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wwittman · 9th February 2005, 07:00 PM

I think SOME of Jagged Little Pill was done on ADATs as overdubs.
Much of it done in big studios.

Same with McCartney, same with Phil Collins.. the In The Air drums were done at Townhouse.

But I'm in now way saying you "can't" make a hit record at home.

I'm saying that the "explosion" of home recording has not produced an explosion of homemade hits..
we MAY see that in ten years looking back. or we may not.

I think the economics of big studios went wrong somewhere for a variety of reasons, some of them self-inflicted (such as no more staff engineers and the spread of cookie-cutter rooms and so on)... but I don't think it's about home recording.

9th February 2005, 07:00 PM	#13
wwittman Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,598	I think SOME of Jagged Little Pill was done on ADATs as overdubs. Much of it done in big studios. Same with McCartney, same with Phil Collins.. the In The Air drums were done at Townhouse. But I'm in now way saying you "can't" make a hit record at home. I'm saying that the "explosion" of home recording has not produced an explosion of homemade hits.. we MAY see that in ten years looking back. or we may not. I think the economics of big studios went wrong somewhere for a variety of reasons, some of them self-inflicted (such as no more staff engineers and the spread of cookie-cutter rooms and so on)... but I don't think it's about home recording. __________________ William Wittman Producer/Engineer (Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, The Fixx, The Outfield...)