Re: A Quote Worth Quoting

"You just don't get it, do you? Re-read the quote. It's not the tools
that are the problem, it's the knowledge to use them effectively
that's the problem. Too many people believe that because they have
the
tools, they can make good recordings. "


Basically, anyone with a passable knowledge of operating a program can
record... I believe the average musician can have the expectation of
WYRIWYG, if you don't like the sound of what you recorded the re-do it
or change something. The tools are so easy to use.
You see-->You don't get it<-- I don't have to buy a thousand
dollar compressor and spend a month figuring out how to adjust the
attack and release and the ratio and the input and output signal.
Anyone can plug it into their DAW and get a sound THEY like in about 5
minutes.


"Sounds like knowledge to me. But all too many people buy a program
and
can't figure out how to hear themselves in the headphones,don't know
which mic to use and where to put it," ask why they can't hear
anything
when they plug a phantom powered mic into a input that doesn't have
phantom power, can't set the record level correctly . . . When they
learn, then they know something about AUDIO. "

This is not esoteric knowledge! All this *** comes with manuals, and
user forums, friends who run the program and can show them the basics,
the truely inspired will read some of your posts here or buy a book,
watch a DVD whatever.
I agree you have to learn about audio to have a good product. But you
can do it on your own terms!

You don't have to pay to use someone elses equipment and have them
twaddle the knobs. That is and has been my only point.







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