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68: A Noble Profession

Cortex

CHAPTER

The Black Monolith: How I Built It

I wanted to get something that was at least close to the cleanliness of audio books when you have high production values for those. There were three different versions of the audio composed from I think in the end, eight different takes and each time I was trying to get it better and more what I would want it to be. But this is also a case where I had to set some limits for myself and say, all right, after eight takes, we're done. You don't like it's not perfect. And this is where I did stop myself because I still don't like that final take. I feel like it's very close, but it's not really perfect of what I would

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