Is it just my imagination or is the quaility of recordings in general gotten worse over the years. I am mainly speaking of the mixing process itself. IMO part of the problem lies in the commitment of the larger studios taking the time it takes to get a recording as close as possible to the actual artist and part of the problem seems to lie in some of the new digital equipment being uses. I know of some independent studios that use a lot of the older equipment like Pultec, Teletronix, Fairchild and Neve and the sound difference shows even in digital recordinds like CDs. A lot of this equipment used tube or discrete solid state Class A circuits. I know there is a lot of new equipment out there that is great but there is something to be said for the sound of this vintage recording equipment. I can definitely tell a difference on some of the 70s and 80s recordings like The Tempations "Papa was a Rolling Stone" produced by Norman Whitfield and some of the new pop and rock being produced "cookie cutter" style today. Anyway, If any of you all have differing opions please share them with me.
By the way after lusting over Ken's White 4400 equalizers I got me a pair and am one step closer to audio nirvana.
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