I asked Steely Dan's engineer what makes a recording sound good

[Old Joad]

 

[craigb]

When I learned how to set up an FOH a long time ago, the tutorial recommended using Aja as the reference because of how well it was made!

[Starship Krupa]

Cameo appearance from good ol' workhorse XPand! 2 at 16:45. (edited thanks to User 9-whatever).

I can't ID the DAW, though. Nice look to it, dark, flat, with green highlights. When it first flashed by I thought it was CbB with my Green Flat Dark theme, but on freeze-frame, it's obviously not. It's not Pro Tools, DP, Logic, or Cubase, either.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Starship Krupa

[user905133]

4 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Cameo appearance from good ol' workhorse XPand! 2 at 6:45.

circa 16:45

[Starship Krupa]

On 8/28/2023 at 12:27 PM, craigb said:

When I learned how to set up an FOH a long time ago, the tutorial recommended using Aja as the reference because of how well it was made!

Yikes. I can't reference to the Dan because it sounds too good, like referencing to David Tipper. It just depresses me!