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[Music] it what's up it's wick from Wikimedia and today we're talking about studio rules so we're gonna take a look at the differences between a producer and an audio engineer the last twenty or thirty years a lot has changed in the studio and we're gonna be taking a look at the traditional rules of a producer and audio engineer and then we're gonna take a look at how this translates to the modern producer a producer oversees the overall production process he usually gets his projects from the record label in many cases the producer is also responsible for the budget of an album his budget gets decided by or approved by the record label but a producer can also be heavily involved in the creative side of things he then looks at the songs that the band already asked for the project and he can decide if they need more music or more lyrics and he can even have a direct influence on the song so the producer then can have influence on the song structure on the key on the tempo and sometimes even on the lyrics so many producers have got a great musical background and knowledge in many cases the producer is also responsible for planning the rehearsal sessions and the recording sessions in many cases the producer can also decide in which studio he wants to work and how many days at the studio needs to be booked a good producer is always present during the rehearsal sessions where you can still have some influence on the song or maybe lyrics or the way that something is saying the producer is always present during the recording sessions in the studio a good producer always has a great ear for song structure and mixes and sounds in general he also knows how things should sound in his opinion and how to create that sound the good producers know a lot about audio equipment and how to use it he knows exactly which compressor he wants on which vocal to create a certain sound and in many cases the producer is able to perform to mix himself so let's take a look at how the audio engineer comes into play here an audio engineer usually works for a studio and he knows all the ins and outs of the studio literally an audio engineer knows which gear there is which microphones how many cables of how the patch Bay works he knows everything inside the studio he can also be the one plug it into microphones during the microphone checks and setting up the tape machine in many cases the audio engineer operates all the gear de consul and he operates the record button in some cases he directly performs all the tasks for the producer so then the producer asked him - can you lower the fader on channel 13 inserts the la-2a on track 5 so he's really hands on doing the task for the producer the way that the producer hears it and even though there are still a lot of Studios working like this a lot has changed in the last 20 years we've seen a huge growth in the home studios due to MIDI equipment and synthesizers allowing people to actually produce and record music from their home studio so a producer nowadays can actually be a one-man army and he often can be the artist the producer the audio engineer the designer the promoter and he can independently release his record so he doesn't even need a record label he can work from his own home studio or small project studios and he can even compete with the high quality of high-end production facilities nowadays we've got great audio interfaces with really good analog to digital conversion and we've got high-end equipment available which normally was only available to really big studios I hope I could clarify the differences between an audio engineer and a produce a little bit for you guys today if you get any questions you can always post them down here you guys should be checking out Dave Grohl Sound City documentary which is really going in-depth about what I just told and you should definitely be checking out some more of my tutorials right here on YouTube so this was it for today I hope you guys enjoyed it and thanks for watching space [Music]