Well, I thought I'd tell a couple of strangers about my first experience in a studio outside of uni as an assistant engineer.
I asked my lecturer, Lee, if he knew of anyone who needed assistants, and it turns out he did. The project was a bunch of old rockers (mostly over 50) who've been in a cover band for a long time getting some songs down to show their family.
I turned up this morning at 8:15am (15 minutes early), and waited for him to arrive. Then we opened everything up and started picking mics. We got to use a pair of Neumann U87s on overheads for the drums and they sounded fantastic (also because the kit, and especially the cymbals, were top notch).
My main task for the day was to set up drum mics (including the U87s, which I'm familiar with). That went pretty well, and then I ran mic cables and connected them up. Then there was basically just putting down stuff on the Pro Tools session as Lee decided what pre-amps to use, and then patched them in on the mixer accordingly.
The rest of the day was mostly readjusting mics and fiddling with levels, but I got my hands on some good vintage gear (including the Neve pre-amps).
A good experience, and hopefully one which gave off the impression that I know my way around a studio.
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