jonnyc said:
So let me get this straight, in your opinion there isn't anything on the radio that compares to pet sounds or the beatles? Are you insane?
yes, i am.
jonnyc said:
Now I won't say the recordings aren't good for what they are they are great but I just can't seem to hear what you're hearing to make it better. Could you maybe explain why you think this, is it that warm and fuzzy analog sound that does it for you, or is it really the music thats better not the recording.
What i said was indeed a slight exaggeration, i will admit. it is also true that the analog sound does do it for me, i'm very much a fan of analog and if i could afford it at the moment i would trade every bit of digital equipment (which, actually, is just a single ADAT, i dont even have a PC) that i have out for analog equipment. So you caught me there, I am old fashioned and opinionated (which i suppose is ironic because I'm only 16 to be honest, and i've only been recording for 4 years).
The music is undoubtedly better on average, i dont think many people will argue against me on that.
Allow me to express my views on recording today - people are so worried about recording being 'perfect'. They use the digital medium, (which i know has several advantages, but those advantages can be over done) to cut and edit away any imperfections of the original performance. Everything today sounds so processed, to the point that the original performance is sterilized and thus loses its impact. I prefer my soundwaves to still, on a graph, look like soundwaves, not stairs after being chopped up by converters.
The recording techniques of today also bother me a little. Today, every microphone has to be isolated, its almost blasphemy to suggest otherwise. We isolate every microphone, and then put each signal back together electronically using a mixer... why not just let the sounds blend in the air the way they do naturally, the way they would if you were in the room listening to the instrument??? On drums, everything absolutely has to be close-mic'd(although recently this technique is changing back). Whats the point in that? Would you put a mic for each string on a guitar? A drumset is a single instrument just like anything else. I personally see no reason to use more than three mics on a drumset.
i could go on, but i'm glad to get that off my chest. now i get dodge bricks.
jonnyc said:
I don't mean to come off like an ass I'm just wondering if the equipment was so much better back then why did the industry change for the worse.
I understand and you make a valid point. I guess i sort of already said it, the industry made a change for the worse because they had this messed up vision of virtually creating 'flawless performances' and because its easier to record the way they do now. easier is not always better.
I know i'm going to get a lot of crap for all that. I'm not saying that my opinion is the only one that matters or even that I'm right, i'm merely expressing my opinion.
... i can do that right?...no KGB police or anything?
P.S. hopefully i'm not coming off as an ass either.