[linux-audio-user] Re: It's music time again

[james at dis-dot-dat.net]

On Thu, 09 Feb, 2006 at 01:51PM +0100, Arnold Krille spake thus:
> 2006/2/9, james at dis-dot-dat.net <james at dis-dot-dat.net>:
> > One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more
> > than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom.  Then
> > maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something
> > polished.
> 
> From my (limited) experience: Start learning to polish before you buy
> new equipment!
> Often we think "If I have this and that, all we go easily" but the
> truth is that all the technical gimmicks like soundcards, speakers,
> preamps, amps, micorphones are just tools. If you know what you are
> doing you can get the best possible out of the most crappy hardware.
> If you don't know what you are doing, it won't get any better with
> speakers that cost 1000? each.
> 
> Start polishing, mastering, etc before you decide which new gear you buy...

You're right, of course.  It's just hard to master properly when I
have to leave go into a different room to hear it without cracks a
pops and crunches on real speakers.
 
> And continue to make music!
> 
> Arnold
> 

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