I use first hand experience. I don't just repeat what some people tell me . Like some people ^^^. I've been a certified engineer since 2007. I've been in the industry since 2003. How about you? Just a wack studio in your bedroom.
This is the studio where I learned everything. Its an otari console. They stopped making them because they cost $500,000 and require $45,000 in maintenance every year. An ssl console cost 1/5 of the price and has built in compressors. You don't need a rack compressor with those. You see the 2 m audio monitors and the last genolec monitors ever used there. The right one failed first then the m audios were brought in.,
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The school was called soundmaster. After Brian Ingelsby passed. Pinnacle college bought the school. If you are an engineer then you will know who Brian Ingelsby is.
This is me on the same console
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I no longer work in music. There's no money in it anymore. I do post production for films from time to time. Sometimes I'm the guy setting up foley mics and boom mics. Other times doing mixes. Sometimes both. Last big film I was on was the Candelabra. Worked on small films since.