What are some of the most stupid things you've heard "engineers" say?

[Loren Littlejohn]

*shrug*

seems pretty par for the course to me for studios that have a well-stocked arsenal of pres...

While I don't consider it a moron statement, I do find it an excellent way to bilk extra money out of people.

Come the fuck on, you should know your pres and what works well and really well for what. :hotjump:

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

"I'm one of the most highly sought after independent mix engineers in the world"

Just kiddin'

 

[Skinny Viking]

^ burn me with him because fucking LOL!!!

 

[Plendakor]

What are some of the most stupid things you've heard "engineers" say?

"I'm an engineer"

Uh no way cunt. You better go a few years to University for that.

 

[TonyS.]

In my main job, I am working as a light or sound engineer...depending on the show etc.

One day a popular german band asking me, while doing the soundcheck, if I could turn out these one spotlight...
Me(standing on the light console): "No I can't!"
Him: "Why not?!?!?!"
Me: "It's no spotlight...It's called sun and got no DMX512...so I can't control it with my console..."

 

[Ermz]

Please tell me this isn't something they tried to teach in any sort of school.

Was, actually. The one day of live sound training we got in 2 years.

@TonyS:

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Anything Tad Donley has ever said.

And probably 90% of what I say on The Home Recording Show over the past 4 years.

 

[Carnivorouschrysalis]

>Make this thread a day or two ago.
>only expect a few responses, here and there.
>come back and see all these posts
>MFW.

 

[Star Ark]

I know a guy who has done a 3 year sound course who used to record live rehearsals with one dynamic mic on a mic stand. It was all he had to use at that time. One jam we needed the mic stand so he moved the dynamic mic to the couch and stuck it in the corner of the arm rest and for some unknown reason put a pop filter on it. The recording ended up with much more bottom end because the mic was sitting in a corner and also the high end would have been masked by the positioning. He claimed it was the pop filter that changed the sound.

I heard him complaining a few months later about how the mic locker at his university didn't have enough pop filters to mic up a full drumkit

 

[lee_mulcahy]

"When you're micing a kit, turn the gains up a tiny bit JUST until you hear the signals, then push all the faders up to max to boost the level, that way you won't get any bleed from the other drums" not long after this the guy dropped out of uni...

 

[Empathy]

I heard him complaining a few months later about how the mic locker at his university didn't have enough pop filters to mic up a full drumkit

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Was, actually. The one day of live sound training we got in 2 years.

@TonyS:

1. Thank God I only spent $9k on college.

2. Thank God non of my teachers were fucking retarded.

 

[StefTD]

"trust me-I am an engineer"

this quote actually works for every kind of engineers out there...

 

[bassguy]

 

[Skinny Viking]

I heard him complaining a few months later about how the mic locker at his university didn't have enough pop filters to mic up a full drumkit

this just killed me

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

 

[TesticleMilkshake]

>Make this thread a day or two ago.
>only expect a few responses, here and there.
>come back and see all these posts
>MFW.

Seeing that picture made me think of this:

 

[heshian46]

"trust me-I am an engineer"

this quote actually works for every kind of engineers out there...

This is actually quite true. In my day job I work as a mechanical engineer and we jokingly use this all time.

 

[JakeAC5253]

"The effects of the room dimensions and textures on a guitar sound once you close mic the cab are so small that it doesn't matter."
-"Pro" engineer on another forum who complains he can never get pro level guitar tones, yet insists he knows everything about guitar tones once the conversation turns to argumentation.

I RAGEquit. Actually no, I calmly discussed, firmly suggested, aggressively asserted, then I RAGEquit.

 

[Skinny Viking]

^ That guy must hang out here because I know I've read that on here before