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Originally Posted by theblue1  You apparently don't know what a point of view is, if you think a point of view can be 'wrong.'
A point of view -- a vantage point -- may well put one at a disadvantage for observing events or objects. It might even make it impossible. Or it may well afford one a superior vantage point for observing specific events or objects.
But a point of view can't be wrong
See, I can be a stickler for facts and logic. They are crucially important for productive and accurate communication |
A crucially important fact is the fact that analog gear offers more tangible value to potential musicians and studio owners than digital because the raw material resources that make the analog product what it is are of greater monetary value that those of digital and software gear.
This is a fact.
Whether it works for somebody or not or whether it works for a task or not is is an opinion.
This doesn't change the fact that from a production standpoint the digital gear is inferior.
To me to you to everybody. Why? Because there is less money for you and bigger profit for them in the digital box.
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Smoke and mirrors, of course, are what magicians and sleight-of-hand artists use to distract observers from where the real action, the real trickery, is. Just what smoke and mirrors am I throwing up here? What trick am I trying to pull? How am I trying to deceive you or others?
Digital technology may well be inferior for your purposes. That's your business, and it doesn't really concern me.
For my purposes, the blend of hardware and software I described above (which is, indeed, pretty long on software considering how I approached things 10 -- or 25 -- years ago) is superior.
I have an entire room of various forms of hardware, and before I sold my old house, I had more than twice as much hardware.
I wouldn't be using all this software if it wasn't producing better results for me.
With regards to why the various music industries have evolved in the manner in which they have -- there is one place where I think the bottom line of your analysis is smack on:
Those companies that make the hardware and the software that we as recordists and musicians use do what they do with an eye to being able to pay employees and overhead, survive as companies, and, hopefully, return some profit to those who funded or built them.
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Hiring children for 20 cents a day at sweatshops in the third world to build their cheap digital shit while most of the money goes to the pockets of big corporate fat cats and media fails to inspire any ****ing sympathy to me.
And telling me that they don't get down like that is an insult to my intelligence.
I was not born yesterday.
This BTW is not exclusive to the digital gear or gear in general but most of the good analog gear is made by idealistic people who are not afraid to give us a little bit of value for our dollar and are not treating us a commodities whos purpose is to consume. It is made by people with a long term vision and is made with respect for our money and out studios.