#YouMightBeARecordingEngineer

There’s a fun meme happening on Twitter right now started by @RandyCoppinger #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer

Here are the highlights so far.

CalebBHawkins: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer You look at speakers on the curb during trash day and think: subkick or reamp?
Thomasdulin: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if while playing an instrument, you visualize the transients and waveforms of what you’re playing.
RandyCoppinger: If you get into an argument with a car salesman about what 5.1 means #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
CalebBHawkins: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer The Muzak in the steakhouse has a 18Khz whine in it and it makes you not want to tip.
lukearens: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you wear earplugs when going outside, because the cicadas in Missouri measure 95dbspl
MrStonebender: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you compliment a band on the room they played in, and not their performance.
SoundHow: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you think Glynis Johns (http://j.mp/ifrtUK ) is a drum mic’ing technique
SoundHow: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you get a little thrill when you see these #’s in the “real world”: 57, 87, 421, 1176, 1073, 512, 66
SoundHow: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you call volume controls “attenuators”
niall_obrien: #youmightbearecordingengineer If you can’t stand to listen to what’s generally regarded as a great album, because of its poor production.
RandyCoppinger: If you get your ears flushed clean by the Dr. and look forward to improved high frequency perception #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
enzian69: If your wife SENDs you out for some milk and you RETURN with a reverb #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
RandyCoppinger: If your favorite part of the President’s speech was 6k Hz #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
RandyCoppinger: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you soak your Cheerios in milk a bit longer to roll off the high end.
analoguepilot: #youmightbearecordingengineer if you watch live concerts but miss the entire show cus you were trying to see all the mic placements.
CobaltAudio: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you take your own headphones to use with the in-flight entertainment system
ianshepherd: If you find yourself it itching to sort the EQ out on the mic at your local pub quiz #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
theaudiogeek: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you clap to check the acoustics of EVERY room you walk into.
theaudiogeek: If you wear hearing protection while vacuuming…#YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
RandyCoppinger: If you own something “better than a 58” #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
jrlinks: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you always carry a bag of CDs with your name printed in the liner notes.
RandyCoppinger: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you always carry hearing protection with you.
audioalt: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If you are wearing a black t-shirt.
DoctorMowinckel: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If there’s a pop filter on your kitchen counter and that’s just how things are at your place.
analoguepilot: #youmightbearecordingengineer if you watch live concerts but miss the entire show cus you were trying to see all the mic placements.
thomasdulin: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you decide to tell everyone every time you recognize a mic on tv.
prodAdvice: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you can’t watch Glee without getting really, really angry
SlauBeSharp: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you use a pop filter when ordering at the drive thru kiosk.
RandyCoppinger: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you hate talking on the phone because it sounds bad.
allenwagner: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If you actually dream of cool new ways to configure your patchbay, and you remember it in the morning.
RecordingRoom: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you purposefully name your kids so their initials are SSL, API and UAD
ianshepherd: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you use “mp3” as a term of abuse
ngweesiong: #youmightbearecordingengineer if you use pink/green/blue/white/other colored noise as your ringtone to differentiate from others.
JasonMiller0607: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you think it’s awesome when you see the letters “ADR” or “SPL” on a license plate.
CalebBHawkins: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If you ask for a slinky for Christmas so you can make your own reverb unit with a little bit of solder and…
Famoustzvi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If every time u get into your friends car u tweak the EQ trying to get it as good as possible
gokulabhi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you step out for coffee n car horns seem to be in the key of the song you’ve been working on!
Famoustzvi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If you can’t go to sleep till you do your daily visit to recording blogs
RandyCoppinger: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if using ear buds *still* makes you angry/sad.
RandyCoppinger: If you have a Twitter account for the expressed purpose of talking about microphones #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
RandyCoppinger: If you hate a light fixture because of the noise it makes #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
RandyCoppinger If the thing you hate most about local advertisements is the poor audio quality #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
Shizuhi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you cringe when you see 2 people listen to music with one using the left earpiece and the other the right.
Famoustzvi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer When your wife tels u 2 go hang out with your geeky friends becuz she can’t take listening 2 u talk abut sound
allenwagner: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer If you actually dream of cool new ways to configure your patchbay, and you remember it in the morning.
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Famoustzvi: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer When watching a movie with your wife she tells U stop talking abt the sound design Im trying 2 enjoy the movie
CalebBHawkins: If you keep copies of TapeOp magazine in your bathroom #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
CalebBHawkins: If you can’t make it through the month without using the soldering iron at least once! #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
SoundHow: #youmightbearecordingengineer if you lust after Neve… … yeah, there’s no “Campbell” coming after that
audioissues: #youmightbearecordingengineer if you ask the person in the center of the cinema to move because he won’t appreciate the sound like you do
melissaatwell: You take your favorite CDs that will likely never be remastered & remaster them yourself #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
melissaatwell: If the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear “baffle” is acoustic dampening, #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
benpeilow: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you check that you can still hear frequencies above 16khz every now and again.
audioissues: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you sit at the pool and think the sound of the water might make a nice foley effect…
melissaatwell: If you choose which movie theatre to go to, based on how it sounds, #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
allenwagner: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you follow @RandyCoppinger
RandyCoppinger: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you avoid some restaurants simply because of the acoustics.
lexiin: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you read the #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer lists and recognise identical subjects from your own tweets.
melissaatwell: If you’ve actually done a “null test” between DAW #1 and DAW #2, #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
MelissaAtwell: If you know what AES/EBU, LTC SMPTE, MIDI, ADAT Lightpipe, Wordclock, S/PDIF, +4 or -10, TRS, & XLR mean, #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
melissaatwell: When choosing a TV & stand, the 1st thing you think is “where will the center speaker go?” #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
melissaatwell: If you *must* fix the hyped EQ settings on a rental car audio system, #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
luisherranz: if you always start singing notes until you get a cool resonance when you walk into… a public bathroom #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
ianshepherd: Ever spent time listening to the differences between two things that later turned out to be identical? #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
ianshepherd: If you’ve ever said “I love drummers who sing!” #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer NOT
ianshepherd: If you’ve ever contributed to a Twitter hashtag called #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer then odds are…
luisherranz: if you refresh landoleet.org every hour to see if there is a new beta of Reaper #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer
MelissaAtwell: Wish you could turn down that one guitar part on that song on the radio, then the mix would be perfect? #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer.
BenPeilow: #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer if you get excited about the next SoundOnSound magazine coming out.
RandyCoppinger: If microphones are kryptonite for your bank account #YouMightBeARecordingEngineer