| so i just stopped by the itunes store to get a sample of what this discussion is about.
okay then.
at the risk of lopping this discussion off at it's feet (as if i actually have that power), the answer to the question 'how do i get this sound' seems abundantly simple to me: use nothing but a daw and plug-ins to do your mixing and mastering.
to be clear, i'm not saying you can't create a more open or dynamic sound itb, because i know it can be done, guys here are doing it. all i'm saying is that doing the entire mix in pt makes it pretty easy to get this sound, flat, lifeless, processed, utterly lacking in sparkle or mojo. in fact, you have to work hard and be really talented to *not* have itb sound like this.
lynn fuston recently reminded me (in a post) that bad mixes and productions have always been with us, and in abundance. i knew that, i've reminded others of that, but it was good to be reminded. granted, the particular form of badness morphs thru the decades, but occasionally andrea true connection's "more, more, more" comes up in my itunes rotation and, well, you get the picture.
'how do you like it' indeed.
gregoire
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