I look at it this way...
As a professional musician, and recording artist, I deal with this all the time in the recording and mastering studios.
Instruments are meant to create a blending of sound. If done correctly, one might not be able to always tell what is what because certainly in the recording and mixing of music, you can "BLEND" or what I call "Stew" the mix, into a sonic sort of soup. This is what I like. The analog albums of the past were often mixed this way.. for the listening experience, and the blending of sound.
Having complete separation of every frequency is more like dissecting something that was once living.
The modern digital approach to both sound recording and playback is more about the science of understanding how to dissect, or how to separate things that in reality need to be together to really be ALIVE!
Sure everyone is different, but having a bit of mystery in the music adds interest and intrigue, and it pulls your ear into the music.
You can take your basic kitchen stew, with all the raw ingredients put out on the counter, and eat them individually.... or you can put them all in the pot, with the right ratios, cook them up with some nice hot tubes, and come out with something much more delicious.
As a professional musician, and recording artist, I deal with this all the time in the recording and mastering studios.
Instruments are meant to create a blending of sound. If done correctly, one might not be able to always tell what is what because certainly in the recording and mixing of music, you can "BLEND" or what I call "Stew" the mix, into a sonic sort of soup. This is what I like. The analog albums of the past were often mixed this way.. for the listening experience, and the blending of sound.
Having complete separation of every frequency is more like dissecting something that was once living.
The modern digital approach to both sound recording and playback is more about the science of understanding how to dissect, or how to separate things that in reality need to be together to really be ALIVE!
Sure everyone is different, but having a bit of mystery in the music adds interest and intrigue, and it pulls your ear into the music.
You can take your basic kitchen stew, with all the raw ingredients put out on the counter, and eat them individually.... or you can put them all in the pot, with the right ratios, cook them up with some nice hot tubes, and come out with something much more delicious.