There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently
- Steve Albini
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My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills.... Know what you’re trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn’t enlightening any more... The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able... For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf... It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I... In heaven, after antipasti, the first course will be pasta.
There won’t ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that’s fine with me because that industry didn’t... Toast is bread made delicious and useful. Un-toasted bread is okay for children’s sandwiches and sopping up barbecue... Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment
Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I’ve found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking... Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work... Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself... A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that... Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of...
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