[78-L] Unfinished recording [was Acoustic-era monitoring]

[Royal Pemberton]

It can be unbareable at times!

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >> Personally, I would record "live off the floor" into TWO mikes
> >> (stereo?!),
> >> with NO "final mix-down!!" The only time I tried multi-track (each
> player
> >> on his/her/its separate track?!) recording...well, the recording was
> >> almost
> >> NEVER finished...each musician insisted that he/she/it could improve
> his/
> >> her/its track, given a second chance...?!
> >> Steven C. Barr
> > ===========================
> > A similar situation pertains to the use of the PC. Remember the old days
> > when one wrote (or typed) a letter? When you finished you'd read it over
> > and, if there were only minor corrections, you'd make them and send the
> > letter on its merry way.
> > Nowadays, however, when one has finished a letter on a PC, you look it
> > over and ask yourself if there are any improvements to be made. If there
> > aren't you still hang on in case something comes to mind.
> > "Are there any ways I can improve how I've expressed myself? I'll hang
> > on till tomorrow to see if anything comes to mind."
> >
> To make things worse...ESPECIALLY given the "functional illiteracy" of
> the vast majority of folkses these days...the one "edit" that is ALWAYS
> used is a final "check" using the typing-program's "spell check!" This is
> only a problem because to-day's "writers" have NO freaking idea how
> to spell words beyond "a," "an" or "the"...and generally MIS-spell words
> so badly that "spell check" substitutes an entirely DIFFERENT word,
> based on the party's attempt at spelling!
>
> This wouldn't be a serious problem were it not that it appears in virtually
> ALL newspapers; only a familiarity with common "spell-check errors"
> enables the reader to make an intelligent guess as to what the effectively-
> illiterate "writer" WANTED to say...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
> (who is usually spell-checked to "Steven C. BRA?!)
>
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