Putting the ‘Quality’ Back in Recording Quality

What is the minimum adequate recording quality?

This is a question that has buzzed around the audio industry since the start of the covid pandemic, like a housefly trapped by the inscrutable magic of transparent glass. Back in the days when we were all sitting in studios, recording on $1000 microphones and sneezing into one another’s mouths, the question of ‘recording quality’ had a…