The sound that isn't there...and then you reach for it

[PhilB]

Just wondering if you've ever been down this road...

The track is recorded...and you think...it really needs to sound like <insert sound you hear in your brain for the track>. And I don't mean it needs to sound like <insert guitar sound from famous record>. I mean, you hear what you want (in your mind), ever so briefly.

Then, you reach over to necessary effect (eq, compressor, reverb even), and you've already decided that a certain setting will do it. like yeah, I'm going to go for 120hz, boost by ....etc....and presto. Got it. Maybe you monkey with it a bit, try a little bit higher or lower...those are fine too. But the original choice was just great. You know what to do (and you don't really know how you know it...of course, there's training, experience, etc...but you've not chosen this particular setting before...at least not in this situation or with this instrument. but you are right.).

Signing off before I go on too long,

phil

[brandondrury]

Hey Phil,

I missed what you were asking, but I get the vibe that it was an excellent question. Help me out here.

Brandon

[DogpitStudios]

Phil- Sounds like the signs of a GOOD engineer. Its like learning a langauge. Once you've heard how something sounds enough times you have that in your vocabulary and you can add it when you think it needs to be added (when you just hear it). If your getting this it means you've become a real engineer, by my books at least (if that means anything).

Ben

[brandondrury]

Oh...no wonder I didn't understand what he was saying. ha ha