I've been doing this for more than 30 years, and one thing I've noticed is that we spend a lot of time talking about the items that almost never ruin a session, such as microphones, compressors, plug-ins, and converters. Meanwhile, the gear that's actually capable of bringing an entire day to a halt barely gets mentioned. The drive that won't mount, the network that suddenly acts weird, the adapter that broke overnight, and the cable nobody packed because they assumed somebody else did. I've never had an artist stop a session and say, "You know what this song needs? A different Thunderbolt dock." But I have absolutely watched the energy leave a room because technology got in the way of the work. That's become more important lately, as the modern studio isn't really a room anymore. One day I'm in my own studio, the next day I'm working in somebody else's, and sometimes the artists or producers are elsewhere. Many times, even the files are somewhere else! The studio has quietly become a collection of systems.
Other World Computing: Thunderbolt 5 Dual 10GbE Network Dock
REVIEWED BY Chris Gelin