Spitfire Audio’s Christian Henson Interview

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  • Опубликовано: 26 апр 2019
  • I travelled to the UK a couple weeks ago to interview one my favorite music RUclipsrs and co-founder of Spitfire Audio Christian Henson. Check it out!
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Комментарии • 152

  • @numanuma20
    @numanuma20 5 лет назад +42

    I can't believe Spitfire was started by a guy who has no musical training making the best film scores from a laptop on a train. What an amazing guy Christian is.

    • @jefskott99
      @jefskott99 3 года назад +4

      Get on his channel - really great philosophical discussions and then Spitfire Audio channel really gets into the "how do you use this incredibly 95-piece orchestra that no one else's company will explain?" They make it easy to say yes. He makes it easy to say "I can do this with the tools I have."

    • @numanuma20
      @numanuma20 3 года назад +1

      @@jefskott99 I have been following his channel for a while. Great content.

  • @TylerWaltonMusic
    @TylerWaltonMusic 5 лет назад +204

    Avengers: this is the most ambitious crossover event in history
    Rick Beato: Hold my double harmonic major

  • @cryptoramma8458
    @cryptoramma8458 5 лет назад +52

    Can't believe I haven't come across Christian Henson before. I'm going to binge watch every one of his videos.

    • @williammitchell5795
      @williammitchell5795 5 лет назад

      A lot of great stuff. He's a bit biased by the use of old (read: expensive) mic's that he has access to in his locker, which is good a bad. A few introduce quite a bit of edge, as they are either limited by their design compared to some of the newer mic's that are purpose-driven for what he does. But in any case, what matters is that they are good for what the person using them needs. The fact that he is a bit of a luddite who avoids some of the better mic, recording chain and other options still results in some very nicely sampled sounds, thanks to his teams knowledge of how to place mics, as well as some great locations for recording.

  • @nickandrews3834
    @nickandrews3834 5 лет назад +43

    Spitfire are the drop-dead best sounds you can buy. Superbly inspiring beyond words. Their grids are incredible

    • @williammitchell5795
      @williammitchell5795 5 лет назад

      Most are what we would say are very good, and definitely better than what most have access to vis-a-vis their own studios. As long as they work for you, that is all that matters.

    • @jackgezalian7679
      @jackgezalian7679 5 лет назад +4

      *cough* orchestral tools *cough*

    • @HOBBITSODYSSEY
      @HOBBITSODYSSEY 2 месяца назад

      @@jackgezalian7679 vsl put most of Spitfire products to shame

  • @fivewattworld
    @fivewattworld 5 лет назад +9

    Excellent!!! Two of my favorite “tubers” kicking it around.

  • @thomasmcgill6918
    @thomasmcgill6918 5 лет назад +29

    Wow, Christian's energy is off the charts. Great interview. Thank you

    • @poulwinther
      @poulwinther 5 лет назад +1

      Imagine what the rest of us could achieve with those levels.

    • @radofficial4672
      @radofficial4672 5 лет назад +1

      Yes.. very talkative.. 👍😃

  • @dw2185
    @dw2185 4 года назад +28

    OK, that's weird - when you follow 2 brilliant RUclips creators and then you find this archive thing where they both meet up? So, Rick when you're in the UK next look up Guy Mitchelmore (through who I found Christian Henson) as he does music theory for the amateurs and dovetails your amazing examples on music theory in practice....I think you could have a really good time!

    • @matthewg.garcia9415
      @matthewg.garcia9415 3 года назад +2

      Guy does some of my favorite videos!

    • @jefskott99
      @jefskott99 3 года назад +3

      I tried to not like Guy Michelmore initially (I love Christian's stuff) but yeah, Guy does grow on you and he's got some great theory and generally "How do you make music" videos. Great stuff and thanks for the reminder.

  • @ScottMcDavid-Music
    @ScottMcDavid-Music 5 лет назад +1

    I've been watching both of you guys for about 3 years... always love it, and appreciate it. My thanks.

  • @felixsmittick9128
    @felixsmittick9128 5 лет назад +8

    I could listen to you guys chatting all day. Great interview.

  • @charlesrobichaud-parahawkm4088
    @charlesrobichaud-parahawkm4088 3 года назад +1

    Thank you Rick ..you and Christen are awesome. Im so glad you are willing to share.

