[quote name='budget bassist' post='448259' date='Mar 28 2009, 06:12 PM']I disagree! I'm doing a music tech course now, and no amount of fiddling will make a bad mic placement sound like a good one! The only exception to that is probably reverb/ambient mics, and they don't even sound the same.[/quote]
Sorry,I disagree.....when you have a lad that clicks a mouse button to add room ambience,over simply moving the Mic,you have a problem,Ive not met that many under 21s that can mic up a drum kit properly,or younger soundguys cope without triggers.....Hell its not hard to mic a kick,Ive watched some utterly botch it.
Tuning drums,It shocks me that so few actually tune a kit correctly...even ryth sections in music are dying off,producers are having to teach younger bands how to actually interact 'sonically'....to actually write Bass lines.
I still see a ton of young lads/lasses buying stuff thats great in the bedroom and rehearsal room but wails like a banshee onstage...the beginner gear is WAAAYYY better than I had in my day,but the opposite of that is you dont get kids 'looking' for the best tone out of the instrument. Or what to modify to make better.
a flip of this is/are rich kids...parents buy the flash gear,and they have no clue...There will always be a bullsh*tt*r in a music shop,and some dont even set up their instruments anymore,or understand how small things make great effect in tone..heavier strings,less distortion more volume....little things...