Here’s a breakdown of the gear used on Radiohead's OK Computer album as mentioned in the transcript, followed by suggestions on how you can emulate these sounds using Logic Pro stock plugins, Airwindows plugins, and Analog Obsession plugins. Hardware, Tape Machines, Pedals, Guitars, and Purpose: Recording Equipment and Consoles: Malcolm Toft-designed MTA 980 console: Main console used for tracking. Emulation: Logic Pro: Use the Vintage Console EQ or Channel EQ for tonal shaping to emulate the warmth of analog consoles. Analog Obsession LOADED: Use this Neve-style preamp for warmth and subtle harmonic coloration. Sandcraft Spirit 24: Sub-mixing desk. Emulation: Same as above, focusing on analog warmth. Otari MTR-90 24-Track 2" Tape Machine: Used to record to tape. Emulation: Airwindows ToTape5: Use to emulate tape saturation and warmth. Logic Pro Tape Delay: With feedback set to zero, can simulate subtle tape effects. Pro Tools: Used for editing and some effects. Emulation: Not needed for audio processing, but Logic Pro's Flex Time and Flex Pitch can emulate the editing functions of Pro Tools. Outboard Gear: Neve 33609 Limiter: Classic stereo limiter/compressor. Emulation: Analog Obsession BUSTERSE: A great SSL-style bus compressor. Logic Pro Vintage VCA Compressor: Set for smooth, transparent compression. Urei 1176 Compressors: Used for vocals and instruments. Emulation: Logic Pro Vintage FET Compressor (1176 emulation) for fast attack and aggressive compression. Analog Obsession COMBOX: Another 1176-style emulation for punchy compression. Pultec EQP-1A EQ: Used for tone shaping. Emulation: Logic Pro Vintage Tube EQ: Modeled after the Pultec EQP-1A. Analog Obsession PTEq-X: A Pultec emulation for creamy, musical EQ moves. EMT 140 Plate Reverb: For lush reverb sounds. Emulation: Logic Pro Space Designer: Use the Plate Reverb impulse response. Analog Obsession ROOM041: Plate reverb emulation for a vintage vibe. AMS Reverbs and Delays: Classic digital reverb and delay units. Emulation: Logic Pro Delay Designer or Tape Delay for delay emulation. Logic Pro Chromaverb or Space Designer for reverb. Guitars and Amps: Guitars: Thom Yorke's Alvarez Yairi DY88 Acoustic Guitar: Featured on "Paranoid Android" and throughout. Emulation: Use Logic Pro’s Pedalboard for any tone shaping and Chromaverb for reverb space. Jonny Greenwood's Fender Telecaster Plus and Fender Starcaster. Ed O'Brien's Rickenbacker 360 and Fender Stratocaster. Thom Yorke's Fender Telecaster Deluxe and Jazzmaster. Colin Greenwood's Fender Precision Bass: Played through Gallien-Krueger head and Ampeg SVT cabinet. Emulation: Logic Pro Amp Designer: Choose the Bass Amp model and tailor it to the tones mentioned. Analog Obsession SVT: For Ampeg SVT-style bass tone emulation. Amps: Vox AC30: Used for clean tones. Emulation: Logic Pro Amp Designer: Select a British Clean amp to emulate the Vox AC30. Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb: Used by Ed O'Brien for distorted tones. Emulation: Logic Pro Amp Designer: Choose the American High Gain amp. Fender 85 Solid State: Used by Jonny Greenwood for distorted tones. Emulation: Logic Pro Amp Designer: Select a solid-state amp model, boost the gain, and use EQ to scoop the mids for a similar tone. Effects Pedals: Roland Space Echo: Classic tape echo effect. Emulation: Logic Pro Tape Delay: For echo with modulation options to simulate tape wear. Mutronics Mutator: Analog filter and envelope follower. Emulation: Logic Pro AutoFilter: For modulation and envelope-controlled filter sweeps. DigiTech Whammy: Pitch-shifting pedal. Emulation: Logic Pro Pitch Shifter or Pedalboard’s Octaver for pitch-shifting effects. DOD 440 Envelope Filter: Auto-wah effect. Emulation: Logic Pro Pedalboard: Use the Auto-Wah pedal for envelope-filtered sounds. EHX Small Stone Phaser: Phaser pedal used for swirling effects. Emulation: Logic Pro Phaser or Pedalboard’s Phaser pedal. EMS 140 Plate Reverb: Lush plate reverb unit. Emulation: Same as above, use Logic Pro Space Designer or Analog Obsession ROOM041. Keyboards and Synthesizers: