Re: [ARSCLIST] Transfer responsibility- was Podcasting--explained a bit...

[Bob Olhsson <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Richter wrote:
>... in few 
>commercial recordings is there attention to fidelity of the performance. 
>Engineers routinely correct little errors - like flatting a note - and 
>enhance the sound in other ways to improve on nature or to satisfy the 
>performer's image of himself/herself.

While this has been true in many cases, I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that this has always been "routine," at least  up until very recently when it became cheap to do. It also is a producer's/artist's decision and not an engineers. Precise fidelity to their choices remains very much routine.

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