JMarcomb--C'mon! Its not silly to ask "how good can we get" or to try and push the envelope of possiblility in the home environment. I mean, look what Sluice is achieving sonically--if it ain't pro, its really, really close--and Tom's still experimenting and learning. (Damn, thats a scary thought!

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Now I'm with you and Lt. Bob on the whole PURPOSE of homerecording. Lt Bob is right--most of us don't even have aspirations to make it in the music business, but if anybody does, I certainly am not trying to discourage that dream. I LIVE by dreams and I know exactly the types of people you refer to as slowing down ones ambition. Man, I hope you don't place me in that category because I've done nothing but try to help others here--as they have helped me.
The kind of person you speak of is the guy who walks into your studio and says "you'll never be able to get a good recording in THIS room. That mixer is semi-pro and it sounds like it. You really need some better mics--those Chinese mics are all junk. With what you've got here, pro results are a pipedream, so dream on." That kind of shit makes me ANGRY!
All I'm really looking for is reaction to the idea expressed by sonusman that pro results have never been displayed here. And--if that is true, can it be accomplished? Or what can take us closer to that sonic plateau we all kind of agree is "pro".
I say we all keep learning. Maybe some erudite recording wizards and gurus will stoop to our "sucky level"

and offer some knowledge goodies from time to time. God forbid anybody quits--there are a ton of talented people here. I just got a lyric to a song from dafduc today that absolutely destroyed me. I could list a ton of names, but we all know who can do what.
I think I'm like most of the folks that hang here. Music is my passion and recording is equally my passion. I'll probably breathe my last breath in my home studio....I just hope I can learn to turn out the quality I seek before that happens!
