All recordings differ in some way (statement of the obvious # 1,324,587), including the jazz stuff I listen to primarily. I turn my subs up or down a little if something is too bass heavy, and eschew DSP as it seem to suck the mojo out of recordings...also, I rarely get to use the word "eschew." Eschew on that! I worked (live sound mixing) with guitar genius Julian Lage a while back when he was touring with Scott Colley and Kenny Wolleson (he still does from time to time). Kenny preferred to go without mics on his drums, although the guitar and bass amps were miked...no problemo, great sounding amazing show (although I would have preferred using a kick drum mic and single large diaphragm overhead for a somewhat more balanced thing, but still...everything worked out). I was psyched to get the first CD of this trio and man...the first cut has LOUD bass and drums to the degree that was somewhat surprising to me based on the band's preferred live sound, but hey...it's GREAT stuff...so is the second CD and both remain in heavy rotation in my rig.
