Hi Cpm,
yeh am totally with you. I am proper geeky and watch loads of studio interviews with engineers and (IMHO) a lot of them are desperate to hang on to the notion that if you want a song to sound pro you need to visit a pro studio, when in most cases, Mine especially, i dont have the room to get a whole band in here or the gear to accept that many inputs, and the neighbours wouldnt like it.
Ok, I get that if you take all your bands input thru an SSL desk and some analogue gear its gunna sound good, But is it required anyway with all the tape and saturation plugs that we add at the end anyway.
Agree you gotta get a good source signal, but once in the box, I am divided.
better put this soap box away now and release the worms.....but hey what do I know....learning all the time.