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Old 09-16-2017, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by RRuskin View Post
My philosophy is that if I don't like the sound I'm getting while recording, I won't like it any better on playback. Therefore, I'll fine tune with mic choice, placement, and eq on the way in so as to have fewer problems on the way out. I draw the line at compression which I only do as needed on remix.
I agree if you are sure of your decisions up front. I'm not. For example post recording I will play around with reverb. To my ears different reverbs
sound better with more or less low end. Also I generally low cut at a lower frequency than my mikes begin their low cut at.
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