by Clive Young Anyone who enters a creative profession, whether he's a filmmaker, painter, architect, audio engineer or whathaveyou, typically enters it having been inspired by someone else's work. Something comes along that blows your mind and leaves you thinking, "Wow, that's great; how did they do that?" It's a giddy question that drives all creative people at some point or another—but does learning the answer become the first step to creative drought?
"First and foremost, the most important piece of gear in the room is the room. It is the lens through which everything passes. In my experience—having been in really good sounding rooms in New York and poor-sounding rooms, too—having a well-designed workspace is the difference between knowing what you're doing and guessing. It's the difference between a project with several recalls and no recalls."—Nathan James, The Vault Mastering Studio From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!