Plus, there are very few studios today that have such vintage ear candy at their disposal. There's only, maybe a dozen studios in the whole US that can claim the flowchart is accurate!
This is hardly modern recording. Try $2000 worth of software, computers, and hardrives..with maybe a few mics. That is reality.
and the software is probably hacked!
That's not modern recording. Until you got to the computer and ProTools (which is dramatically over-priced) it was quite vintage. Which was the thread with the link to the David Byrne article? He describes modern recording. The cost of recording has plummeted dramatically in the last couple of decades, while the quality (of the gear, the engineering is another question), by every objective standard, has risen dramatically.
And yes, I know many audiophiles disagree and do not accept the objective standards.
Tim
Jamie runs a recording studio (very successful including mixing for Taylor Swift) and this is pretty much his setup. So it very much is modern recording as he practices it. Jamie is an odd fellow who records in hirez but doesn't believe it matters. But the overall point and humor is right on which is why this diagram has been shared by so many engineers. The Atlanta club got a nice tour from Jamie when we visited emofest, the emotiva fall shindig.
Cost of gear has declined dramatically. Even better when we do location recording we went from 4 roadcases in the 90s and early 2000s to one rollerboard suitcase for mics, cables, and Sound Devices units.
As Bruce points out...this type of set up is few and far between.
You need more I/Os to do more than 16 tracks. Package with Two HD or HDX I/Os will cost around $20,000. I'm pretty sure the guy isn't using LE. LOL.
..Jamie runs a recording studio (very successful including mixing for Taylor Swift) and this is pretty much his setup. So it very much is modern recording as he practices it. Jamie is an odd fellow who records in hirez but doesn't believe it matters. But the overall point and humor is right on which is why this diagram has been shared by so many engineers. The Atlanta club got a nice tour from Jamie when we visited emofest, the emotiva fall shindig.
Cost of gear has declined dramatically. Even better when we do location recording we went from 4 roadcases in the 90s and early 2000s to one rollerboard suitcase for mics, cables, and Sound Devices units.
That's not modern recording. Until you got to the computer and ProTools (which is dramatically over-priced) it was quite vintage. Which was the thread with the link to the David Byrne article? He describes modern recording. The cost of recording has plummeted dramatically in the last couple of decades, while the quality (of the gear, the engineering is another question), by every objective standard, has risen dramatically.
And yes, I know many audiophiles disagree and do not accept the objective standards.
Tim
..yes of course, the whole caboodle can be replaced by a single Zoom H1 for 99$. But - although a radiostation was raving about a recording of mine made with exactly this cheapo thing and wanted to broadcast it (i won't say which..) - it is NOT THE SAME!
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