I’m a self-proclaimed gearhead. So after talking about a brand new piece of equipment in the studio I got the following e-mail from someone in our producers bank…
Just out of curiosity, why are so many people so wrapped up in pre-amps and processors? If you have a clean room with well-thought-out acoustic dampening, why not just record clean, unprocessed audio and apply the effects after the fact with an on-board digital plug-in?
(I realize on-board, digital plug in may be redundant sentence structure, but you get my point)
Once you process the audio, you can’t undo it. So if you are sending audio to a producer, wouldn’t you think said producer would prefer clean, unprocessed audio so he/she can process they way he/she wants?
I know I prefer clean, unprocessed audio.
Now, that said, SOME of you have amazing processing talent. I have audio arrive that I know is processed, but it sounds amazing. And I’ve received audio from others that I’ve had to either trash or ask them to send it back to me unprocessed. (I would hope you would do the same if I sent something that wasn’t top quality.)
Anyway, all the money spent on processors. I spent money on acoustic tiles. And I purchased the Soundtoys plug-in package for ProTools. I have Behringer B1 mics and very clean rooms. The only processing I do is applying a vocal levitator plug in to the audio track if the levels are recorded a little low – to offset ambient room noise.
I have one other setting – that is to make the voice sound a little more “street” when I’m going “everyday character” parts. So it doesn’t sound like I’m in a studio. More of an open room, office or kitchen type of sound.
Just thoughts. Anyone else bypassing the expense and hassle of pre’s and processors?
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