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Doubling is . . . not what makes or breaks a recording. Top end gear and top end people make stars. There are always exceptions. We can all name a few no talent stars.



What a curious statement.

Earlier I said to assume talent, otherwise give up. By positing "top end people", you make my point for me. Maybe not the star's talent, but talent nonetheless. (BTW, in production terms "talent" refers generically to any performer, in the same way a doctor would talk about a "liver" or a "leg", e.g., "Have the talent come to my office after this session.")

If you want to assume no talent, then it is certainly not equipment that makes a star. Gear--in the hands of talented engineers!--may be used to mask the lack of innate ability.

It is by definition publicity and distribution which make a celebrity, talent or no. Awareness and numbers.

R.

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."