What does the voice or instrument sound like naturally? What if we were to try and reproduce that rather than doctor something with more technology? I love tinkering with different microphones, eq settings, compression, effects, room acoustic, ext. But if the sound of a drum reverberating sounds like a tropical bird, I may look to the drum 1st. Is that piano in tune? Is the guitar amp ready to blow a tube and making strange whining noises? Y ...