possible! There are people that still think you gotta eq everything in a mix, and don't even know that you can use "masking" as a form of eq too! I can't count how many guys don't know that you can improve your reverb simply by using more pre-delay! LOL
Nope, I see a lot of "You gotta have this expensive peice of gear to get great results".
Lazy bastards!