Minimoog: Classic monophonic analog synthesizer. Emulation: Logic Pro Retro Synth: Use the Mono mode and emulate the Minimoog’s rich, fat tones with the Sawtooth and Pulse oscillators. Mellotron: Tape-based sampler, used on tracks like "Subterranean Homesick Alien." Emulation: Logic Pro Mellotron (found in the sampler instruments section). Fender Rhodes: Electric piano sound. Emulation: Logic Pro Electric Piano or Analog Obsession EP. Novation Bass Station: Analog bass synth, used on "Climbing Up the Walls." Emulation: Logic Pro ES2 or Retro Synth for a similar bass tone. Korg Prophecy: Monophonic synth used on "Airbag." Emulation: Logic Pro Retro Synth or Alchemy for complex digital synthesis emulations. Akai S3000 Sampler: Used for creating loops throughout the album. Emulation: Logic Pro EXS24 Sampler or Quick Sampler for triggering loops and samples. Vocals: Neumann U47 Microphone: Valve condenser mic. Emulation: Logic Pro Channel EQ and Compressor with optical mode to replicate the smooth, vintage warmth of the U47, followed by subtle plate reverb (Space Designer) to emulate the vocal processing. Rode NT2: Used on vocals in addition to the U47. Emulation: Same vocal chain. 1176 Compressor on vocals: Used to keep dynamics under control while keeping the vocal natural. Emulation: Logic Pro Vintage FET Compressor for the same 1176-style control. Pultec EQ on vocals: Adding air and smoothness. Emulation: Analog Obsession PTEq-X for a Pultec-style vocal EQ boost in the high frequencies (10-12kHz) for added air. Recording Environment: St. Catherine’s Court: A large mansion used for ambient recording, contributing to the roomy, atmospheric sound of tracks like "Exit Music (For a Film)." Emulation: Logic Pro Space Designer: Use large room reverb or hall reverb settings to simulate the natural ambiance of a large space. How to Emulate the OK Computer Sound in Logic Pro with Plugins: Guitar Amp Emulation: Clean Tones: Vox AC30: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, set to British Clean. Distorted Tones: Mesa Boogie: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, set to American High Gain. Fender 85: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, Solid State Amp with high gain settings. Tape and Console Sound: Tape Saturation: Use Airwindows ToTape5 for tape warmth. Console Emulation: Use Analog Obsession LOADED for a Neve-style preamp emulation. Reverb and Delay: Plate Reverb: Use Logic Pro Space Designer for EMT 140 plate reverb. Tape Delay: Use Logic Pro Tape Delay for Roland Space Echo emulation. Modulation and Filters: Phaser: Use Logic Pro Phaser for Small Stone Phaser. Auto-Wah: Use Logic Pro Pedalboard for envelope filter effects. This should give you a faithful reproduction of the gear and effects used on OK Computer with your available plugins, allowing you to capture the album’s experimental and atmospheric sound using Logic Pro, Airwindows, and Analog Obsession plugins.
OKC remains the only CD I’ve ever returned. My gf knew I loved ParanoidAndroid, which was in the UK charts, and bought me the CD. I just couldn’t get into it and returned it. Four or five years later it was one of my favourite albums. I guess they were so progressive they needed to wait for me!
A good friend of mine went to go see Radiohead in Washington DC, and I refuse to go with her because I didn’t feel like seeing Alanis Morissette. My friend came back from the concert and said that I wouldn’t even believe the music Radiohead was playing. She says it was undescribable and different than anything she had ever heard before. Basically, they were still working out the songs live and playing most of OK computer songs that no one had heard. Of course, a year later, the album comes out and became the soundtrack of my 20s But I’ve seen Radiohead live so that’s cool
I would love to see something like this for the other great record of 1997, Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space." These two records were played neck and neck at the record store I worked in. Both are sonic and exploratory masterpieces.
