How did you start out in audio engineering? I'd love to know!

@leefchapman

Жыл бұрын

I was always passionate about music and learnt it throughout secondary school and went on to learn more at college. I also had to apply for other courses and felt that "music tech" would have been something I would enjoy - I did! I soon learnt the boundless possibilities between music and technology and started to experiment as a solo musician.

@MrPiratebrain

Жыл бұрын

I recorded at Sheffield in Baltimore MD. it's a great studio. earth wind and fire, funkadelic recorded there too.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Very similar to mine! Great and thanks for sharing.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

@MrPiratebrain

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Engineers mixing from home giving more inspiration day after day!!! Gear is being made possible to make these things happen!! Warren you're the man thank you and those you connect with to share the info you share!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching.

Takeaway: She was resilient from the get go, completely open to any/all possibilities and most importantly had the CORRECT ATTITUDE......takes guts!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

Working in this kind of space is SOOO relatable! Glad you're covering spots like this. Cheers!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

I love this space!! Thank you

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Danny! Agreed! So glad to be able to talk to Ali about this

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET you rock!

Many thanks to you, Ali for all that you’ve given to Philly 🙏🏽 From my perspective, you and Barb at Tin Angel blazed a trail for lady engineers on South Street. Thank you for sharing your story. I started audio engineering by moving from a major market (Philly!), where I was making a living as a working musician, to a small market abroad where I was new and performing and teaching wasn’t nearly as doable. Three years later, after going through COVID and having our first child, I wanted to stay working in music but needed something more flexible and sustainable. After thinking on various options, I landed on mixing as a pathway to engineering in general and eventually producing. Grateful to hear about Ali’s path and welcome it as inspiration for my own and other engineer/producer’s journeys!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Barb is the absolute best!!! She is a HUGE part of my journey. Wouldn’t be here without her! Thanks for all this Corey!

@fivebyfivesound

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET 🙏🏽 All the best to you, Ali!

Nice interview and keep them coming also can relate that's why Ali's journey hits a note with me....Our eldest Daughter did Musical Theatre for 7 years (Soprano), from 11yrs to 18yrs then got on a course that wasn't for her....Then went and did an Art and Illustration Degree....She's now a Professional Illustrator and has been for over 10 yrs, never give up! There's a place for everyone, sometimes it takes a different journey to get there.

Most interesting interview/engineer in a minute. This was rad.

I'm an old guy and do love the good ol' stuff but maybe not as much as I used to. 'The times they are a changing' and I love it. Ali is GREAT!!! 🤩 Loved the interview. Thanks Warren!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much. It means a lot and I am enjoying see the times changing in front of my eyes. Pleasure to share people like Ali.

Great studio, and great song!! ❤❤

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Awesome interview, very encouraging! Ali. You are awesome! I'm a hobbyist. So, engineer (poorly) out of necessity. Videos like this keep me at it when I feel like I've hit a wall. Your enthusiasm for your craft shows. Glad to see you found your path, or it found you!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin!! Keep going!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Justin for your great comment!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

You Rock Ali!

OMG ! I Love this girl ! She is DAF !!

This is a great story, funny how life can push you along without knowing what's happening, and all of a sudden, there you are!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

100%. It's stories like this that keep me inspired.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for watching! Its been a wild ride!

This young lady is involved in a genre of music where I have little interaction but I truly love hearing people who go hell for leather for their dreams.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank You for watching!

I saw Ali's name floating around over the last years! Super cool you got to interview her!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee. It was great to meet Ali.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANKS LEE!

Love Ali’s track! I was surprised (as much as Warren) to hear that all the vox tracks were her’s.🤘❤️

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

What a wonderful person Ali sounds great story. The set-up looks pretty tasty. Great video, thanks very much

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Joey! I really appreciate it

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

This is so, so cool! It's a small but effective studio, and Ali knows how to use the equipment she's chosen. That's what it's really about. And I love Ali's song near the end. This is awesome!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Wow, love this tight, effective setup, ideal for contemporary music. Never heard from Ali. Now I know, will look for her work further online. Great video, good stuff! 👍👍

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin!