  • @mgscheue
    @mgscheue 5 лет назад +4

    I've been so looking forward to this! Love Christian.

  • @Beebo
    @Beebo 5 лет назад +7

    Great follow-up video (with you being interviewed first)! Though I must say, that there is some sort of high frequency in this audio which is really bugging my ear (like 12kHz and above) it's like a high hissing noise.

  • @NasserSharaf
    @NasserSharaf 5 лет назад +1

    Wow Great to see Christian on your channel! His enthusiasm and energy is so infectious!. Spitfire have really raised the bar with sample libraries in terms of audio quality, depth of sampling, and control.... they are a staple in every project and have been so inspiring.

  • @gjtube37
    @gjtube37 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome interview, thank you! Love Christian, Spitfire and Christian's RUclips channel!

  • @keiththeodosiou
    @keiththeodosiou 5 лет назад +4

    I think it is so vital for composers to listen to other composers and hear about their journeys and how they work within music.
    That will always help you progress in your own journey and give you ideas you never thought of.
    Thanks for the insight Rick and Christian.

  • @ronniewrong1539
    @ronniewrong1539 5 лет назад +3

    This channel's content just keeps getting more diverse and expansive. I love it. And I love that it seems to be picking up steam.

  • @guitarnut6144
    @guitarnut6144 5 лет назад +3

    Hi Rick, I just recently discovered your channel and I really dig it. Lot's of good info and I think your passion comes through. Thanks.

  • @JayKay0245
    @JayKay0245 5 лет назад +1

    Great to see you two guys in conversation so interesting as always!

  • @restlessmusemusic
    @restlessmusemusic 3 года назад

    these two interviews are so interesting, thank you both

  • @thermalegoogle
    @thermalegoogle 5 лет назад +7

    Dream conversation here Rick, thanks so much for doing this

  • @martingravel1157
    @martingravel1157 5 лет назад +6

    Love the fast pacing of Christian's vids!

  • @seamusthebogman
    @seamusthebogman 5 лет назад

    Great to see you two together - I recently discovered and subscribed to Christian's most informative and entertaining channel.

  • @indiefilmcomposer
    @indiefilmcomposer 4 года назад

    wonderful chat guys ! love the scoring insights into tools created from cues , no wonder they are so useful

  • @michaelbelligoi6335
    @michaelbelligoi6335 5 лет назад +3

    Great interview Rick. You left the interviewee plenty of space and great editing.

  • @AmandaKaymusic
    @AmandaKaymusic 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks Christian and Rick. The viola makes up for the less swift parts with the beautiful warmer tone and its rarity in other than classical. Rooms tonal quality is such a valuable resonance knowledge and near impossible to capture.

  • @trollstjerne
    @trollstjerne 5 лет назад +5

    Great video Rick and Christian!

  • @tubadylan
    @tubadylan 5 лет назад

    Great interview, Rick. I pretty much have everything Spitfire has put out from the beginning. It is my favorite sample library, by far.

  • @kenknoph
    @kenknoph 5 лет назад

    Great video Rick. I've never seen Christians videos before but sure will, and yours of course. Learning loads everytime. Thank you very much.

  • @aarondicker
    @aarondicker 3 года назад

    This was a great watch, big fan of you both.

  • @garaughty
    @garaughty 5 лет назад +1

    Such an awesome interview with 2 of my fav RUclipsrs !

  • @BV_Beve
    @BV_Beve 5 лет назад

    Great Rick thanks ! and Christian, enthusiasm personified ! However many views this video gets ... it deserves so many more

  • @MattLeGroulx
    @MattLeGroulx 5 лет назад +8

    The royalty bit really warmed my heart.

  • @ElmoSyr
    @ElmoSyr 5 лет назад +1

    Two of my favourite music-RUclipsrs at play! So awesome!

  • @Andersabjorn1
    @Andersabjorn1 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you, Rick! You are a true inspiration that helps songwriters and musicians to develop our crafts!
    You keep me going on and on! 😊👍

    • @Andersabjorn1
      @Andersabjorn1 5 лет назад

      I forgot to mention that I enjoy these kind of interviews 😊🎶

  • @omnijack
    @omnijack 5 лет назад

    It’s great (if mildly surreal) to see you both! Discovered both of you last year haha

  • @daleturner
    @daleturner 5 лет назад

    WOW!! What an inspiring mix of topics covered in this rad vid! Among other things gleaned, I had no idea Spitfire also paid royalties to players whom actually participated in the recordings of theirr libraries. Thanks so much for sharing this meeting of the beastly muso minds!!

