Most people’s vision of what a recording studio looks like is a room primarily occupied by a large console full of knobs, faders, and flashing lights. Even software that emulates a ‘recording studio’ seems to perpetuate this image.<br /><br />The reality is that you can – and people do – make records without putting your hand on anything more movable than a mouse. ‘Volume’ can be set as a number, and even changes in volume, pan, or anything else can be painstakingly input as data and replayed as automation.<br /><br />So why would anyone still need to use what in some ways is a very old-fashioned and definitely cumbersome object like a recording console?
