Whatever system he gets the call for, when Smith arrives at the trouble spot he applies his own proven method for figuring things out. So it's basically a process of elimination. I just try to put the whole thing in perspective. I'm looking for an audio signal. I don't see it.
People get blinders in a studio, working in the same room for a long time.
It takes a fresh perspective. There's definitely a certain breed of people who are good at this, and some are not. It's a machine with wires, and when I leave it's gonna be working. Like working on a new Chevy truck, a firm grasp of what powers microprocessors moves the job out of the realm of simple electric and mechanical engineering. The cool thing about an analog console is it'll sit there and just work, but software becomes a whole different challenge.