  • @BrandochGarage
    @BrandochGarage 5 лет назад +1

    I'd never heard of this fellow and his channel, but I have a feeling I will really like it!

  • @jeffthurston
    @jeffthurston 5 лет назад +6

    The UN-Interview. Flick the switch and his mind dump starts. You just listened and interjected to steer course. Awesome interview Rick.

  • @guillermodelnoche
    @guillermodelnoche 5 лет назад +32

    Being a Sustain pedal tart is the oldest human profession.

  • @MarcoPolux
    @MarcoPolux 5 лет назад

    They both should do more things together. What a great two personalities and musicians from whom I've learned a lot. Great episode!

  • @castlestreetrecords
    @castlestreetrecords 5 лет назад +3

    I love christian thanks for telling others about his awesome channel rick

  • @Bati_
    @Bati_ 5 лет назад +4

    Wow! Thank you for providing this video! Such a great interview and thanks to you I've discovered a hidden gem today, his channel is totally incredible! Thank you, Mr. Beato! Greetings from Turkey! Big love and respect!

  • @JasonRubenstein2007
    @JasonRubenstein2007 5 лет назад

    Great interview!

  • @MichaelNight
    @MichaelNight 2 года назад +1

    This is like watching Tony Stark meet Stephen Strange. Great video!

  • @donmills7055
    @donmills7055 5 лет назад

    I LOVE Christian’s channel. The video he did with the ice is incredible

  • @darz_k.
    @darz_k. 3 года назад

    Briiiilliant - great interview and info
    ;o,

  • @nickcormier
    @nickcormier 5 лет назад

    Another great video Rick!

  • @MusicForIncome
    @MusicForIncome 3 года назад

    Two great, knowledgeable guys: What a pleasure to watch this interview.

  • @burado1974
    @burado1974 2 года назад

    I've on this channel forever, I must have missed this one, love Spitfire and LABS.

  • @Sal-tripin
    @Sal-tripin 5 лет назад

    Great work. keep it up!

  • @JapaneseModernist
    @JapaneseModernist 5 лет назад

    Great video, thank you

  • @ShaunaMarieSings
    @ShaunaMarieSings 5 лет назад +4

    What an excellent interview...Christian is an awesome guy!!! 💗💗💗

  • @jimbeaux4988
    @jimbeaux4988 5 лет назад

    Awesome. I've always been interested in this guy.

  • @tobins6800
    @tobins6800 5 лет назад

    I subscribed to Christian's channel after watching the Ice sample vid, watched a couple others, and then subbed.

  • @cwgochris71
    @cwgochris71 5 лет назад +1

    Spitfire's Bernard Herrmann sample library was like a dream come true for me. Great collection of instruments, and the sound is amaaaaaazing.

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you Christian, and Rick. 😃

  • @JeffoftheShout
    @JeffoftheShout 5 лет назад +4

    15:07 , Amen! I’m now inspired to start making my own samples!! 👍🏼

  • @Markplaysmusic
    @Markplaysmusic 6 месяцев назад

    Why haven't I seen this before? Christian and Paul are amazing and Spitfire has come so far.

  • @rdpatterson2682
    @rdpatterson2682 5 лет назад +2

    Great stuff.

  • @gpeterson999
    @gpeterson999 4 года назад +1

    Rick, if you're ever back there, it would be interesting to get into one of Christian's musical scores and break down the theory (especially since he is self taught), production techniques, sampling process and use, etc. He's very interesting. Amazing story about his brother going to do a duet with his younger self using samples.

  • @TLMuse
    @TLMuse 5 лет назад +2

    Fantastic interview! I'm not a composer, but I've enjoyed the Spitfire "cribs," and it was great to get better acquainted with Chris & Co here. My favorite part may be learning that Spitfire's sample artists get royalties for their work-brilliant! Is this standard practice among sample library producers, or is Spitfire Audio somewhat special in this regard? -Tom

  • @Sooby007
    @Sooby007 5 лет назад +4

    The best!

