If you're my age, you'll remember the release of CD technology.
The introduction of it was revolutionary for both me and my friends. I
remember buying my first CD's and listening to them whilst quietly
smiling inside due to the omission of record scratches that could
normally be heard in every song! Every time I listened back to the CD it
was the same as the first time - with no degradation and there was no
way I could wear it out!
I went CD crazy
!
I wanted to know EVERYTHING
about them. How the information was read off the disc by a laser in the
CD player? How did the error correction work? What was the sample rate?
etc. and I remember when my mum was going out asking her to try and
find out what she could when she was passing the library - it wasn't
just the case of nipping onto the Internet as it is now.
Since
those days, technology has moved on and whilst the humble music CD is
still with us, sample rates of 44.1kHz have been surpassed by the sample
rates of our DAWs. In this day and age it's easy to record at higher
values than 44.1KHz and whilst you might think that having a higher
sample rate is instantly going to make your recordings better- don't
overcomplicate it and think that it's the be all and end all to better
songs!
Put simply - it's not just to do with the quality of the recording it's also to do with the quality of the song!
It's not about how good your gear is...
Sometimes
we hide behind technology and get bogged down in technical talk. Topics
like sample rates, A/D conversion, having the best and highest quality
possible pre-amps with the lowest noise margin, the best microphones,
etc. - you know how it goes.
You need to know how to use your gear
Look
at the music recorded in the 60′s - for instance, The Beatles. They
were limited by their gear, but they knew how to use what they had. Even
though the production sounded great back then, it's nowhere near the
quality of stuff being released today.
But one of the reasons they're still popular is because of the quality of the songs!
By
focussing on the technical aspects, there's a danger of getting bogged
down. Rather than learning the gear we have we make excuses; convincing
ourselves that we need better gear. whereas the bottom line is, we
should be getting better with what we've got whilst focussing on the
quality of the songs we're writing and producing in the here and now!
When
you look back on the songs, you wrote in 10 years time when sample rate
and bit depth (including most of the equipment you're using now) will
undoubtedly be far surpassed, it'll be the quality of songs you wrote
that will shine through and how you used the gear you had. Similar to
The Beatles situation - or you could get stuck behind the techno talk,
waiting for that day when you've got the ultimate gear set-up... the
chances are you won't have your songs to look back on...
I'm an online mixing/mastering engineer and freelance drummer.
I love what I do and I want to help you reach new heights with your music, whether it's adding drums to a track or enhancing your sounds through my production work. The internet enables me to offer my services globally, if there's anything you think I can help you with then please get in touch (mark@markmidwinter.com). I would love to hear from you.
If you have your own homestudio and want to maximise what you get from it then join my FREE course here:- http://midmusic.co.uk/homestudio-signup
I love what I do and I want to help you reach new heights with your music, whether it's adding drums to a track or enhancing your sounds through my production work. The internet enables me to offer my services globally, if there's anything you think I can help you with then please get in touch (mark@markmidwinter.com). I would love to hear from you.
If you have your own homestudio and want to maximise what you get from it then join my FREE course here:- http://midmusic.co.uk/homestudio-signup
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