Andrew Barr

🛠️ UPDATE: YOU BROKE MY FREE TOOLS. THEY'RE FIXED NOW.

So many of you hit the Saturation and Compressor Labs at once that they just… gave up. 😅 I built these to handle a reasonable amount of traffic. You all were not reasonable. 😂 in all seriousness, here’s how we fixed them.

Here’s the good news… twice:

✅ Both tools are fixed, and running at full speed and can handle multiple people using them at once.

✅ They work great on phones now! While we were in there fixing things we overhauled the whole mobile experience. Try these tools on your couch… or your bathroom. (Not judging.)

If you haven't grabbed them yet:

🎛️ Saturation Lab
This shows you what saturation actually does, with real harmonic analysis you can SEE what these tools do.

🎛️ Compressor Lab
Lets you watch compression happen in real time so you finally know what the knobs do

Still free. No downloads. Runs right in your browser, including the one on your phone.

Get them here 👉 www.producinginthebox.com/visualizer-tools

And if you break them again, at least tell me what you were doing. For science. 😂

4 days ago | [YT] | 35

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You asked. Repeatedly. (Some of you were borderline aggressive about it 🤣)

I built two FREE interactive tools that show you what's actually happening to your audio... and they're stable now for THOUSANDS of people to use them at once!

🎛️ SATURATION LAB — Hear AND see what saturation does. Real harmonic analysis, four saturation types, and a piano roll that shows you the harmonics as actual musical notes. Your plugins don't show you this stuff.

🎛️ COMPRESSOR LAB — Watch compression happen in real time. Waveform before/after, gain reduction, transfer curve. Finally understand what all those knobs do instead of nodding along to tutorials. 🤣

And they're FREE! 🎁
Grab them here 👉 www.producinginthebox.com/visualizer-tools

Go break them. Then comment here and tell me what surprised you most.

1 week ago | [YT] | 78

Andrew Barr

I am looking to potentially hire a video editor. The edits are simple. Cut out mistakes and add my end screen.

If you are interested, email me at producinginthebox@gmail.com with a sample video (feel free to cut from one of my live streams or something you've already done) and I will review all the work and see who may potentially be a good fit.

RULES
1: We DO NOT use generative AI on this channel. DO NOT have any generative AI videos for B-roll or ANYTHING else. This will immediately get you disqualified
2: Edits are simple. My channel is NOT the next Mr. Beast. I do not need constant things on screen keeping people "engaged". My audience is intelligent and deserves REAL actionable advice, not the hyper-edited "slop" every other channel is pushing these days.

Send me your work, and lets see if you're a good fit!

1 week ago | [YT] | 17

Andrew Barr

I recently caught somebody lying about their usage of AI when making music.

I confronted the person honestly because of one thing. They were making comments to other people using MIDI instruments and calling it “cheating.”

I told them I was must upset about the false double standard they had, and how they need to tell the truth on how they made things.

First, MIDI is not cheating… not even close.
Secondly, state the facts tell the truth.
Third, hold yourself to a higher standard than you hold others. No one respects somebody with double standards.

1 week ago | [YT] | 83

Andrew Barr

7 HYPER Advanced Mixing Tricks Pro Metal Producers Use (But Never Talk About) will be out soon! This video has taken FOREVER to make haha? Are you excited to see it?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 14

Andrew Barr

Humans are better at staying on tempo than AI is lol 😂 new video coming soon. 👀

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 31

Andrew Barr

Going live tonight at 7:30 EST.

Your mix is 90% there. Tonight we're doing the other 10%... the part every tutorial skips.

I pulled the questions from my last 100 coaching calls and I'm answering all of them. Papery, lifeless mixes, no punch, mixes that fall apart on your phone, what actually belongs on your master bus.

Bring a snack. We're going live soon.

See you at 7:30 p.m. EST 🤘
youtube.com/live/m4BTLCshet4

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 13

Andrew Barr

Okay, this one's special.

A band I mixed for is letting me give away the actual stems from their song... AND allow my students to use it in their portfolio. This is NOT a small thing. Those are their tracks, their performance, their music. They didn't have to say yes, and they did.

So here's what we're doing: I'm mixing that song live with you, start to finish, over three days. Real stems from a real release. And you get to keep your mix and use it in your own portfolio.

I don't know that I'll get to do this again... it took a generous band to make it happen the first time. If it sounds like something you'd want in on, the link's below.

👉 www.producinginthebox.com/3-day-mix-challenge

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 23

Andrew Barr

Name a metal band

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 77

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Are you using AI to LEARN (not generate) music production, mixing, mastering, ect?

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 14