Amazing ears

[~BURNY~]

I know I will sound like a smartass saying this but...
Welcome to the basic principle of mixing...
Still fascinating to watch George Massenburg in action tho.

 

[if6was9]

Anyone else realise that in the pic of the super treated room the computer monitor right in front of the speaker!

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Thanks now I feel like shit again...

 

[HvO]

Anyone else realise that in the pic of the super treated room the computer monitor right in front of the speaker!

yes, and his chair is way to much out of the middle!

 

[xFkx]

Teach me please, Ermin!

is it talent? or we can achive by practice? or both

that's why my mix seems so muddy

It's kinda like knowing more or less which note an instrument is playing, it's not perfect pitch, not even close, but you need some time to learn it.

http://sft.sourceforge.net/

this is for monitor/foh engineers, it's not the same thing. But it might teach your ears/mind a few new tricks.

 

[guitarguru777]

This video would be a huge lessons for any NOOB to recording. Great vid!

 

[Ermz]

Agreed. So simple, yet such a fundamental technique, and takes a while to develop properly.

 

[guitarguru777]

Not just fundamental but probably the most important lesson any engineer could ever learn!

 

[Jormyn]

I have to call shenanigans on that photo - one of the speakers appears to be flipped, and all the lights have identical lens flares.

 

[HeadCrusher]

It's kinda like knowing more or less which note an instrument is playing, it's not perfect pitch, not even close, but you need some time to learn it.

http://sft.sourceforge.net/

this is for monitor/foh engineers, it's not the same thing. But it might teach your ears/mind a few new tricks.

Nice find, thanks!

 

[Brandon E.]

I have to call shenanigans on that photo - one of the speakers appears to be flipped, and all the lights have identical lens flares.

It does look shooped now that you mention it, that cant be a real picture

 

[egan.]

http://www.blackbirdstudio.com
It's Studio C. They've put in an SSL now though.

 

[wibi08]

It's kinda like knowing more or less which note an instrument is playing, it's not perfect pitch, not even close, but you need some time to learn it.

http://sft.sourceforge.net/

this is for monitor/foh engineers, it's not the same thing. But it might teach your ears/mind a few new tricks.

thx for the link

 

[Omega_Void]

I have to call shenanigans on that photo - one of the speakers appears to be flipped, and all the lights have identical lens flares.

Actually many speakers have mirrored driver layouts for left and right sides. You'll notice if you look that the centre speaker is different again, with vertically-aligned drivers.

The lens flares aren't identical either, if you look closely. That effect is got with a filter on the camera lens.

Apparently it's kind of unsettling to be in there for any great length of time, according to some people who have worked in there.

Maybe that's just due to all the formaldehyde the MDF is offgassing?

 

[Brandon E.]

http://www.blackbirdstudio.com
It's Studio C. They've put in an SSL now though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCF0gwTWoE

What is this i dont even

 

[ahjteam]

George: ....I think you can pick out a couple of peaks, I can hear one at...

Me: *mind flash tells me 2kHz*

George: '2k'

Me: Profit!

Legendary guy, no doubt. Glad to see this habit of 'singing' frequencies isn't a quirk I've developed, but actually in use by some fairly amazing guys out there too. His method is very familiar, which is awesome, but he makes it sound so great with so little processing. True golden ears.

yeah. pretty normal stuff from the live department

 

[amarshism]

I was wondering where Andy got that picture from when he posted it on Facebook

I should have known haha

I had to share that awesome with the world.

 

[Jormyn]

Actually many speakers have mirrored driver layouts for left and right sides. You'll notice if you look that the centre speaker is different again, with vertically-aligned drivers.

The lens flares aren't identical either, if you look closely. That effect is got with a filter on the camera lens.

Fair enough.

Part of it might be the shitty image compression - nothing in that picture looks like it was part of the same photo. The video clip above obviously makes a little more sense.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Apparently it's kind of unsettling to be in there for any great length of time, according to some people who have worked in there.

George Massenburg

This is his room.

Excuse my ignorance, but why is that lcd screen blocking the right channel monitor?

 

[egan.]

Excuse my ignorance, but why is that lcd screen blocking the right channel monitor?

It's on an adjustable arm so you can move it all around. It's a promo shot Digidesign put out when the room was brand new as a "check out GM's new room w/ our new control surface." They probably put the lcd there for composition reasonsm but it's also possible that it isn't blocking the monitor at all if you're sitting in the mix position. Either way, this is a promo shot and not a session so there's no point in getting too hung up on it.