Some thoughts on your dark thoughts, Marcus,
> My concern is that high-end audio (both recording and reproduction) is be=
ginning
> to edge towards the relative unknown. We are now almost two generations =
into
> the digital age and the younger of us have never heard of cutting vinyl,=
> splicing reel tape, or
I have no nostalgia for those sound-damaging processes, compared with the b=
eauty of digital recordings.
> understanding the vagaries of mic choice and placement.
> Everybody believes you can just fix it in ProTools.
I'm with you there--good sound starts with a good performance and skillful =
mic positioning, (in nature, a quiet and interesting location and ditto), a=
nd nothing in post production changes that.
> The lessening of the satisfaction threshold over time may allow someone i=
n power
> to say, MP3=92s are =91good enough=92. MP3=92s are the equivalent of FM =
radio. If this
> =91good enough=92 satisfaction threshold gathers enough steam, not only i=
s every
> recording studio going away, but then 16/44.1 will be the standard by whi=
ch
> everything aural is judged and I personally do not find this acceptable.
While sound distribution has moved to ever-cheaper "good enough" media, at =
the same time the technical ability to make much, much better pristine reco=
rdings has become less and less costly. Don't lose sight of that!
-Dan
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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