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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 73916" data-attributes="member: 277">Re: Grumpy guy observation about the X32 threadIt is somewhat different like having isolation and using room sound in the studio or dealing with stage wash and feedback live but the actual mixing techniques are the same. After all 400hz is 400hz etc. I personally think there is a great advantage to spending some time in the recording studio for a live engineer. You really get to hear what all your tools do on some high resolution monitors and you actually get the time to explore the subtleties of what everything really sounds like. As good as some of the newer PA speakers are they don&#039;t come close to great studio monitors in a tuned control room as far as resolution.The other thing is it makes you really appreciate live sound. You don&#039;t have to keep listening to the same song or part of a song over and over and over and over and over and over. If you think mixing a terrible band for a 45 minute set is bad wait until you are working with that same band on one song for 3 straight ten hour days. Then you get to work on the other 9 songs on the album. Even working with great bands it will get old.Another thing is no matter how good you get it in the studio it will never sound as good as it can live. Think about what everyone is playing back on.&nbsp; Mixing a fantastic A player band outside on a beautiful sunny day through a state of the art system with thousands of watts of sub just cruising........That is as close to engineering heaven as it gets. That is why I do this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 73916, member: 277"] Re: Grumpy guy observation about the X32 thread It is somewhat different like having isolation and using room sound in the studio or dealing with stage wash and feedback live but the actual mixing techniques are the same. After all 400hz is 400hz etc. I personally think there is a great advantage to spending some time in the recording studio for a live engineer. You really get to hear what all your tools do on some high resolution monitors and you actually get the time to explore the subtleties of what everything really sounds like. As good as some of the newer PA speakers are they don't come close to great studio monitors in a tuned control room as far as resolution. The other thing is it makes you really appreciate live sound. You don't have to keep listening to the same song or part of a song over and over and over and over and over and over. If you think mixing a terrible band for a 45 minute set is bad wait until you are working with that same band on one song for 3 straight ten hour days. Then you get to work on the other 9 songs on the album. Even working with great bands it will get old. Another thing is no matter how good you get it in the studio it will never sound as good as it can live. Think about what everyone is playing back on. Mixing a fantastic A player band outside on a beautiful sunny day through a state of the art system with thousands of watts of sub just cruising........That is as close to engineering heaven as it gets. That is why I do this. [/QUOTE]

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