Who are some other producers/engineers you would like to hear from?

She is one of the most important mix engineer on the Latin music industry.

Wow she`s a force of nature ! she`s worked really hard to get where she is and it`s paid off. Knowledgeable and influential for her peers and younger.

Excellent interview. Warren has a skill for getting interesting people.

Wow!!! This is awesome!!! Love Maria's work!!! Greetings from La Paz Bolivia!!! Please stay safe

She is great!!

This was such a great interview! Had no clue who she was (not into Latin, sorry) but I loved hearing her talk. She's very articulate and had some interesting experiences and observations to share.

watching the course now. She's hella dope

Congrats on a great interview Warren, Maria is blowing up my youtube feed these days, love hearing more from her.

I’ve watched so many of your great interviews and this is my favourite. Incredible, knowledgeable and passionate person to interview and such a meaningful conversation, covered lots of ground. It’s great to hear the stories and lessons from the veterans of the 70s and 80s, but someone who fought and fought in the modern era to earn their place was inspiring . I’m actually past the stage of inspired and onto awed with her, the story of her journey at the start just had ridiculous tenacity, anyone who wants to make it in any kind of challenging industry would spend time well to watch this.

Likeable person. Good vibe. I would work with her. I think its her modesty and sincerity. Nothing fake or artificially added to her personality - so simple.

"Don't be afraid to start over." Man that's powerful! Very humble and a go getter. You gotta put yourself out there to be noticed. Thanks for helping Maria share her story! Love her insight on new engineers versus the experienced. I feel very fortunate that I studied music for 20+ years. I feel like I'm caught somewhere in the middle. I'm one of those who opened up Garageband and dove right in. But my knowledge in music has made this new endeavor much easier to learn. And I feel more inclined to learn the science behind audio engineering because it's all related. Music needs to play a more prominent role in schools! The skills you acquire through music is so beneficial for personal growth.

Amazing video, Maria truly is a genius plus the Spotify joke 😂😂. Lots of great information. Defo checking out the course

Wonderful interview! Thank you so much Warren for promoting such incredible sound engineers like Maria! Looking forward to take her course on Pro Mix Academy! Really great stuf!!

I live in Brazil, many great producers and engineers here Warren. Great interview with Maria Elisa.

Great interview! it´s inspiring to see people from this part of the world working at that level, thanks for posting this. Abrazos desde Valparaíso Chile.

The information and content is so fulfilling! Always something to learn! Cheers!

The whole talk was priceless. The passion for music and production and tech you both exhude on this video is contagious. And considering all the things she had to do, the hard work, the visa deadlines, the fanta cleaning, to be where she is now, i think these marvelous things can only happen when you go for them, head on the door again and again, working around until the world sees you. Everything that happens in between, everything you learn along the way, will come handy at some point. If you know where you're going and you stay in motion, there's no such thing as "wasted time". Thank you for showcasing one of the most invisible and important jobs in music. Without geniuses like her there'd be no good records to listen to.

So great that Maria shared her musical journey. Just amazing. Just wonderful.

😃 Thank you Maria Elisa, and Warren! 💖

Lovely interview and Maria seems to be a person that you could just sit and listen to for hours. :)

Probably my favorite part of this interview is how she describes falling into the Il Divo gig. How all of that can't be automated. Always heard singing in it's most pure form as if the music transcends the language it's communicated in. Many times I can still hear vocal melodies the way a foreigner hears the inflections etc. for years and not know the lyrics. What a double-faceted test of what one's made of, the ultimate engineering gig (from a professional and technical standpoint) & having to rely on the muscality and 'one's ears' to get it done right. Pretty awesome story. Makes me want to check some of Maria's work out. Thank You both for sharing this interview & helping to expand my horizons. Cheers!!

Maria is one of my top engineer and producers!

