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Harvey Gerst
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You mean take a razor blade and cut up the hard disk? God, there have been times that I would've loved to do that.MCI2424 said:You can just fix it in the mix...
Remember the 70s?
You mean take a razor blade and cut up the hard disk? God, there have been times that I would've loved to do that.MCI2424 said:You can just fix it in the mix...
Remember the 70s?
Just the preamps in the Soundtrac Topaz board; no outboard preamps were used.Hello Mr. Gerst! I know i jumped on this kinda late but, what preamp did you use with those mics? Just wondering. Thanks!
Nah. I already tried that test and nobody got the digital and analog tracks right. Same for Pro sound web (at one point). Nobody got that right either. This digital vs. analog crap is only valid if you know which one is which. Then you can make up all kinds of reasons why the digital recording sucks...
Yup, the whole point of my thread is that you can make acceptable home recordings without spending a lot of dollars on fancy equipment.
What is "acceptable" will vary from person to person, but something good enough to get gigs or generate further interest in the music is my definition. In my examples, the band was well rehearsed, and my job was made that much easier. The most expensive mic used was the ATM25 on the kick, at $125. Every other mic was under $100; in some cases, way under that price.
No fancy pre's, compressors, reverbs, or gadgets. Just the musicians, playing their asses off, and me, trying to keep the equipment from getting in the way of that.
Would it have been better with more expensive equipment? Probably, but I can't say how much better. The stuff I used captured the excitement, and that's the most important part of an engineer's job.
The band is happy; they have a CD to sell at their next show, and there's been some indie label interest. If the label is interested in having a better recording (and is willing to pay for it), we can move to the big room and cut their songs with the fancy equipment.
C'mon now...it's a well known fact that digital destroys phase angle relationships. Digital cannot replicate sounds that appear to come from "over there", as in 2:00 position at 30 feet away; ]
Yes, that's true, but it really has nothing to do with this discussion. The original question was "Do you really need expensive equipment (to make a usable recording)?" From there, we get into a semantics war; how much is "good enough"?But................in time you will find out that a Neumann U47 sounds a lot better and so does a well aligned two inch tape machine.
Really, you will find out, one of these days, or in ten years or maybe twenty.