
#1
what's so great about good gear?
warning! amature in troublemaking mood!
posit a mixer; for the last 3 days, he has lived on starbucks coffee / pastries, and he has not showered or brushed his teeth...
this is unacceptable to the powers that be.
for his punishment, he has to relive 3 days of his life... he has to mix the exact same commercial pop/modern music track each day.
day 1, he gets to do his mix on ssl9000j
day 2, he does his mix on a neotek
day 3, he does his mix from cubase w. uad/urs/tc plug summed thru behringer 1604 vlz clone
his goal is to produce a mix that sounds good on lots of different consumer playback systems, the majority of which are sub-optimal...
question...
does it make a difference, in terms of the end goal, what system he's using?
yes, one may be more of a pleasure to work on... one may be more convenient, one may provide more options, etc... but
in the end, isn't the name of the game to twist knobs till it sounds right?
isn't that achievable on most any reasonably featured modern gear (that works?)
excepting time and ease, can't, theoretically, the same man produce 3 solid, pro mixes?
no offense, slutty 1's
(just trying to justify getting off the slutpath and get back to spending money on booze and broads, sinatra style ...)
posit a mixer; for the last 3 days, he has lived on starbucks coffee / pastries, and he has not showered or brushed his teeth...
this is unacceptable to the powers that be.
for his punishment, he has to relive 3 days of his life... he has to mix the exact same commercial pop/modern music track each day.
day 1, he gets to do his mix on ssl9000j
day 2, he does his mix on a neotek
day 3, he does his mix from cubase w. uad/urs/tc plug summed thru behringer 1604 vlz clone
his goal is to produce a mix that sounds good on lots of different consumer playback systems, the majority of which are sub-optimal...
question...
does it make a difference, in terms of the end goal, what system he's using?
yes, one may be more of a pleasure to work on... one may be more convenient, one may provide more options, etc... but
in the end, isn't the name of the game to twist knobs till it sounds right?
isn't that achievable on most any reasonably featured modern gear (that works?)
excepting time and ease, can't, theoretically, the same man produce 3 solid, pro mixes?
no offense, slutty 1's
(just trying to justify getting off the slutpath and get back to spending money on booze and broads, sinatra style ...)