The Role Of Recording Studio Technology

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logue, stating that ‘the digital realm is very trendy, and it’s not a very permanent
sound, it’s just too synthetic, it doesn’t come from flesh and blood.’ (R. Robinson. Quoted by A.
Pertout. Ross Robinson: The Art of a Record Producer [online]. Available from:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Robinson.com. [Accessed 02/06/01].)

Another producer known for his creation of a specific sound is Butch Vig, who became famous for his
work on the album ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana. (1991, Geffen).

Butch Vig had a tendency to record everything dry, steering away from the use of effects when
recording. He would use quite a lot of compression on Kurt Cobain’s vocals so that he could control
his dynamics, and would also do some double-tracking.

Vig would record the guitars in a very different way, with a great emphasis on the use of distortion. On
the track ‘Breed’, Cobain used a Rat distortion pedal which was direct injected . The signal was split
and run into an amp and the direct injection was run to the board to create a ‘fuzzy wh...