I would like to see how one goes about copying a multi mic drum segment and blend it at the start and end points so that it sounds like a perfect match, and little timing variations are taken care of. Kind of like feathering the edges of bondo on a car dent, so that it will look like nothing happened. I do fairly well, but it's never quite perfect. I know, some will say just retrack, but sometimes that can't be done. These masterful edits are an important part of the mix process. If I got to pick, I would have two overheads, top/bottom snare, top toms, two room Mics, two bass drum Mics, hi hat mic.
Then, mastering say, a 4 song EP. I'm not looking for the details of compression or eq. More along the lines of do you line up songs end to end, or use 4 stereo channels. How do you level match between songs. How do you edit in pause time between songs. What are the most Prefered methods to edit metadata. How do you audit/listen back through all of the different file types like MP3, wave and the like.
Then maybe what might be the best practices 'producer hat' time saver tips within the current toolset architecture. Then 'engineer hat ' time saver tips. Then talent time saver tips - again, using the software to increase the productive time and reduce waste.
Then using the current toolset to record and edit audio for video, with maybe bonus footage on 5.1 and 7.1 surround mixing.
Then maybe, how we might go about getting certain older channel strip sounds coaxed out of the box for a Neve like 1073 sound, or an SSL G+ type sound.
Then taking a few current HUI tools and map them, adding common mistakes and troubleshooting tips.
Then maybe a best practices session on how to efficiently collaborate with another person on the other side of the globe as songwriters, then as mix engineers.
To me, that would all be akin to visiting Goodies in Bend, Oregon.
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