RT the Engineer 🎛

Child of God 🙏🏾🙌🏾 | Founder of @_MadeSongs 📲🎶 | Audio Engineer of @GeniusMusicUK™️ 🎛️ | Bookings: [email protected]

[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Been building something behind the scenes.

Started as notes for myself.
Became a framework for my students.
Then became something much bigger.

Dropping it 22nd May.

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[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Brave man preaches the gospel to passengers on a plane. #christian #news #jesus

[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

It takes years to develop good ears.

No plugin shortcut that.
No AI tool shortcut that.
No course shortcut that.

Only time, sessions, and honest self-evaluation.

Put in the hours. The ears follow.
#audioengineering #craft #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Mix translation: your mix must sound good everywhere.

Not just on studio monitors.

Check in mono regularly.
Test on the worst speaker you own.

If it survives a laptop speaker — it translates.

#audioengineering #mixing #mixingtips
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Engineers who will struggle in 5 years:

Not those who can't use AI.
Those who can ONLY use AI.

AI executes. It can't understand a song's emotional arc.

Craft + AI fluency = irreplaceable.

#audioengineering #AImusic #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Reverb pro tip most engineers skip:

Mono reverb on lead vocals.
Stereo reverb on pads and backgrounds.

Keeps lead vocals directly in front.
Pads float wide behind them.

Instant depth and clarity.
#audioengineering #reverb #vocalproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The professional question before every session:

"What should this record make someone FEEL?"

Not: how loud should it be.
Not: which plugins should I use.

Feel first. Everything technical follows.
#audioengineering #mixing #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

AI tools in audio: where they win and where they don't.

WIN: technical execution, speed, analysis.
DON'T WIN: emotional decisions, creative intent, knowing when NOT to process.
#audioengineering #AImusic #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

What genre shaped your mixing instincts?

Mine: the genre that taught me to mix told me more about my ears than any course ever did.

Your influences are your starting point. Not a limitation.
#audioengineering #mixing #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The book I couldn't find when I was learning:

Fundamentals + AI tools in one place.
Updated for 2026. Written for the real world.

Out 22nd May. Amazon + https://t.co/oJGmscgqjt

#audioengineering #AImusic #ModernAudioEngineer
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Mid-Side processing: the technique that separates amateurs from professionals.

Process the centre and the edges of your mix independently.

Tighter bass. Wider mix. No mono compatibility issues.

#audioengineering #EQ #mastering
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The mix hierarchy nobody talks about:

One element leads. Everything else supports.

Pop: vocal → production → rhythm.
Hip-hop: 808 → melody → hi-hats.
#audioengineering #mixing #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The book is out.

Now the work begins.

Take one concept. Apply it to 10 mixes. Make it instinct.

Reading opens the door. Practice walks through it.

Get to work. 🎛️

#audioengineering #AImusic #ModernAudioEngineer
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

👇 Tell me: is AI killing the craft, or is it the new craft? Drop your take.

Tag an engineer who NEEDS to read this. 🔁

#AudioEngineering #AIMusic #MusicProduction

[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

They told you AI was coming for your job.

14-hour studio sessions. The fear of being replaced. The pressure to stay relevant.
Here's the truth: AI isn't replacing audio engineers. It's replacing the ones who refuse to learn it. 🎚️

[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The Modern Audio Engineer: Mastering Mixing with AI is the playbook for engineers who'd rather lead the shift than fear it.
📖 Out now — https://t.co/xBErVs6Zkl

[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Your first mix was bad. Mine was too.

Real skill doesn't come from avoiding bad mixes.

It comes from finishing them, studying what went wrong, and applying it to the next one.
#audioengineering #musicproduction #craft
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

The perfect mix doesn't exist.

The right mix does.

Right = serves the song, serves the artist, lands emotionally.

I've heard perfect mixes that felt like nothing.

Serve the song.

#audioengineering #mixing #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

AI stem separation:

iZotope RX or https://t.co/bysGxh5BCN → isolated vocals, drums, bass, guitars from a finished mix.

Workflows that took days now take minutes.
#audioengineering #AImusic #musicproduction
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[RT the Engineer 🎛 @RT_theEngineer]

Frequency masking:

Two sounds competing in the same range. Louder one wins.
Quieter one sounds buried — not absent.

EQ carve around it.

Give every element its own frequency space to breathe.

#audioengineering #EQ #mixing
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