opaqueice;177167 Wrote: > > Several people said they want to hear the music as intended by the > engineer. I guess I meant the question more generally: suppose you > were making the recording as well as listening - what would be your > goal? And for electronic music things are different, so let me > restrict to unamplified instruments and voices for the moment.
Just to clarify...it's not necessarily about the engineer, but really the collaboration between the artist, the producer, and the engineer. In the end, it's the artist (and to some extent the producer) who are the creative minds behind what is being produced...the engineer is really mostly a technician who is helping the artist and producer achieve a certain goal (at least in theory). For example, the artist is the one who has in mind a certain presentation of say a vocal being very "intimate", and the engineer determines that a certain mic'ing technique is appropriate for achieving that goal. A lot of vocals that I listen to are presented as what I've heard described as the "Voice of God"...that is, in the context of a recording, the vocal comes out sounding bigger than life; it doesn't sound like someone is standing in front of you, rather it sounds like the singer has a head/mouth that is 6ft wide...it's not a realistic representation of the vocalist, but it is a certain presentation of a voice that is appropriate for the music... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32374 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
