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Old 5th February 2010   #109
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Originally Posted by JJAM View Post
I'm afraid that I often don't get the chain threads that pop up. What makes a certain singer's vocal sound so good is...their voice. I've recorded great singers with crap mics and they still sound good. I've recorded really bad singers with great mics and they still sound dreadful.
Well, yes. Recording a really bad singer with a great mic gives you a really great recording of a really bad singer - it lets you hear just HOW bad that singer really is. What's so hard to grasp about that?
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