Stagehand TV-Consoles & Controllers-1

Most people’s vision of what a recording studio looks like is a room primarily occupied by a large console full of knobs, faders, and flashing lights. Even software that emulates a ‘recording studio’ seems to perpetuate this image.

The reality is that you can – and people do – make records without putting your hand on anything more movable than a mouse. ‘Volume’ can be set as a number, and even changes in volume, pan, or anything else can be painstakingly input as data and replayed as automation.

So why would anyone still need to use what in some ways is a very old-fashioned and definitely cumbersome object like a recording console?