That 70's Acoustic Sound

[JohnW63]

anyone who used one in a studio either had no idea what they were doing or were paid to do so

As if you KNOW what every single musician played in every studio. That's some real omniscient stuff you have going there.

[min7b5]

This is a pretty great read, and may be a piece of this puzzle https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/o...bqbsPEVn0be4qI

[AcousticDreams]

Originally Posted by min7b5

This is a pretty great read, and may be a piece of this puzzle https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/o...bqbsPEVn0be4qI

This is a great article, thanks for sharing it.

Personally, I love compression. I feel that in most instances compression is needed, to bring things to normality. Why? Well people do not listen to a singer at 10 inches away. The dynamic between the initial volume and projection sometimes equals out over distance. Typically, vocal mics are placed rather close to the vocalist. However, If you place the microphone further away, you might loose intimacy and add the acoustics of the room. Thus loosing the fundamentals. Since I like what close miking can offer, especially for acoustic guitar(every nuance & subtlety), Compression is a must for myself. I especially like using compression while tracking.

However, as this article points out, compression-limiting has been taken to a whole other level now. A level of Way Too Much. Taking all the excitement out of the music as the dynamics are squashed.

Now if we can only use all of the best attributes of old and combine them with the best of the new.... That is where I want to be

I fear that we might not be able to. The new standard of Loudness(as the article points out) has been set.