Ali is right, it is super fun doing your own acoustics! I have a CLOUD stripped back gazebo, above are commercial acoustic sheets (black face) and use the gazebo for light strips. That was so much fun. Nice setup Ali, luv it!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Thanks Ali and Warren! 😃

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Loved this interview! More AMAC please, Warren! A mix breakdown or something would be excellent 👌

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

More to come! AMAC will be joining the Academy for an exclusive Live Q&A soon!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

MORE OTW!!

Yes, very inspiring.

Woo She has a cool vibe!!! God bless her!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

Great video, I enjoyed this very much now I'm curious to listen to her own tracks those vocals were nuts!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

That's very cool!

How inspiring !!!!!!!!!!!!

She is so humble and natural. Love her already

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THNNK YOU!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

omg what a wonderful screencap of filthy frank/joji at 14:20 lmao

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Greatest album cover EVER! Lol

Man I love her 😍 wow!!!!

That girl Pennsylvania Persistent! Hello from Harrisburg yo!

Great interview. And something we can realistically aspire to these days! Plus, iZotope,/Ozone plugins do deserve a lot more love!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! We hope to bring more content with iZotope very soon. Cheers!

Captivating interview. Great story

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

So inspirational what a story and a loverly young lady 👌🏽💯😁👍🏽🕺🏽💃🤩✌🏽

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, Jamal! Thanks for watching.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jamal!!

Incredible! 🎈

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Fantastic interview!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Happy Metal Birthday! 666k subs 😃 loved this story too, the location/room is so relatable!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😁

Love her Such great vibes

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@kodykindhart5644

Жыл бұрын

Of course you definitely deserve the attention

Intoxicating lady. Respect. ❤️

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Paul

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Two persons doing a studio tour from their seats!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Haha indeed

Lovely interview! Ali is so inspiring 👏👏👏

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET you rock!!

This was great. I learned a lot about how to approach the studio, the work and collaboration.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Sooo glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Glad we could share this.

Really cool listening to her talk about sound. Listening to people who know what they want out of music is pretty inspiring.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU soo much!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

You Rock Ali!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%! Very inspiring indeed

🔥🔥🔥 Inspiring fr

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Love her setup

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

I just finished watching until the end just loved this interview. you have interviewed some of the greatest. I could relate because I have a studio similar to hers. it as good speakers. I use the first event 20/20's and I do mostly Baltimore style house music. you are a vlog version of future music.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for watching!!

This is Very inspiring

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Ali is the best!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Awesome!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

Wow, what an intriguing artist/engineer. I love her! Where we going to find her songs???

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

On her website! Linked in the description

Inspiring!!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Manny!

I enjoyed this. Cheers!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Super cool video. Inspiring loved the Hiphop aspect of this video.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

Hey Ali my name is Maguire too ... I am still trying to get my Home studio working but .. it is more of a Hobby .. I am 67 & retired pensioner so really not fair to spend money I do not earn on Studio Budget .. But I started off just Guitar Singer / Songwriter & had such horrible experiences in studio's from ridiculous to just Money grabber's So I decided I had to be the Boss .. My wife was the 1st one to point out that having finally got a Song recorded I had forgotten to Perform it as the Artist .. Still trying & grabbing tip's & trick's from wherever I can . I actually live less than an Hour away by Car from the Famous Rockfield Studio's where one of Warren's much loved Records Queen's " A Night at the Opera was recorded " but since I can't drive lol & do not have a big budget I just keep on trying on my own .. I wish you all the best with your Career from another Maguire Scot's / Irish .. cheers

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! You don’t need a lot to do a lot. Keep going!

Great video/interview, go Ali go 👍

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Great interview, I like her energy and her song is very cool.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Scott!

She’s DOPE!🔥🔥🔥

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

Inspiring story. Cool to see that it’s possible to make a small mixing and recording space work.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

It really is!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

And it really works!

Great interview and nice girl to talk. Really enjoyed it.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Nice to see the Focals and Fusion in the background.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Marvellous

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

They are def my favorite view 😍

Great video! Awesome interview! Also love the Audio Technica headphones.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching. I should check out the m40x again

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

great interview 🌻

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank You!!