  • @gordonmckiernan4725
    @gordonmckiernan4725 5 лет назад +12

    Christian Henson: 2:01 "...I don't read music...", Me: [Jaw hits floor]

    • @jimswainston
      @jimswainston 5 лет назад +3

      Then at 25:48 he talks about looking through Bernard Hermann's scores

    • @PeterInglisb2r
      @PeterInglisb2r 5 лет назад

      @@jimswainston Exactly. These non-literacy memes are sooooo bad.

  • @samecoff2788
    @samecoff2788 4 года назад

    So here’s something that I imagine is a switch for most people. I am a long time watcher/subscriber of Christian’s channel, and discovered Rick channel because of this interview!

  • @ROBRESETAR
    @ROBRESETAR 4 года назад

    Wow! My 2 absolute favorite RUclips music guys. MUST SEE TV.

  • @drjazz7278
    @drjazz7278 4 года назад +1

    yep the London to Edinburgh east coast train journey is fab. Remember it well going up to Uni in Dundee. Next time anyone goes down to Brighton from London and fancies some cinematic music inspiring scenery get a window seat on the right and be mesmerized as you go over the Ouse valley viaduct just north of Haywards Heath.

  • @JonMulveyGuitar
    @JonMulveyGuitar 5 лет назад

    Wow!! Last time I checked it was 78.000 subs. Come on 1 Million!:-) Go Rick Go!!

  • @andreasheierre8915
    @andreasheierre8915 3 года назад +1

    Two of my favourite youtubers in the same video - wow! Bring Guy Michelmore next time, and my brain will implode!

  • @TerenceKearns
    @TerenceKearns 3 года назад

    That was great. Really inspirational for me.

    • @TerenceKearns
      @TerenceKearns 3 года назад

      Two of my favourite music you tubers

  • @sdjohnston67
    @sdjohnston67 5 лет назад

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @montraix
    @montraix 5 лет назад +1

    Love Christian and Spitfire. I own chamber strings and I’m trying to decide between Spitfire’s Hans Zimmer and Symphony Orchestra for my primary orchestra, can’t decide.
    Which would you do for symphonic composition AND film scoring, Rick?

  • @sallyschildcare
    @sallyschildcare 5 лет назад +6

    Never seen RB so quiet :-)

  • @alejandronieto576
    @alejandronieto576 4 года назад

    Thanks Rick

  • @jazzerson7087
    @jazzerson7087 5 лет назад +1

    Elaborating on what Christian said, his dad Nicky Henson appeared in Fawlty Towers, only the greatest comedy series of alltime! His granddad Leslie was a famous stage actor who starred in the original British production of Funny Face at the Princes Theater with Fred Astaire in the late 20s! Pretty cool connection there Rick! I saw one of Christian's videos once when he was saying that they don't look after musicians in the UK and there's an atmosphere of "get a real job" and it's very true!

  • @duncanthompson957
    @duncanthompson957 5 лет назад

    What delightful people.

  • @ruggedtrucks
    @ruggedtrucks 5 лет назад +13

    The light bulb behind Ricks head looks like he’s getting lots of new ideas.

  • @RetireMentalityChallenged
    @RetireMentalityChallenged 5 лет назад +1

    I'm an Albion user and. Love their stuff have their pipe organ and harp libs. Love their stuff. I only wish you could eliminate that computer latency issue without spending a fortune on auxiliary gear...

  • @TheSpoonwood
    @TheSpoonwood 5 лет назад +1

    jesus , two brilliant guys

  • @TiagoLageira
    @TiagoLageira 5 лет назад

    Great how he plays the rhythms kinda floating with the click going 👍

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures3889 3 года назад

    Did you mention Pianobook? There was a lot to take in there even though I keep up with Spitfire. Christian reminds me of that Taz character from Warner Bros.

  • @sixmonthssleep3057
    @sixmonthssleep3057 5 лет назад

    Yeah, I love Christian. You two need to team up!

