Keep digging and you eventually end up studying quantum mechanics.
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I rarely miss an episode of the daily dive into the Abyss, since I’m always on the look-out for more info on the headphone maker’s perspective. In this case I only half-listened — what else could they say but a re-hash of the good ol’ Floyd Toole circle of confusion thing?
But my ears did perk up when they made the association with calibrating colour on a TV (or could have been photography). Audio is still in the dark ages. And, yes, of course it’s not a matter of forcing a flat FR on anyone. But sure would be nice to have that as an option, or at least as a starting point.
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For me producing how they sound live never really mattered. Its always the studio that had the best version of the song. Sometimes they even write the song in the studio. Thats why the producer is so important. And why producers are so famous. There are some bands that think they sound better live than what they can record in the studio. Like the La’s. They get one of the greatest producers in teh world to do their album. Steve Lillywhite. and he does a great album. then they say the albums no good cause it didnt capture what they sounded like in their live shows. and i’m like, well thats great La’s, but i’m not gonna jump on a plane and fly to London just to hear your act and how great you are. figure out how to record it.
For me its all about the studio. live albums are ok but i rarely like them more than the produced recorded album. I believe that the Beatles wouldnt have been nearly as great as they were if it hadnt been for George Martin and all their efforts in teh studio.
But i think by now we’ve discovered through time the best way to record and the best tech to record with through to the end users. Maybe in the past this was a issue. but by now? I think we got it down lol. and its just a matter of preference
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There’s DSP now… mostly to fix shitty headphones by artificially making em sound better and not necessarily neutral/natural/accurate though. 