. Simply, good monitors are very important. Video productions monitor using screens. Audio productions monitor using loudspeakers that are driven by amplifiers. Every decision made in a musical production (not only regarding sounds but also arrangements and even performances) is based on what everyone is hearing. For...

Once upon a time, I was doing the typical thing of going with what I was told worked or what I watched the engineers I had assisted do. Specifically, I was recording piano with a pair of matching microphones in an XY pattern around the hammers....