Hello!! (with all the dynamics preserved)

[antiloudnesswarrior]

Hello everyone,
I came across recording review today and am really happy to be here.
I was really impressed with the hearing comparisons where he recorded through different recording chains from the really inexpensive to the grossly expensive. I have to tell you all my selections except one had the SM57 and associated inexpensive gear. He told me I'd wasted almost $7185 of his )
About me .. I am in my late 30s. Very much stuck in the 70s and 80s.
Old School. Been a recording engineer for some years. Had a studio of my own. Still miss the days of splicing tape. Impressed with the flexiblilty of digital and the power available at our fingertips. Worked for the 9 years in the digi-ana realm. Analog recording chains and digital editing. Liked that. CEP 2.0 is still my all time favourite. Saddened by the loudness wars. Missing the dynamics. I like to turn up the volume control to make my music louder. Freaked out by hard and harsh brickwall limiting. Appalled by mindless surgical sequencing and sampling.Completely in awe of the 70s - 80s recording engineers for the brilliant work that they did within all the constraints of their equipment.
Believes that music originates in the brain of the artist and is captured in all its perfection by the recording engineer with room to spare and honed to brilliance by the mastering engineer.
Thank you for taking the time to read this nostalgic mind trip.

[Electriclight]

Howdy Warrior,

Could you please speak up, I can't hear you.

[antiloudnesswarrior]

Hi Electriclight,
Can you hear me now ?
I asked my mastering engineer to work on it a bit to nicely equalize the hard and soft parts and I turned up the volume.

[Electriclight]

Much better!