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Sgt Camper
Denying that buying quality gear improves your sound is even more stupid than saying it does. It's true to some extent (for absolute starters and so forth), but to get from a good/advanced home producer to a professional producer you need the gear. It extends the "sweet spot" for your mix, which in turn lets you create sounds more openly and still sound good.
I'm not denying that buying quality gear improves your sound at all. (therefore i am not stupid lol) There's a reason why they are used by professionals for sure. But I stand on my opinion that it won't make or break your mixes. I'm just saying that when you're new to this whole mixing thing, buying new gear isn't what you need. You are not going to benefit from them if you don't have a clue what you're doing, if you don't know how to use them to their full potential. I've seen a lot of guys first hand who bought an axe fx who only ends up selling them cause they can't get a decent tone out of it, that's stupid. Learn your shit and save yourself some money.