Podcast Short - 5 Skills To Make You A Better Audio Engineer

11/20/24 • 9 min

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In this Podcast Short Julian explains his reasons for nominating 5 skills which he thinks every engineer would benefit from learning, and 3 which, while very worthwhile, don't make the list.
The original article can be found here and the article by Damien Kearns referenced in the podcast can be found here.

Previous Episode

The Amazingly Boring Truth That´s Affecting Your Mixes

Welcome to the Production Expert podcast. In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Andy Bensley & Marcel Schechter of Genelec. Where they discuss why a great listening environment is the best time saver, and how to get the best setup for our individual needs.
About Our Guests:
Andy Bensley: joined Genelec as Regional Business Development Manager in 2019. Based in the UK, Andy has huge experience in analysing and tuning the in-room performance of loudspeaker systems in a wide range of studios — from the smallest bedroom to the largest post-production studio.

Marcel Schechter: joined Genelec as Customer Experience Specialist in 2021, before that he already spent seven years as a product specialist for the German distributor Audio Pro. He worked for ten years as a sound engineer and uses his practical experience to advise customers on choosing, optimising and calibrating loudspeaker systems.

Talking Points:

Why a great listening environment is the best time saver and other benefits.
What to do about less than ideal rooms.
Using referencing to improve our mixes.

Finds of the week:
Julian: Zennor Sounds
Ashea: Hydraulic Press Channel
Marcel: The YouTube channel Audio University
Andy: Cory Wong - The Sorcerer

Next Episode

How (And Why) Did We End Up Here?

Welcome to the Production Expert podcast. In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by President of the AES Leslie Gaston Bird & audio engineer Ephie De Angelis, where they discuss their journeys into the world of audio and music production.

Talking Points:

Our journey into audio and production
What we get out of it
Inspiring others- the importance of representation, (you can’t be what you cant see).
AES and advocacy.

Learn more about AES here:
https://aes2.org