Originally Posted by JAPOV
The recording technique described in the video is actually something very important that you must understand about mastering. Middle C on a grand piano in a studio with great acoustics and multiple full range mics will cover a much broader range on your Eq than a toy casio keyboard recorded with your phone. .


The best studio that I know of in Houston (Sugar Hill) is also the deadest sound space that I have ever been in. When you say a word with a stop...like "Stop"...the sound is gone when it leaves your mouth. I asked one of the engineers years ago why it was so dead and his response was that they dont want the room shaping the recordings at all. But prefer to add all of "the room" back with the plug-ins.

The takeaway...your assertions about the tracks in BIAB not having enough dynamic range for a "trained ear" to be able to work with effectively ...seem rhetorical, The people at Sugar Hill want the sound to be as exclusive to the instrument as possible. And there is plenty dynamic range there to work with. BIAB tracks sound recorded because they are derived from recorded tracks. There is plenty there to work with also.

I use BIAB exclusively for Piano accompaniment and solos at the moment. I sing and play guitar. I use a midi to control EZ bass, Hollywood Strings and Mai Tai. I use BIAB for piano accompaniment and solo. Over a period of years, I've recorded several tracks with a live pianist. "Marfa" was one. He always gave me a decent result, but some days he was more into it than others. $100 bucks buys competence but not necessarily dedication or a desire to give away "the good stuff" for $100.

Otoh, with BIAB I can just keep digging until I get something that I like. Then I can export to midi and edit some changes to fit the song better. I have been working on a single song since December. Still not finished. I was planning to work it up in BIAB until I got something that I liked and then send that to a pianist in Nashville as a template to re-interpret. But I like the tracks that I was able to work up from BIAB so much that I am going to use the tracks that it generated.

it is an extraordinary tool.

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