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In Reply to: Re: No Problem...But posted by RBP on March 25, 2001 at 17:53:58:
I apologize if I sounded harsh, btu what I was getting at was working from his original master, not multitrack. Granted working from the original mastertape might yeild better results on good quality gear with good outboard. Having read the posters question, he I think, is stating that all they have is the CDR, I was mearly making the point that getting the DAT would probably be of little benefit. I as you can probably guess am not that impressed by a lot of the new 24bit converters on the market, particulary the the bass end, although it is fair to say that this is a problem that has dogged digital converters from the start. Thats not to say that I am an analogue freak, indeed I use a lot of digital equipement.My point was, that a lot of these clinical sounding demos, tend to come from poor playing and performance, and that this shouldn't be overlooked as the problem. Yes you can compress it, eq it, but if the playing is gutless it will still sound sterile. Could pro-tools the whole project, replace sounds sample bits, auto-tune the vocals, add a few extra lines and delete bad bits, but I don't think thats whats being looked for.
As for deriving multichannel mixes for surround. Most commonly either a phantom rear is being added using reverb, or the material is remixed from the originals in native surround.
I hate this idea that our industry is developing that its got to be higher and higher bit rates and sampling frequencies, I have heard recordings direct onto minidisc that would blow your socks off! Moreover moving the mics, choice of mics and the performance has so much more to do with the ultimate sound quality than can ever be achieved with a different recording converter.
Even sessions that I have done over the years where the sound has changed over the space of the day, due to the temprature in the room! These differences I find clearly audible.
The whole scenario reminds me of attending an exhibition a few years ago, and a certain highly thought of manufacturer was demonstrating a piece of equipement. Many very well known and highly respected producers and engineers had listened to a demo and praised the said equipement. I was invited to hear the demo, after about 15 seconds I remarked to the maker that his speakers were out of phase. This was duely checked and found out to be the case. I'm not sure that I will ever be able to listen to opinions from the people who had failed to spot that, it was that obvious. Many of these same industry proffesionals time and time again are seen in the industry press extolling the virtues of various pieces of kit and how you can hear the subtle advantages of said cables and said converters and alike.
This industry unfortunately runs on such bullshit.
Roland
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