I am looking for videos that compare demo tracks to studio versions, videos that showcase good musicians (ones I know, not literal who's on Youtube) using crap gear, basically trying to find comparisons that include songs/artists I actually fucking know so I can get a better idea of just how much 'the studio' mattered to their sound. I'm kinda trying to figure out if I wanna pull the trigger on funding a studio trip to record a few songs or not. I can't genuinely understand what difference it would create since I have never done "professional' recording. All my instruments are done line-in so the bass, guitars, drums are all in perfect quality and I don't imagine I'd get a different sound for those but the vocals I record on a ~$100 mic and I suck ass at mixing so I feel like it might be worth going to record all the vocals and getting it mixed but idk. Help me out, I tried some youtube searches and found nothing other than a few clickbait "Here's a 47 cent microphone vs a $90,000 one look how they sound the same because I actually just recorded both on the $90,000 one and then EQ'd it to sound shitty" videos.
Like, I don't have THE BEST ear or anything but I can listen to Kill Em All, even the remastered version, and notice that there is no fucking comparison between that audio crispness/quality and MoP; Kill Em All sounds like garage demo recordings, hell on a few songs you can even hear some fuck-ups on the rhythm guitar that just got overlooked. So like in that instance I can tell there is a HUGE improvement by using a great studio buuuuuuuut that's on gear from 40 years ago, my worst vocal tracks on this shit mic have crispier quality than KeA did and my instruments are much clearer. I'm not 1/10th the musician but from a quality perspective my ears know I have clearer and more defined recordings.
Thanks for reading my reddit blog or whatever, please help kappa