stupidest things you have ever heard during a session.

[Avast!]

I was recording 'Snoopy', who once was the drummer in Love. Acoustic guitar and vox in my living room; the stupidest thing I heard that session was my PHONE ringing about 18" from his mic... but the lyrics right then were "ring, ring a bell" so he said to keep it!

[loujudson]

Today I was recording a sopken guided meditation, a remote in her office, and at once point MY cell phone went off (Twin Peaks theme). She said, gee it's nice to know that happens to the consummate professionals too!

[deft_bonz]

Not stupid but funny...

Had this week a new customer, a rookie with his first song, who wanted a mixdown. He wanted to be there and watch. I told him that's ok, but that I would like work without being disturbed all the time. You can already guess what's coming up...

So I roughly set up a mix after listening and labeling all tracks. There were 5 (!!!) layers for the main lead. I asked him which one "carries" the main character.

Him: layer/track 4
Me: ok (making it a little louder)
Him: layer 3 louder
Me: ok
Him: layer 1 too
Me: ok but layer 4 will be then too low in volume
Him: anyway layer 1 must be louder
Me: done
Him: now layer 2 is too low
Me: ok
Him: now the whole lead sound is way too loud
Me: oh no... strange (smiling at him)
Him: Ok I let you do your work




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[andychamp]

Live story: band's FOH guy goes on about how he's a "very quiet mixer", because his ears are still good, then puts in a pair of fitted plugs and proceeds to run the board into the red.
(But he had a kewl spectrograph app running on his iphone, right behind the meter bridge!)

[12ax7]

Originally Posted by andychamp

Live story: band's FOH guy goes on about how he's a "very quiet mixer", because his ears are still good, then puts in a pair of fitted plugs and proceeds to run the board into the red.

(But he had a kewl spectrograph app running on his iphone, right behind the meter bridge!)

...The worst case of "Confirmation Bias" I ever heard!

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[tmrstudio]

Client: Man, I just don't like all this digital stuff. Things were better when I recorded on ADATs.

Me: Ummm ADATS are digital.

Client: Oh (silence)

[monkeyxx]

hahahahahahha (lol)

[loujudson]

Originally Posted by tmrstudio

Client: Man, I just don't like all this digital stuff. Things were better when I recorded on ADATs.

Me: Ummm ADATS are digital.

Client: Oh (silence)

Just like people who want me to "digitize" their CDs. Already done. What format would you like?

[Dewald_V]

Just last week, during a session at a very grand studio, an uninformed visitor reffered to the console and outboard gear as "softwarez". I had to bite on my lip to prevent me from bursting out in a raging fit of laughter.

[andychamp]

Same soundguy as the last story:
I show him my pair of 163s and explain about the slider.
His reaction:"do they sound like LA2As?"
(that guy is good for a couple more, but not-so-funny, stories)

[Les Adams]

I was engineering the final mix for a Jamaican record producer. After hours of adjustments and fine tunig, he sat back in his chair, took a long draw of his big splif and exclaimed.. "BOOST ALL FREQUENCIES"... So I turned up the volume and he nodded in final approval!

[Jolly Jimmy]

Originally Posted by Les Adams

I was engineering the final mix for a Jamaican record producer. After hours of adjustments and fine tunig, he sat back in his chair, took a long draw of his big splif and exclaimed.. "BOOST ALL FREQUENCIES"... So I turned up the volume and he nodded in final approval!

Brilliant. But I'd say that it's more like one of the greatest things ever heard during a session!

[Avast!]

After way too many requests from the band to fix/change/improve things in a mix, I heard our engineer say "It's a mixing board, not a magic wand!"

[Les Adams]

Ok, here is another. Working with a "DJ" based band, they decided they would like to incorporate some real drum sounds to use alongside the loops and samples, so I arranged for a drummer friend to come along. Upon hearing this the girl singer, who was also involved in the production said, "Great, can you make sure he brings along a selection of rimshots, I like those!"