Audio Production Tips

1Production Philosophies, Your Ears and Critical Listening

1.1 Production Philosophies

As an engineer/producer, your number-one priority is improving your own skills, which is done by listening critically to sources and memorizing their sonic attributes. This first chapter is about how to develop a mindset that accelerates your learning in these areas, and also gives an introduction on how to listen critically. Remember that critical listening for a producer never stops; you never cease expanding your repertoire of internalized sounds.

I am not going to descend into spiritualistic teaching, but there are definitely a few different mindsets that I find incredibly useful to adopt during different parts of the music production process. I feel it ...