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# Recording: Getting it Right at the Source
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/recording-getting-it-right-at-the-source/
- Published: 2011-05-12T08:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-12T08:55:00.000Z
- Description: The title says it all. On Music Think Tank, Travis Whitmore discusses recording and his chat with a retired engineer about getting it right at the source. Recording isn’t all. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/05/recording-getting-it-right-at-the-source.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Think Tank, Audio engineering, equipment, gear, instrument, mics, Natalie Cheng, recording, source, Travis Whitmore, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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The title says it all. On [ Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/recording-getting-it-right-at-the-source.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Travis Whitmore** discusses recording and his chat with a retired engineer about getting it right at the source. Recording isn’t all about the fancy equipment and instruments.

“A **bad source** coupled with really expensive mics and gear is like comparing manure. It’s STILL manure, it just smells really, really bad!” ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/recording-getting-it-right-at-the-source.html?ref=hypebot.com))