Kingston said:
These aren't trolls. They are just confused modern studio engineers who have been conditioned into a little too many advertising fueled myths.
It used to be you became a studio engineer through lab work, designing, fixing or building equipment, operating the gear as a sidejob.
Nowadays you become a studio engineer by downloading Reaper off the internet.
Wow ???
Quite the swipe you're taking.
Actually, this must be a joke. ;D
Engineers don't operate equipment as a "side job", to operate the equipment is THE JOB.
This is a DIY site and the last time I checked there are a lot of engineers building, modifying, improving their equipment and learning from the folks who are generous enough to share their experiences.
"Nowadays" for me was 17 years ago when there was no such thing as downloading audio software to learn how to make records. I learned by trial and error, by watching, reading and studying how records where made. The great thing for me is, that 17 years later there's still new things to learn and incorporate into my bag of tricks. I've always felt that when you close your mind to new ideas, you cease to develop as a person.
You can go on all you want about how everything can be measured, quantified and explained. I simply can't be bothered to measure things for my day job which is making and producing records. I want to plug something in and have it sound great and fit in the context of what I'm producing. If that means it doesn't measure correctly or has to much distortion, then so be it. The result speaks for itself.
Read CJ's Rein Narma interview about him "correcting" the sound of the classic U47 to see a real world of example of how "improving" the specs of something didn't make a hill of beans difference in the record making world. Countless well respected engineers, prefer the sound of the less than perfect U47. Why? Because that sound has been proven to work time and time again. In fact many pieces of classic record making gear are sought out because of their less than perfect performance.
To understand this one thing will open up a whole new world for you. 8)
Mark
PS. A little respect goes a long way my friend.