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Why and in what situations need a quality product
“Good quality” – this, for example, included the modern song of Madonna, and then his song. If you do not lose or practically do not lose – then the quality is good. That is, compare with the model standard so to speak. Although sometimes people have weak ears or increased self-esteem. Then bad quality seems good. And sometimes the opposite: so self-critical person that any quality seems bad to him. Here, rather, he does not like the way he plays or sings, even after a studio correction and treatments. Here is the way out – go and improve your technique of performance.
You can often find slogans like: “good quality is not necessary for a demo”, “this is an underground (garage) album and it does not require good quality”, “this is a low-budget advertisement, it will come down in any capacity” and so on. Continue reading
About different sound engineers (sound producers)
If the sound engineer to whom you came, believes that there is a set of laws in the art of sound recording, and he is one of the elect who know them – run away from there. I reviewed a lot of literature and films on the techniques of mixing and mastering. I saw a huge number of obvious mistakes, but I repeat: There are no rules in art. As a result, some “errors” give a better result than “by the rules”. From all this it follows: do not become a lover of the “rules” yourself, let the sound producer do the work, do not put a cross on it. In the end, he may surprise you. Continue reading