----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcos Sueiro" <[log in to unmask]> > I think we are saying the same thing. Again, I believe we are making these > minute changes because we can; and esp. because these days we can recall > many parameters. Musicians, producers and engineers --we are all caught up > in this (hey, it's even sort of fun!). > > Consider tempo, for example, versus EQ. The former is unrepeatable (by > human musicians anyway) to minute resolutions, while the latter is. I'd > submit the former is far more important, but we change the latter, because > we can. > Yet, the number of human musicians who can actually play at EXACTLY the same tempo throughout an entire song is either zero or slightly above that! (And I have played in front of more drummers than I could count...) Steven C. Barr