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From: Roland van Gaalen <vangaalenusenet@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: JS Bach / Brandenburg concertos / Die Freitagsakademie
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 22:33:23 +0200
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On 07/09/2024 22:13, Pluted Pup wrote:
> Is this a live or studio recording? In either case,
> the mixing engineer has great power to emphasize or
> de-emphasize tracks in a multi-track recording, so
> it can be a reasonable demand that the effect tracks
> be turned off, or reduced in volume, that can only
> come about from a rerelease with "re"mixing, provided
> that the per-track recording haven't been deleted.
> 
> I have the same view when applause tracks are
> *emphasized* by the engineers, or even "flown-in"
> from a different recording.
> 
> I like to say that the best engineering is the
> least, and what you describe is *intrusive*
> engineering that screams "wow, you can really hear
> the engineering!"
> 
> I've got a recording of a La Folia, where
> table saws are mixed into the sound, if I recall
> correctly. I can't be objective and say
> exactly that the recording would be better
> without it because as a listener/consumer only the
> released recording can be judged, not the
> hypothetical.
> 
> But bad engineering is always a justified complaint.


If I didn't like it, I would call the sound effects an annoying gimmick 
getting in the way of the music.

But I do like it, so I call it art.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands