A sixth element in recording quality

["oryoki2000" oryoki2000]

"geopaul7" wrote:
> ...these elements affect the quality of
> a nature sound recording:
> 1.  Fieldcraft
> 2.  Technique
> 3.  Microphone
> 4.  Preamp
> 5.  Recording Device

I think a sixth element should be post-production wizardry.
Many good recordings are made better through a little
processing after the recorder's "stop" button is pushed.

Like Klas's remark, "microphones are not ears," suggests,
all recordings are approximations of reality.  Post-
processing adds quality to that approximation.

--oryoki