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Originally Posted by yep
All you need to get good sound is ears, and focused critical listening. Understanding all the technical theory is just a bonus. And if you miss something, and get the reverb predelay wrong or set the compressor ratio to 2.7 when it really should have been 4.2, nobody is every gonna notice or care. And it certainly will not diminish the artistic merit or commercial potential of your music. Of course we want everything to be as perfect as possible, but at the end of the day it's the painting, not the frame that counts.
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The other day I listened to an audio book in my car. From a producer/song writer who scored 600+ golden and 100+ platinum records. And he expressed just the same. He said, the bigger bunch of theory (including composing and arranging!) he learned way AFTER having had a dozend top-10 hit records! He just had used his ears and changed stuff until it sounded right. If I remind correctly he expressed that all the theory he learned afterwards just made him faster, not necessarily better. And he mentioned that he is a 100% self-educated person and that this is the better way to go.
That is just the OPPOSITE of what clever studio gear salesmen are telling us. Am I right?