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Catcher10
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You have to remember and understand the music that we hear is NOTHING like what was played in the studio during the recording. You have nothing to compare it to, you were not in the studio during the recording, you were not in the studio during the mixdown, nor were you in the studio during the mastering portion.....You and all of us only have what was released, that's the only music we know. You can't really believe that GMartin or AParsons had a version that was better but chose something different that ultimately was not the best, how on earth....?? We only have what was ultimately released, that's all. And what SW or Bernie Grundman, Kevin Gray and other current mastering engineers can do is simply remix the original recording to bring out more sounds that may be buried, and it's only opinion if that sounds better. But in a lot of cases it can make it more engaging to the original mix, is the "music" any better?? I argue no, it will never be better or worse, it is what it is because we don't have all the original studio recordings released to the public to compare to....Some box sets have alternate takes, and those tend to be very raw but it is rare those are the ones people prefer.
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moshkito
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Hi, Not sure why you think that the "recording" of it is the thing. The point, in most recordings, is to get the best out of it all ... and this is fine with me ... I have no beef with that. What bothers me, is the earphone and mp3 generation thinking that the music is not as important as the mixing and the work the engineer did ... and this is the reason why I say ... the music has to have it! ... in which case it would not matter what SW, or anyone else did to it ... however, when you hear George Martin talk about many of his folks, there were moments when he decided on changes, because he thought it would bring things out better ... a classical music composer, does not have this as much, but it is possible that many helped ... and it stuck. When looking at the music itself, rock music is a lousy comparison. If you listen to 4 different versions of The Rite of Spring, you will learn why real quick ... either the conductor or the direction for a recording engineer might have suggested something or other ... but the power, strength and beauty of the music? Right there ... it never left! That is not to say that headphones are not worth it ... I just am not convinced that they are the "IT" when it comes to the music itself ... and no one here has the guts to go check out some classical music and how it is interpreted and done so they would have a much better feel, or thought, for what I am saying. But, again, the music itself has to have it, though one has to give some folks a wee bit of credit for what they found and helped put together, and here Tom Dowd and George Martin were very important, but they were not the only ones ... and a redo, or a better headphone is not going to change the beauty of the music and how it was done. We don't even realize that Layla was a Tom Dowd discovery and he got both guys to improve it some ... to make one of the great famous songs come alive! Hearing on Tom's special and hands, it is spectacular, but it took his ears to hear it and make sure he taped it and then brought it to the guys! Headphones at that point is not the issue ... the person finding the "real" music is, and that is what usually survives and is remembered the most.
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SchroederKr
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Pretty rough joke, to be honest. Not a fan of that. But seriously, I've been using Apple AirPods pro for a while, and they're known for their noise-canceling mode. I don't have anything to compare it to, and I'm really satisfied with the quality of the music I listen to. But what do you think, are AirPods suitable for creating music? I'm trying to figure out everything related to music creation, including reading a lot of articles on https://faqaudio.com/. There's a lot of info about various devices, musical instruments, but I didn't find something about headphones. So if you have a really cool recommendation, and you're a musician who creates music using different software and plugins, I'd appreciate the advice.
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Octopus II
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I bought some expensive noise-cancelling headphones for my wife last week.
They were a waste of money - I can still hear her.
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