Oh my god! We were lucky enough to have her come in to teach us a few lessons at my audio engineering school in Miami about 4 years ago! What a small world! 😮😊

Hey Warrren, greetings for Colombia 🎉

Yes! Girl power! So happy to see this interview. First time I see a female mixing engineer and Maria Elisa Ayerbe is on top of it all! Very knowledgeable and a great communicator. Please do more videos with her!

Loved this! Lots of practical advice from one sensational audio engineer/post-producer. Plus a shout out for my favorite dissonant interval !

So inspirational. Thank you so much for this one!! 🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

what a lovely talk, Maria is so charming and humorous, and a total bad-ass engineer no less than the classic big cats, just doing the right thing for the current era. and she knows when to recap and doesn't hesitate a second to do it. ^_^ really joyful to see things going well.

All I can Say is "Wow". What an incredible, talented lady. Very charming and humorous too. Great interview!!

Just great! And as for starting over...she’s an inspiration! ✨

Thank you so much for this video, Maria and Warren! Maria is super talented and it's always a joy to get her insights. Best wishes to everyone for a great 2021! - chaz

She is beautiful, Love her ❤

She's just beautiful 😍 and definitely know what she is talking about

From Colombia; todo mi respeto y admiración.

I enjoyed this! Female Engineers Rock!

Fantastic interview...thank you Maria and Warren.

Really informative. Very interesting to hear Maria speak about how "real World" experiences...not relating directly to the task at hand...round out a person's ability to accomplish the bigger picture. I've found that to be very true in life. Thanks Warren and Maria...very good interview.

She's done good as a young person learning quick about good mixing. Don't have any experience of hearing her work yet. Her eyes are perfectly symmetrical.

Fascinating interview, thanks all!

This was a great interview! From around 32 minutes to around 40 minutes, wow, she drops so much wisdom it is unreal! Again, great interview Warren.

Sí, sí Colombia!!! Si, sí Caribe!!!

Great video. It's so interesting to hear Maria talking about her journey. I definitely have to check out her course. Thanks, Maria and Warren.

This was wonderful thank you

Colombia triunfando!!!! Eres una dura!

Amazing interview Warren, thanks you very much. I just grabbed and finished watching her course, very useful for me, she is really knowledgable and musical when mixing.

Great interview! If you know what you want you can make it happen!

32:38 that is so important, i'm glad she brought that up. I totally agree with her on what a mixing-/mastering engineers job is nowadays with modern technology and modern genres.

Maria is so freaking awesome!

Hi Warren, Maria, great interview, very interesting, have a wonderful day, all the best.

Fantastic interview, thank you both!

Wonderful Interview!!! I have massive respect to her skills as well her story (TapeOps Issue #135) it's unfortunately still very hard for women to get the same respect in a male dominated industry, but not on PLAP ❤✌Looking forward to learn with the new course!

Hey Warren, I truly hope you are doing "marvellously well' and thank you for these wonderful moments! As an ageing wannabe rock star from the 80's who, whilst having some interest, just never got the break, I'm finding your sharing of expertise in recording and production technique + your insights into the music industry as a whole an inspiration. I'm now the wrong side of 50 years old... very the wrong side, and although I've never really stopped playing and writing, it's not been a priority... you know, got to pay the bills, feed the kids and all that shizzle! Anyhow, I've never stopped playing and writing, and of late this has become a bit of a revival... am now kind of actively writing and recording what I would loosley describe as an album!... bit of a long way of saying, I'm loving an appreciating your experience an input/output! Long may it last!! ^_^

Saludos desde Guatemala María!!

She's awesome! Great interview

Such a great interview. Great content

Love this woman!!! 😍🌺🥰

So she is basically amazing. Viva colombia!

What a unique and cool story!

Great discussions!

Very interesting back story. Thanks

Fantastic! Greetings from La Paz, BCS, México!

Bravo! Thank you for inviting her Warren.

que bueno!

Great interview! Such a solid perspective coming from broadcast through orchestral into pop. It's interesting that though the circumstances were completely different her journey actually paralleled a lot of early engineers who started in classical and broadcast work before making the pop records of their time.