Best show ever for me and my friend Jess was front row center Running From Demons tour in Houston with Spiritualized opening for Radiohead with both bands touring off said masterpiece records 🙌🏼
Lovely record. I thought Nigel did a great job on McCartney’s Chaos and Creation. Nigel’s bass-forward mixes worked well with the master musician’s talents. Wish they had carried on… sure glad he and Radiohead carried on.
Quite surprised to see such off the shelf gear was used to record it. The album itself sounds very good and is quite hi-fi actually, That is likely due to it being mixed on the Air Neve which is world renowned for its sound quality.
7:10 That is so funny that JG used a Fender Red Knob for his distortion tones. This is probably the least coveted amp in the 2020s. Josh Scott (JHS) would love this.
Too bad most of their later albums feel more assembled than actually played. They released In Rainbows (great album), but then at the time of the release went and played it live "in the basement"... which got me thinking, why the hell did these crazy talented musicians not just PLAY their album and release that... because they were good enough to really pull it off! The sound just breathed in that space. They did the same with King Of Limbs... they're most "assembled" album to date.
The majority of this video seems to be lifted straight from the Audio Media International article “Deep Cuts: The Making of OK Computer”, some parts almost verbatim.
I did read this article and got a lot of quotes and information. I've credited it in the description. I didn't realise it was so close in parts. Thank you for pointing it out, I'll make sure to double check back to my sources in future before publishing.
I keep hearing from fans that Thom did most of his vocals in one take on Ok Computer, but I've read him say otherwise in interviews. Who knows? Really, who cares? It's all mythology at this point. I do think this video could've included other, more interesting details. Such as the story behind how Nigel completely tricked out the drums on airbag, or the doubled vocal used on climbing up the walls which was recorded through Thom's acoustic-electric guitar pickups, or the various stranger things they did like using a very, very strangely distorted vocal of Thom singing through a broken analog telephone, then heavily filtered and drenched in reverb as background vocals on karma police etc
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A video like this for every Radiohead album would be amazing. I could die a happy man.
I second this
I second this
@@JosephGallagherDo you have amnesia
Do you have amnesia
I could listen to Paranoid Android on repeat for a year straight and never tire of it.
I'm sorry. ❤
"It's not about getting the most hi-fi sounding thing" - Nigel Godrich
I love how Johnny still swears by that Eighty-Five amp. Proves you don't need "pro gear" to be the best.
This album was/is so important to me and my musical tastes.
This album and Axis Bold As Love are perfect albums imo.
A band recording together it's just the glory, great producer too ❤
Such an epic band...
Here’s a breakdown of the gear used on Radiohead's OK Computer album as mentioned in the transcript, followed by suggestions on how you can emulate these sounds using Logic Pro stock plugins, Airwindows plugins, and Analog Obsession plugins.
Hardware, Tape Machines, Pedals, Guitars, and Purpose:
Recording Equipment and Consoles:
Malcolm Toft-designed MTA 980 console: Main console used for tracking.
Emulation:
Logic Pro: Use the Vintage Console EQ or Channel EQ for tonal shaping to emulate the warmth of analog consoles.
Analog Obsession LOADED: Use this Neve-style preamp for warmth and subtle harmonic coloration.
Sandcraft Spirit 24: Sub-mixing desk.
Emulation: Same as above, focusing on analog warmth.
Otari MTR-90 24-Track 2" Tape Machine: Used to record to tape.
Emulation:
Airwindows ToTape5: Use to emulate tape saturation and warmth.
Logic Pro Tape Delay: With feedback set to zero, can simulate subtle tape effects.
Pro Tools: Used for editing and some effects.
Emulation: Not needed for audio processing, but Logic Pro's Flex Time and Flex Pitch can emulate the editing functions of Pro Tools.
Outboard Gear:
Neve 33609 Limiter: Classic stereo limiter/compressor.
