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engineering mistakes on recordings

I am wondering if anyone else gets aggravated by audio engineering blunders.  One of my biggest issues is when the engineer cannot even get the ride and high hat in the right place.  Many times they are opposite, and very frustrating.  I know there are some drummers where this is correct but not many.  How can engineers by such idiots?
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ahendler
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I just get upset with crappy sound
Alan
ahendler
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Most of the young engineers today have had no experience recording a whole band, group or orchestra at the same time so when they go to mix the individually recorded instruments they have no feel for what that shoul sound like. When I started in 1963 we were still recording to mono so everything was done together. Nothing like that happens anymore. Also Protools made many people engineers who shouln't be
Alan
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