Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 28 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

Yeh, this is common.
I've heard of PPI (Producer Pleaser Indicator) which is a mixing desk channel not routed anywhere but can be fiddled with to meet client demands.
And there is the DFA (Does Fuck All). Similar concept

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  • [–] 12 points 20 hours ago*

    Yeah we had a DFA slider on our board! Good for placating meddlers, but also excellent for pranking new people. "If it starts to sound too tinny, lower the DFA very gradually till it sounds right" and then watch them very seriously fiddle with it for ages or until someone laughs lol.

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