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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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stevecham
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Much of the time the recording engineer is not the mix engineer. Also, some producers/mix/mastering engineers have lost their hearing through high sound pressure levels and the end result, while the master may sound good to them, is a sonic mess to the rest of us. I cite early Husker Du, Superchunk, Guided By Voices and other so-called "low fi" bands as sounding like crap, when they really didn’t have to.

But then of course, there is the (Ringo: "one more time") Re-Mastered (!) market for us all to enjoy and spend our money on! Hmmm...
stevecham
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+2 for Steely Dan. Except for The Royal Scam (IMO), all their recording and production values were first rate across their catalog. And, TRS is still one of the better produced pop albums compared to most.
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