![]() Perhaps we might never achieve the full capability of a no-holds-barred commercial studio, but we can certainly give them a run for their money, given the right tools with which to compete. If we home recordists are to take on professional studios at their own game and stand a chance of winning (and yes, it can be done) we need all the help we can get to give our recordings a professional sound. The 'professional' recording says 'I'm wonderful and I'm going to make you sit up and take notice' the home recording says 'I'm over here if anyone would like to listen, please'. The difference between a home recording and one made in a good commercial studio is very often one of immediacy. ![]() It just isn't practical, either financially or logistically, except for the lucky few who have found mega-success in music and can build the studio of their dreams. This is part of the illusion of recorded sound, and expert engineers using the best equipment in near-perfect monitoring environments can achieve amazing things.Īt home, we don't have the best conditions for producing such a good recording. An excellent recording can place itself anywhere in a sound field extending some tens of metres into the distance. ![]() One of the characteristics of a good recording is that it has the quality of coming out of the speakers and insinuating itself in your auditory canals when it wants to. The answer to the second question might have been a metre or so in front of the speakers if you picked a good recording. If you are a typical home recordist then the chances are that your answer to the first question was somewhere between two and five metres behind the plane of the speakers. Ask yourself the same question.Īrmed with the answers to these two questions you are now ready to find out whether you are a potential candidate for ownership of the BBE Sonic Maximizer. After a minute or so ask yourself the question, 'Where are the instruments in the sound image?' Now take out your favourite CD and play the best track on it. ![]() Press the play button and, while breathing slowly and deeply, listen to the music. If you can find your way there with the lights out and sit comfortably in the lotus position then so much the better. Here's a little experiment for you to try at home: take out the master tape of your best recording, place it on your replay machine and sit in an optimum listening position in front of your speakers. ![]()
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