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New Tech, Same Mistakes: From Tape to AI in the Studio

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Every generation of studio technology shows up the same way: a shiny new tool that promises to fix everything, gets pushed way too far, and only earns its place once we learn to hold back. Simon and Terry trace the whole arc, from wax cylinders to tape to Pro Tools, Beat Detective and quantising, Auto-Tune, stereo wideners, Atmos and now AI, digging into why the real skill was never the tool.…