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Cheap Audio Production

Posted by michael on from the get-what-you-pay-for dept.

OneInEveryCrowd writes "Rolling Stone reports that four out of five new albums are now produced by a program called Pro Tools (or similar packages) that costs $495 for the home version or $15,000 for the pro version. The article describes a fairly amazing savings in time and effort compared to the older ways of producing an album. I realize that a talented producer can cost a lot of money and some bands drink a lot of beer, but why aren't the benefits of lower production costs being passed on to the consumer?"

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  1. Old News by t4n1s · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow thats gret rolling stone. how long has pro tools been used in the studio (mid 90s or so)?

  2. Re:ProTools is a large reason modern music sucks by cyberchondriac · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I think you mean "Life after Love". If you believe in Love after Life, then you're pretty twisted."

    ROFLMAO, I don't know why, EXACTLY, but I just found that really, really, really, funny.
    (Gay necrophelia, no less :-)
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  3. sounds typical of record co execs by cyberchondriac · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Record company execs have been crying about lost profits for years now, due to prolific use of CD-Rs, Nappster, KazaA, etc. I suppose they'd feel that lowering recording and production costs while maintaining MSRP is one way to balance the financial karma. (Not that I agree!)
    I'm looking forward to learning to work with Cubase SX this year, myself.

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