i have been stopped by cops, security guards, and homeland security personnel way too many times as i tried to shoot federal buildings, etc, because they were suspicious of my professional gear.
That said, i still do some commercial stock and documentary work with digital cameras - and there are many times when i will intentionally select a dinky point and shoot camera instead of a much nicer high end DSLR. Then we shall upload the mixes and have the forum members decided who did each mix and how they feel everything sounds.Īs a photographer who spent my career shooting a 4x5 doing topographic documentation for the library of congress, i can attest that there are situations where the camera absolutely matters - the LOC will not even accept any negatives smaller than 4x5" - all hand processed to archival standards (and they test every neg). I want to pick a Jazz mixer a classical mixer a rock mixer and an intern. The idea is that no one can use anything more than what I used and that is Garageband with nothing more than what the free program gives you. I want to pick one of the mixes I did in Garageband and have a few folks mix their version.
Matter of fact I was talking to Robert Anderson about starting a thread called "Is it about the gear or your "ear?" These mixes sound as good as anything else out there. But who's coming out on top out of two skilled guys - the guy with the high end gear or the cheap stuff.I just mixed a record that was recorded in my friend's basement with a $50.00 MXL mic into a M-Audio 1814 interface using Garageband with (only) free plug-ins. It does take skill to record well (if you are charging you better have those skills). and why do you have any high end gear if the cheap stuff does the same thing with experience and skill?