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Old 10-10-2019, 12:14 PM   #92
Judders
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Originally Posted by JamesPeters View Post
While on the subject of Thriller, if we want to assume there's no compressors used at all (I'm ok with that)...

What about the musicians that performed on the album, their level of ability, how consistently they could play an instrument and/or sing into a mic. Plus how their instruments sounded, how they were chosen for their sound and dialed in. Plus what mics and preamps were chosen (which probably ended up compressing the sound a bit).

And then, recorded to tape...and probably compressed in the process.
Yeah, all very good points.

We're lucky that we don't have to pay for tape by the reel. If my bass playing needs levelling, I'll record it again and play better.
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