Wow! This was awesome! AMAC is awesome! Her studio is so very similar to my own home studio that it inspires me onwards to Greatness ( now wouldn't that be a trick 😉) . Thanks Warren for introducing us to AMAC. Maybe you can get her to do with the Produce Like A Pro Academy? Pretty Please :D

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

We absolutely should! Yes!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Just been thinking how I needed to hit you up about this!

@roxnroll8050

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro - that'd be cool! You also have the added bonus that she's a great songwriter and musician - so it would be awesome to have her course, inside the Academy, go from birthing a song (from nothing) all the way to master! That'd be sick! I can't find too many courses/videos like that in this specific genre. Great vid - BTW. Inspiring!

Holy shit that’s her range!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

It totally is!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

YUP!

Entertaining and informative interview Thanks

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching glad you enjoyed it!

Those Focals 😍

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! More Focal love coming soon!

@tutubeos

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro nice! 🙌🏼

one cool lady right there! inspiring interview, indeed.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Oh and agreed 100%!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

great interview

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Thaddeus!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

You Rock Ali!

that was awesome

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Teresa!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@teresasilverlight2759

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET I will be reaching out

@teresasilverlight2759

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET I have the same UA mic pre strip and I love it, very under rated for sure

Nice very nice

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET you rock!

Wait, hold up. At 2:50 when she says she's from Allentown, PA. My hometown is literally an hour drive up north in PA. So there might be the SLIM chance that we're possibly related (my grandfather was 1 of 12 kids, and had a ton of cousins). Either way, she seems very resilient and passionate! Always love hearing about younger audio engineers!

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Hey Billy! I actually don’t know anyone on the McGuire side of my family Outside of my Dad so maybe lol

@McGuire40695

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET i know so few on my dad's side, tpo. As soon as you said Allentown, i was like "hold up" 😂

Warren said leave questions or comments, and I have a question. First, GREAT interview by the way, and great studio. I have an Apollo (Solo in my case) and I see pros like Ali using a mic preamp in front of the Apollo, which also has a preamp... how does that work? Is it literally taking the audio out from her UA preamp into the mic/line in of the Apollo, or is it done some other way? Or does the UA preamp go straight into the Mac?

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Yup! Just going out of the 610 to Line In on the Apollo

@budgetguitaristcom

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET Thanks! Maybe I'll start saving up for a good preamp.

We need more women engineers! 🙌🏼

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

We’re working on it!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

We are!

She is Cool 👍

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

She is! Inspiring.

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

@@AMACULENTMINDSET you rock

Would like to hear her whole record!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

The M1 is superb, very reliable.. Apple's the best for pro studio and live rigging. Just not affordable for most starters in this. Just let us know what you'd recommend for affordable starters pro like reliable, proper, sturdy audio based laptops for great recording and live use please?

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could say it was anything other than Macs but it’s not. If you wanna do this for real you gotta spend the money. You can get one not fully maxed out and save but Max are jerks and don’t let you upgrade.

yo .professional ~;))

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

666k subscribers 😈

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

the apollo on full volume gave me anxiety

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha has to be to go into my monitor controller where it is def not turned all the way up lol

Do you really need an acoustically treated room when 90% of all music listeners listen to their music in untreated rooms. ;) I think only when there are huge problems with bass frequencies and reverb reflections. Think about it. Or ask people like Junkie Xl! ;) Greetings from Germany

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Junkie XL has a HUGE room. Acoustic treatment is required so you can accurately monitor otherwise you will be going back and forth when doing various mix translation tests. If you can only invest in a little acoustic treatment, also try digital calibration - or just use headphones. At the end of the day, these are tools to help you get your mixes finished more efficiently.

@mareikemacinnes7764

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Yes that's right, it's always a good idea to check the bottom end with headphones. My Superlux e.g. have 10hz to 30000hz frequency! Then I hear everything that my Adam TV5 cannot reproduce in terms of frequencies.

A female engineer❓ You can’t do that‼️ Just kidding, that’s so freaking cool. I totally want a girlfriend that does engineering too😊💙

In reference to your origins story and how you got into music production... Theres that old cliche.. "You dont choose music, it chooses you" Cliche, yep. True? also yep. For better or worse. Lol

@AMACULENTMINDSET

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha so true

Another great story of why music blows today