I did the sound for our 7 person church band for 6 years. To do it right is an art form. Many of the concerts today they Jack up the subwoofer and it makes all the guitars bleed into each other. I hate that sound. I also hated using the knee for compression and loudness. Iām sort of a purist and want to hear everything and be able to pick out who is playing what and when.
One last guitarist for us oldsters. Eddie Hazel was a fine guitarist. His solo on Maggot Brain ranks up there with the best. Itās a shame he died so young from all the drugs.
I agree. The bass will go far even when you cut it almost out. Some cut the mids and trebles so much to prevent feedback, that you get the muffled bassey sound.
I think over doing compression is as bad a crutch for recording as auto-tuning. People loved Metallica Enter Sandman and Sad But True because they were so powerful, me included. However, now all I hear is too much compression. Powerful and dynamic are different things to me. Listen to Master of Puppets and you will hear a much better recording in my opinion; one that is powerful and dynamic. Listen to all to top songs of the 60ās and 70ās and you can hear dynamic talent with the best recordings. Hell, listen to old stuff like Duke Ellington and Sinatra and the compare those recordings with todays music. Todayās music to me is 000001100110001100001
Agree totally. Some sound people turn the knee up to get that loudness and sacrifice clarity. I ran a 32 spot Yamaha digital soundboard but it didnāt compare for sound quality to our analog 16. The analog could get away from you if you didnāt watch out but when set properly it sounded great.
Digital is just easier to set save and go back to. It certainly has some built in advantages but from a sound standpoint you canāt beat the analog. Sort of like a tube amp. Wonky but when it is set right the difference is easy to hear.
The only thing that wins in a loudness war is loudness. The differentiation is lost and everything muddies. The crispness of the cymbals on Master of Puppets is great. Of course, Lars never let sound get in the way of his overplaying on the later albums. Especially St Anger which is almost unlistenable.
Saw Springsteen in Greensboro and he had 4-5 guitars playing on stage on most all the songs. There was no way one could tell which guitar was playing what. Who needs 4-5 guitars? I will say that Springsteen with Tom Morrello on The Ghost of Tom Joan is one of the finest guitar songs and solos ever recorded.
Iāll also take a scratch on a vinyl record over the loss of the midrange of the CD any day. I havenāt listened to any of my CDās in years but my vinyl still makes me happy.