More of this!

Awesome interview, so interesting. Thanks a lot.

Fantastic job with this one! It would be incredible to hear from Blake Mills.

Truely geat interview, thanks.

Greetings from Miami!! Great interview!

I had a dream the other week and Maria was in it.

Awesome!

Vivió en Bolivia! No es como que sea boliviana pero es increible pensar que haya terminado el colegio acá

Aupa María!!

Will love to hear from Shadab Rayeen, Sunny M.R. 's interview on your channel. It will be a terrific learning episode for sure. 😀

Que hermoso es ver un gorrión de los Andes . Entonando a todos esos pájaros cantores

Watched her class in another channel. Maria is another great instructor. She explains a lot of her tactics / tricks.

Hey guys! Any suggestions for a good EQ, not a neutral one, more on the lines of Chandler’s Curve Bender? Thanks a bunch!

She's GORGEOUS & highly talented,I LOVE South American women,there must be something in the water down there,because as far as I am concerned,they are among the most incredibly gorgeous women in the world,especially Brazilian & Columbian babes,just look at Adriana Lima(Brazil)&Sofia Vergara(Columbia)&THIS goddess ugh!& then throw in the fact that she is smart & talented & excels in a male dominated industry.......ugh what a Woman😏😏😏

Great interview, I hate reggaetón and new urban trap, but she’s cool, and you gotta make end meet !! Jajajaja no seriously is amazing that Latin engineers are making and impact in the world, I hope more girls and boys get inspired by her to pursue a career in music production, but remember as she said to study music also, so we can have more musicality in the mixes and productions of the future !!!

Awesome interview, now I'm thinking I gotta do a Laura Pausini Metal remix 😃

That a pro.

What's the Cristian Castro album he was talking about? The orchestral spy music with flamenco guitar? Sounds like a fun listen.

She's super cute and super funny. I nearly fell off my seat laughing at that Spotify analogy as it's so true yet a lot of producers still haven't managed to work it out that the compression algorithms of the likes of KZfaq and Spotify make their petty loudness wars completely pointless. 😁

Aparte de ser muy buena ingeniera súper guapa

Great interview! Great content. Pretty sure that down vote was an accident

Ron Howard on Berry Hill? That is so ‘Happy Days”! “I found ma threell, awn Blue Berry Hill”. What would the Fonz say?: “Heeey!👍”. 😎

Isn't she lovely? 😊😁😍

pensando solo norman , música let’s support new artists from Paraguay.............

ERIC! There's a high pitched tone in this track that's raising hell with my tinitus!

Conny Plank, please.

Man, she’s very cute ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The old school tape machine the Fidel Castro revolutionary shirt tells me this lady knows real world problems good on her for all her accomplishments . Good old get up and go wins me every time !Would probably disagree with her politics(OR NOT ) but respect this woman .Thank you warren for always bringing things and people we should know about to the class.

Its like opening a restaurant without knowing how to cook today...

Little Wayne ? Maybe it's a friend of Little Pimp 😂.. I've seen others Interviews from her... She's a big name on reggaeton music.

maria Elisa is amazing person, she is very passionate about the music. would like she to mix a song, for me. email me some info please thank you.

Creative Caffeine! xD

What's the American studio industry's obsession with making people clean toilets and getting coffee? Soldering cables and recapping boards is one thing, but I keep hearing about toilet cleaning? Is this a way of asserting dominance? All the studios I've been interning in, the owner's cleaned their own damn toilets and vacuumed their own carpets. But here's the kicker, If I showed initiative, and brought in coffee and biscuits by my own volition, THAT counted for something. Know what I mean? Maybe it's a cultural thing.

Damn she low key shading on bedroom producers for not being as technically proficient to engineers. But the thing is the average person doesn’t really notice the imperfections & fine tuning, so in turn people just focus on the creative process of making music. Sure we’d love to know what it is to effectively mix a song but when there is so much misinformation on how to mix a four bar loop it becomes frustrating & boring.