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Recording Quality

I know a lot of you spend a good amount of coin getting the best sound you can.  My question is, how important is the recording itself?  I'm talking about the recording equipment used, the mixing board, the manufacturing process, etc.  Certain mixing boards (i.e. the board at Sound City) had a unique sound and many musicians loved it. 

So, given the playback equipment you have, can you tell that one recording was made better than others in the studio?

Thank you for your thoughts.  


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cleeds
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mikeydee
... can you tell that one recording was made better than others in the studio?
Good systems easily reveal differences in recording quality - for better or worse.
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mikeydee OP
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I remember when the AJA album was released...made at Village Recorders in west LA, Producer's workship in Hollywood, Warner Bros in Burbank and A&R in NYC.  The sound was incredible.  Not bad for 1978.

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The recording quality is everything; the best sound system in the universe will not make a bad recording sound better. For a start, try any record produced by Ted Templeman, like Nicollette Larson's debut record. Any record he produced will sound good. There are many other producers or engineers equally conscious of quality sound; Ted is just one example.
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