
tjohnston
New member
well folks, Im about to get bashed, YELLED AT IN CAPS, threatend, and cussed out. I have been reading this forum for a long time. I havent started recording yet because im still saving money and researching gear. So, keep in mind im still green. I hear a lot of people talking about how homerecording gear can produce top quality near pro sound and such.. you've heard it before. People talk about 800 dollar preamps 1000 dollar mics and how to get that professional snare sound. After listening to dozens of songs on the mixing clinic I have grown a little disapointed and sceptical. Why, you may ask? Well because I think it sucks! Everything I have heard on the mixing clinic just plain sucks. The musical ideas can be good sometimes but the sonic quality is so amature. The most obvious thing is the drums. The percussion gives it away imediately. Lots of people post replies and say things like, "nice song man the drums really rocked." What?! What are you talking about the drums sucked. Mabey im just an idiot. Perhaps what im listening on makes the songs sound poor or mabey its the lo fi mp3. But really I havent heard anything even close to pro sound. When I say pro sound I mean something that doesnt sound like it was recorded in the bathroom. I would call pro sound something that would possibly trick me into believing that this was actually the radio playing. Anyway, hundreds of people are always talking about recording techinques, gear to buy, mixing tips, mic applications, thousand of dollars spent ect. ect. After all that one would expect the music produced in home studios to be fantastic. Ok, Ok some things on the mix clinic are really good but 98% of it sucks. When I listen to the mixing clinic I automatically think it sounds like amature crap. It sounds like the type of thing one could do with a cassette multitrack in the closet. ok so go ahead and bash me for expressing my opinion, I guess I deserve it for not pretending to believe that what I hear on the mixing clinic doesnt suck.
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