> it has nothing to do with hacking or technology > please explain how this belongs. I see no reason to downvote, but in some businesses they have a thing cal

> it has nothing to do with hacking or technology > please explain how this belongs. I see no reason to downvote, but in some businesses they have a thing called engineering. Recording engineers are their own breed and many of the rock & roll greats were not university-trained but through years of serious progress earned the title with far less likelihood than a student entering a traditional engineering college. When the Stones started they only used 4-track studio recording gear and of course it was analog based on vacuum tubes with magnetic tape. Fairly big sound they got. Today's digital engineers can be considered to have a vast array of tools which never existed then, and 32 channels plus. Even with all that and the best software money can buy, there are going to be some engineers who never come close to capturing the real sound of a 4-piece rock act no matter how much time they put into mixing it. Not compared to a hastily mixed cut from a legendary analog release. And state-of-the-art studios may not be able to record at all without the functioning or presence of software which is naturally expected but not one of the limitations or show-stoppers of the analog days. Rock & roll is just one example of how technology marches on but people themselves don't necessarily get more advanced at the same rate. Sometimes even slip backwards. But oh well, that's technology for you. Probably only of interest to engineers anyway.