[Dr. Dolittle]

Mike Rivers wrote:

There is no evidence that the current trend in ANYTHING is contributing
to any better results, with the possible exception of less hiss.

Amen.




By "live" I didn't necessarily mean recordings of public performance. I
meant that all the musicians were in the studio together and were
playing the same song at the same time. If you don't have perfect
isolation, it makes a certain degree of sense that it leakage that's
all the same "flavor" might be easier to handle, but that's just a
thought, not a fact.

There's a certain energy there that contributes to a good performance
(even though it may not be technical perfection) that's nearly
impossible to achieve if you start out with a loop that the drummer
plays to, then the bass player adds his track, then the guitarist, then
the keyboards, and finally you start beating at the vocals. One can
argue that no mix of preamps will ever get that energy that's missing,
and one would be correct.


Totally agree.