3 things most audio engineers get wrong

Stop making these 3 mistakes - and start getting consistent growth in your mix skills and studio business.

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MY FAVORITE GEAR:

Computer / Interface:

Monitors / Headphones:

Microphones:

Preamps/Outboard:

Favorite Plugins:

Instruments / Amps:

[smellycat]

1 - Invest on music knowledge over buying expensive equipments
2 - Record until you get the best takes, don't be in a mindset of fixing it in the mix
3 - Get experience and happy clients over money in your initial phase

[michaelcommisso]

Great video Roelof! So true! Shout-out to the PPS community!

[xanlosgames]

Highly recommend buying a cookbook or finding recipes thats easy to copy and write down, and also to make multiple meals (like 2-3 meals back to back) and freezing them, saves so much time

[HarleyBob]

Wisdom..Wisdom..Wisdom.. Great advice..

[ScottyWiard]

My philosophy has always been to use what tools you have and only upgrade when your ability to grow is being hindered by your current toolset OR the new toy would simplify your workflow.

You don’t need 300 different EQ plugins, for example, unless the EQ can do something that your stock EQ can’t (that is necessary for a particular use) or the EQ is doing something else (saturation, etc) that you can’t really appreciate until your ears are trained to notice the subtleties.

[mitchellp]

Yep! this guy will work! Nice to meet ya

[brajoco]

Excellent advice.... thank you, cheers Brad 🤓

[trulyintense]

Great info! Luv the painter/painting reference! I retired 3 years ago from painters local 781 & have been completely consumed by learning as much as possible about the art of mixing/production from a journey that started 40 years ago! It’s about the guy NOT the gear. I’ve learned more in the past 3 years than probably the 10/15 years before that! From watching guys like U on channels like this, give great tips & tutorials on how it’s done!! Thanks! For info!! HCMS🤘🏻👍🏻🤘🏻

[robgracia]

thank you great information and great advice

[snowandcoal]

4. Amateurs ruin well recorded tracks with too much processing.

[davidhayman]

Thanks Roelof, really clarifies what matters!

[taylorvolleberg]

I've definitely learned over the years that you can get incredible mixes with just stock plug ins and basic gear. The songs right themselves and in turn a good song mixes itself.

[nicholasbstone]

I could see offering a band who has a solid 10-12 song set, a free 3-song recording session. If they like the end result enough, they'll pay good money to record the rest of the songs. I'd do that if the band's material and performances were good enough to bolster my portfolio. If I were a budding engineer, that is. The music isn't going to write itself. A good band with good songs is worth it's weight in gold if you can tag them to your studio, even if they're unknowns.

[guitarplayer]

took me a while to figure out the cleanest mix is with nothing recorded as soon as you add tracks you start the muddying up process, you dont need tons of sounds, tracks, sometimes less is better, focus on melody

[BoldSound-ff]

You always saying on this channel about mixing template. Can you show the tamplate of Jordan? I was interested in this but cannot find template in the dvd Jordan talks abount in one of his videos. PLEAS!E SIR!

[BoldSound-ff]

also: eq.
How enyone eq: boost 8k by 0.5db.
How CLA eq: ckanking the shit out of eq and slowly bringing this back to where it feels best

[blackeyed.]

there is a forth thing all YouTube engineers get wrong. Taking too much on three simple subjects. Have respect for peoples lifetime.

[Biffinnbridge]

What a waste of YouTube. Never gonna get that time back.

[madlopherliy]

My skills kill overpowere every gear 😂

[typO]

I bet I can teach you to cook without stress.