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Re: Good Enough

Subject: Re: Good Enough
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:51:03 -0500
From: "Kevin J. Colver" <>
>
> I'm looking forward to the day I make a recording that I feel is "good
> enough."=20
> Kevin Colver

It's one of the bad things about being the originator of a recording
everyone likes. You know everything wrong with it, how you might have
done it better. Your own personal view of the recording is likely to be
much lower than everyone else has.

But, that's only one "good enough". It's quite different, when someone
asks me if a certain technique or piece of equipment is good enough for
their purpose. What they get back will relate entirely to that, not some
ultimate recording goal I might have.

"good enough" is all about appropriate for the purpose, without wasting
resources if that's part of the criteria. And it usually is, the supply
of money is never infinite.

I have a fully unobtainable goal of making recordings that I'll be
completely happy with in all respects. I know I'll never be completely
happy with anything I do. That does not, however, conflict in any way
with the concept of "good enough". Or using that concept. That concept
saves me a lot of unnecessary stress.

Walt





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