The domestication or democratisation of the recording process will never replace high end studios. This is FOLK ART - its people being creative in their own homes, the way Folk Musicians have always been - for their own entertainment & the entertainment of their community.

Note: Sound Cloud is good community and a top place to be, not unlimited free but when it says 2 hours, that's 2 hours of anything - MP3 or WAV or whatever.

It all helps people to be creative, which is what is important - whatever it is they're doing. We recorded our last album on a Zoom R24 with 4 Behringer B1 mics. We mixed it on the lap top using Sound Forge and a Behinger UCA202 sound card. The next album we'll do using Behinger B2s - probably. But the H24 is a dream come true.

My dream is to sound as good as Bill Leader albums.