Always flat. Always.
Can always roll off the low end in post. Can't add it after the fact.
could not disagree more.
it depends on the music being recorded, but I've had great success using a lo-cut for, oh, almost 25 years.
if you end up with a recording with too much bass, it's virtually impossible to fix it in post. (whereas mids and highs are much easier)
why?
because you *feel* bass but *hear* treble
a well made lo-cut drops one frequency 12db (31 band EQ's are every 1/3 octave, or basically all the human ear can discern), and that's it.
the one for my Sonic Studios (not shotgun mics, but it goes across the board) will either pull 40, 80 or 120 down 12dB, and that's it.
and since *most* bass oversaturation is around 63 to 98hz, I keep mine set at 80.
here's a Sabbath show, recorded from the 4th row, DFC, with the lo-cut...you can listen to the mp3 samples in the comments...
if I hadn't, Geezer would have been a distorted mess, instead, this recording is *so clear*, your ears can lock onto Geezer for the entire show.
and for 400+ people snagging a Sabbath *reseed from 1999*, I'd have to say that I kinda know what I'm talking about, regardless of the haters here.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=626714