Noise - the curse of analog recording

Noise - the curse of analog recording
Noise in analog tape recording, the cause of noise, and why it isn't as bad as it is made out to be.
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Should your microphone have character, or should it be neutral?
There is a current trend for microphones to have a particular 'sound' of their own, and microphone preamplifiers too to an extent. Is this a good thing?
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