I think you guys make excellent points in defense of post-production.
I know more than a thing or two about the post=production tools that I have available to me (and am using them in my home-studio work) but I find that, with live recordings, the improvements can be more subjective than with studio work.
A prime example is EQ. perhaps my minor hearing loss leads me to think that the highs need to come up so that the deedle in the guitar will shine.
Then joe-bob@nowhere.net posts back to etree, "this recording sounds like it was recorded on a tin cain and string! Where's the bass?" Well, generally speaking, I don't care what joe-bob thinks because i'm kind of an a**hole, but he might be right. If I didn't eq it and he said that then he could REALLY be right but at least the flacs he downloaded have the potential to be eq'd properly or at least to his liking. Once you save a change like that, the only undo is to go back to the master files. (We all keep our un altered masters, right?)
This is a neverending debate. Those who regularly do post-producion work make a good case for why and I don't entirely disagree with them. the example above is just one reason why I, generally don't/won't do more than fades or -maybe- normalize.
the label doesn't matter really, i just feel any and all editing should be noted in the text
There it is. Imo, the producer/taper distinction is bogus. But not notating your edits, doubly so. If you make notes, then, it's all good and I think most folks here are going to maintain good info. That means that when I dl your recording and hear how good it sounds, i know that it sounds that way as a combination of the gear, placement, pa,
and post-production. Just one more element in capturing and spreading the best sounds.