new gear
From Geoff on Mar 13, 2009
ok my name is Geoff (jeff) and i'm a gear whore. that said , i want to tell the new guys that if you keep upgrading and buy everything under the sun it's not going to make you sound like gold. use what you have first get to know you, gear, compressors, monitors, what have you . the bigest part is the guy whos recording and the talent. the saying" you can't polish a turd" goes a long way. i remember i had a friends band come by my place a few years back and he ( the singer) was ready to record or so he thought, but the band wasn't and they were ok but not great . take after take and they wondered why it took so long and why it didn't sound great and at first i thought i was a little green but after a day or so it was apparent the band wasn't all on the same page . i talked to them told them to come back in a few months and we'll go from there. that's part of being a producer and even though it was money i was loosing i couldn't take money from these guys when i know if they played a little bit more it would be sooooo much better. Time that's what i'm getting at , learn your craft it's not going to come over night, hell i'm a noob and i've been doing this for the better part of a decade ( that's not long at all) . i learn soming new every band i record and i get better. I've also learned my gear and now that i have a # of new toys i have to learn how they work . there is no quick fix (well sometimes :P). I love doing this but it's not for everyone. all i'm saying it takes time . a good engineer can make some of the most "cheap" gear work for him/her.
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