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I was listening to a physical copy of this disc and it’s absolutely great. I searched for a YouTube version of it and found this. The YouTube recording isn’t as clean for the stereo separation as my own live playback, but the content is still informative.
It was a JBL marketing disc from the 1970s. The first disc is focused on assessing speakers, but the second disc (which is where I started the video link) is the equivalent of a TED Talk of how a studio recording is made.
I recommend listening before reading my spoiler.
There are two ways to think about the way the 16 track recording was made. The producer and artists have spent so much time to fine tune everything including the EQ and reverb to get the finished product. From this perspective, this shows the value of transparency.
The other way to think about this is to think about the producer’s preferences on what makes the instruments sound larger-than-life. Even if you eliminated the circle of confusion and had the same speakers and room as the producer, some of the EQ decisions made are deviating from true transparency.
The other way to think about this is to think about the producer’s preferences on what makes the instruments sound larger-than-life. Even if you eliminated the circle of confusion and had the same speakers and room as the producer, some of the EQ decisions made are deviating from true transparency.
