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I'd say you're only missing out if you don't at least try to learn where the "sweet spots" are on the gear you use
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Maybe it's just lack of experience, ignorance, or both but I find it extremely tough to find the time for this sort of thing in the middle of a session. There are so many things that go wrong, that I've never really noticed a time when the sweet spot on a preamp kicked in.
I've read that most people like to crank up their preamps quite a bit. I usually do this when I can, but it's not something that made a clear and obvious difference to me.
Of course, I have to say that my engineering experience has been the complete opposite of "scientific". It seams like I seldom record the same instrument twice and if I do, so much has changed that there is no reference. In other words, I have no idea why I got something write once and totally missed the mark another time. It blows ass, and it's part of the reason that I've changed my studio's business model.
However, the other side of the coin is that I've been forced to really listen to my monitors and make nearly random guesses until I get what I'm looking for. Luckily, the guesses seam to get about 1% less random every year or so.
Brandon