Something *else* to think about
sweetnubs said:
So these good folks admit that the difference between these concraptions is so noticable as to cause vehement debates, vitriolic vasesctomies and virile verbiage so why when a good chap like me suggests that they all suck and do not compare well at all to well designed expensive microphones am I greeted with less than cordiality?
Dear Sweetnubs,
I have read this and many of your other posts with great interest. It is obvious you are a man of linguistic gifts. Might I engage in discussion with you as a like-minded individual? I feel a certain amount of sympathy for your postion. It is indeed a difficult burden being a prophet without honor in his own country, a lone voice crying in the wilderness. But might I suggest that your failure to carry the day is, dare I say it, partly your fault.
Perhaps comparison through analogy might be instructive! Let us say, for argument's sake, that a) the process by which you seek to convert your thoughts into rhetorically effective prose is analogous to b) the process by which people (amateurs and professionals alike!) convert soundwaves into analog or digital formats with the intention of accurately conveying their musical intention. We detect, by analogy, a malfunctioning signal chain.
Forgive me for being so bold, but following this analogy (please bear with me), might I suggest that your
technique is in need of attention? (I certainly wouldn't want to imply that your
equipment is not functioning properly!) Your rhetorical strategies are, sadly, akin to bad microphone technique. I see the equivalent of sibilance, feedback, the unwanted artifacts of the proximity effect in your heartfelt message.
And so, my impassioned friend, my unsolicited advice is to keep on singing but to back off the microphone and work harder to stay on-axis. And, of course, since you choose to sing in public (forgive me for invoking
yet another analogy), may I remind you that a person can often take audience considerations into account yet still maintain integrity as a performer. Please give it a try. I have faith that you can do it!
sweetnubs said:
If you all can hear the difference between these proletariat promulations, surely I thee nubs with decades of experience can decisively for sure, without speculation or reservation, throw down my glove and slap you bitches upside the noggin' and prounounce once and for all well-designed professional gear is noticeably better! Yes it is! No really is!
I must point out that a more respectful tone when dealing with others, even when using irony (which you just might have detected in this charming missive), is also noticably better! Yes it is!
Yours truly,
Miss Manners' Third Cousin and Home Recording Enthusiast
P.S. I am not a bitch
P.P.S. You're most likely correct that the well-designed professional gear is noticeably better! Would you be so kind as to send me all of yours so I can confirm this for myself?
So, you get back to mics. I'll get back to sleep. The ultimate digression.