  • @psycofdo
    @psycofdo 5 лет назад +1

    I've been using sptifire albion for a backing track... and had an issue i suspect goes across all libraries... the control of the initial attack length. The sounds i used where recorded following a drum kit and other instruments with a very immediate attack, and the result sounded very odd rhythmically . I thought i had an ear fatigue moment, but after listening closely i found the attack on the spitfire samples was very real and beautiful, but also very long. So i had to compensate for that and had to take all sounds recorded with spitfire a bit behind the beat on the grid... by hand. It was really time consuming and hard to get consistent figures on very rhythmic passages. Checked forums for something i was missing and found many people had the same issue not only with spitfire, but with many other libraries. Again, am I missing something or is this something we have to live with??

  • @charlesgaskell5899
    @charlesgaskell5899 5 лет назад

    Next time you're in the UK you should make time to come up to Edinburgh and check out the (extinct) volcano for yourself...Glad to see that you and Christian are talking to each other!

  • @richardsomerville5725
    @richardsomerville5725 5 лет назад

    Top stuff chaps

  • @burningjoe
    @burningjoe 5 лет назад +2

    the Spitfire video Creative Cribs: Nathan Barr Composer of 'The Americans' is a must see. The 1928 Wurlitzer Orchestral-Cathedral Model Organ he does a literal walk though of is amazing!!!

    • @molem348
      @molem348 5 лет назад

      Blew my mind!

    • @indiefilmcomposer
      @indiefilmcomposer 4 года назад

      Joe Rivas I saw that it was amazing, and really wondered how is that expansive studio and vintage gear funded....he is a successful composer but I don’t think one of the top A listed scoring 50MM budget films

  • @SimpleManGuitars1973
    @SimpleManGuitars1973 5 лет назад

    Man that's really cool that he's friends with Harry Gregson Williams! His Metal Gear work is the bomb!!!

  • @vodo2689
    @vodo2689 5 лет назад

    Yeyyyyyyy!

  • @tranceemerson8325
    @tranceemerson8325 5 лет назад +1

    I wanted to ask Christian, is it possible to record an orchestra in a way that keeps the realism of the orchestra? I really want to isolate each instrument and then convolve them into one hall, and trigger each instrument based on the number of notes in each section. I don't know the ins and outs so how would you think would be best?

  • @maninthecrowd5076
    @maninthecrowd5076 3 года назад

    Christian has one of the best narration style among music youtubers.

  • @MaxedMusicArts
    @MaxedMusicArts 5 лет назад +1

    Can anyone tell me what the legal aspects of paying royalties to musicians for sample libraries looks like? Is that defined? Is it optional?
    What about work for hire agreements? I wan't to be fair towards my musicians, just trying to figure out what the right thing to do is

  • @vleevision7787
    @vleevision7787 4 года назад

    RETURN VOLLEY !!! AWESOMENESS~~!!!

  • @vodo2689
    @vodo2689 5 лет назад +1

    Es ist gold

  • @thomasmcgill6918
    @thomasmcgill6918 5 лет назад

    I forgot to mention Albion 1 is my go to sample library for almost everything I do. Beautiful sounding....

  • @RaysTrack
    @RaysTrack 4 года назад

    I'd love to hear a Beato/Henson composition / production.

  • @deafconmediaZA
    @deafconmediaZA 5 лет назад +2

    That guy is living my dream

    • @TaffmanGuyo
      @TaffmanGuyo 5 лет назад

      Maybe we're all living someone's dreams. ;-)

    • @deafconmediaZA
      @deafconmediaZA 5 лет назад

      @@TaffmanGuyo lol not me!

  • @jomgaard3035
    @jomgaard3035 3 года назад

    I just want to point out the difference in colour level on this video compared to Christian's one... It's the same difference between US TV and UK TV! Ok, I'll watch it now...

  • @matthewg.garcia9415
    @matthewg.garcia9415 3 года назад

    Man I wish I had the tools like kontakt player and spitfire when I was first starting out. Oh and RUclips lol. Oh well, we have them now!

  • @andybullemor-music5928
    @andybullemor-music5928 3 года назад

    This video is when my two RUclips worlds meet!

  • @tedlis517
    @tedlis517 5 лет назад +3

    At 2:04 Christians mentioned he does not read music. Amazing how technology helps unlock his talent. Still, just maybe, get that man a copy of the Beato Book.

  • @SalvvOrtiz
    @SalvvOrtiz 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks Rick another good recommendation to subscribe.