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Recording engineers frequently design components from scratch.

• CamperBob2 5y ago
  Yeah, he goes on to partially answer the question with respect to the engineers' role, but I still don't see what any of that has to do with production.
  • Q6T46nT668w6i3m 5y ago
    Nothing. This is his point. A producer doesn’t really do much, if anything.
    • renaudg 5y ago
      That might have been true in the bygone era of "bands", rock music and guitar-heavy genres that Albini seemed immersed in, but in contemporary pop a producer (or team of producers) is literally all there is, plus maybe singers/songwriters. And even if you look closer at rock, the most groundbreaking and successful acts have always been at the forefront of innovation in the sound / production department (from the Beatles to U2 or Radiohead)
• toyg 5y ago
  design-ed. I doubt they design anything in the age of digital.
  • copperx 5y ago
    Is DSP really harder than old school circuit design?
    • toyg 5y ago
      It's mostly that you don't need to, software can make pretty much any noise you want.
    • aDfbrtVt 5y ago
      Not harder, just different (modulo your definition of old school circuit design).