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In Reply to: RE: Just how sensitve is our hearing? posted by AbeCollins on March 07, 2025 at 23:22:45
"I for one probably wouldn't enjoy complete 'accuracy' anyway."
I am convinced that most people wouldn't.
Insert drawing from the cover of a Hi-Fi magazine from years ago depicting a guy seated in a concert hall, at a live acoustic string quartet concert, reaching for the tone control knobs on the back of the seat in front of him.
Recording engineers, who have the opportunity (on a regular basis) to make that quick trip between the studio and the control room, are maybe the only people for which the term "accuracy" has any real meaning.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
This reminds me when I was in my early teens I went with my Brother and his band to Studio West here in San Diego when it was located just off Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
I remember the Control room Engineer asking the Drummer to loosen his snare drum and do something with his bass drum. The reason I remember for him saying this and I could be wrong since it was so long ago, was his snare drum was to bright/tight (He was a funk drummer and had his snare really tight for that Pop sound most Funk drummers have) The reason was for later final mixing and it would be more easy to do. I didn't understand why at that time but years later understood the reasoning. But the Drummer and brother wear pissed cause it took away from the sound of the tune they were laying the track down. I was sitting in the control room when they were recording the tunes. I remember that 24 track Ampex tape on the reel to reel and that huge mixing board with all the DBX units. :)
We had a Ampex MM-1200 2" with no DBX. We ran Quantegy Ampex 499 Grand Master Gold tape at +6db bias at 30ips and I never felt that tape hiss was a problem.Producers/engineers don't like to be painted into a corner. They want "room to move" with regard to the sound so they can go which ever direction they want/need to in post.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Edits: 03/08/25
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