Another proposal
"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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Arny. The team of which I am a member has a microphone
chest that you would probably sell your soul to the
devil for:-)
Highly unlikely, because microphones all by themselves
don't make the recording.
The microphone is ´without the shadow of a doubt,
the most important link in the recording chain, be it
analogue or digital, and the most important tool of
any in the recording engineer's kit as any good
teacher will tell you.
That's where you are tragically wrong, Iain.
Arny, m'dear old fellow, you are a master of
misinterpretation. The engineer can do little
about the musicians, and the room is the choice
of the client.
I was referring specifically to the "tools" which the
recording engineer has at his disposal to make his
recording.
That would be his brain.
Once you get down to the list of components that are absolutely required to
make a recording, they are all equally important since removing or
compromising any of them results in a poor recording.
Getting down to microphone quality - the real question at hand is whether
its possible for a skilled recordist to get as good results with $400
microphones as opposed to $2000 microphones. In times past, $400
microphones were far more compromised then they are today. Most of the
interesting discussion today is whether $400 or $200 microphones make sense,
or whether $40 microphones can suffice in the hands of someone who knows
what they are doing.
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