Emulation:
Analog Obsession BUSTERSE: A great SSL-style bus compressor.
Logic Pro Vintage VCA Compressor: Set for smooth, transparent compression.
Urei 1176 Compressors: Used for vocals and instruments.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Vintage FET Compressor (1176 emulation) for fast attack and aggressive compression.
Analog Obsession COMBOX: Another 1176-style emulation for punchy compression.
Pultec EQP-1A EQ: Used for tone shaping.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Vintage Tube EQ: Modeled after the Pultec EQP-1A.
Analog Obsession PTEq-X: A Pultec emulation for creamy, musical EQ moves.
EMT 140 Plate Reverb: For lush reverb sounds.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Space Designer: Use the Plate Reverb impulse response.
Analog Obsession ROOM041: Plate reverb emulation for a vintage vibe.
AMS Reverbs and Delays: Classic digital reverb and delay units.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Delay Designer or Tape Delay for delay emulation.
Logic Pro Chromaverb or Space Designer for reverb.
Guitars and Amps:
Guitars:
Thom Yorke's Alvarez Yairi DY88 Acoustic Guitar: Featured on "Paranoid Android" and throughout.
Emulation: Use Logic Pro’s Pedalboard for any tone shaping and Chromaverb for reverb space.
Jonny Greenwood's Fender Telecaster Plus and Fender Starcaster.
Ed O'Brien's Rickenbacker 360 and Fender Stratocaster.
Thom Yorke's Fender Telecaster Deluxe and Jazzmaster.
Colin Greenwood's Fender Precision Bass: Played through Gallien-Krueger head and Ampeg SVT cabinet.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Amp Designer: Choose the Bass Amp model and tailor it to the tones mentioned.
Analog Obsession SVT: For Ampeg SVT-style bass tone emulation.
Amps:
Vox AC30: Used for clean tones.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Amp Designer: Select a British Clean amp to emulate the Vox AC30.
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb: Used by Ed O'Brien for distorted tones.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Amp Designer: Choose the American High Gain amp.
Fender 85 Solid State: Used by Jonny Greenwood for distorted tones.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Amp Designer: Select a solid-state amp model, boost the gain, and use EQ to scoop the mids for a similar tone.
Effects Pedals:
Roland Space Echo: Classic tape echo effect.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Tape Delay: For echo with modulation options to simulate tape wear.
Mutronics Mutator: Analog filter and envelope follower.
Emulation:
Logic Pro AutoFilter: For modulation and envelope-controlled filter sweeps.
DigiTech Whammy: Pitch-shifting pedal.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Pitch Shifter or Pedalboard’s Octaver for pitch-shifting effects.
DOD 440 Envelope Filter: Auto-wah effect.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Pedalboard: Use the Auto-Wah pedal for envelope-filtered sounds.
EHX Small Stone Phaser: Phaser pedal used for swirling effects.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Phaser or Pedalboard’s Phaser pedal.
EMS 140 Plate Reverb: Lush plate reverb unit.
Emulation: Same as above, use Logic Pro Space Designer or Analog Obsession ROOM041.
Keyboards and Synthesizers:
Minimoog: Classic monophonic analog synthesizer.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Retro Synth: Use the Mono mode and emulate the Minimoog’s rich, fat tones with the Sawtooth and Pulse oscillators.
Mellotron: Tape-based sampler, used on tracks like "Subterranean Homesick Alien."
Emulation:
Logic Pro Mellotron (found in the sampler instruments section).
Fender Rhodes: Electric piano sound.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Electric Piano or Analog Obsession EP.
Novation Bass Station: Analog bass synth, used on "Climbing Up the Walls."
Emulation:
Logic Pro ES2 or Retro Synth for a similar bass tone.
Korg Prophecy: Monophonic synth used on "Airbag."
Emulation:
Logic Pro Retro Synth or Alchemy for complex digital synthesis emulations.
Akai S3000 Sampler: Used for creating loops throughout the album.
Emulation:
Logic Pro EXS24 Sampler or Quick Sampler for triggering loops and samples.
Vocals:
Neumann U47 Microphone: Valve condenser mic.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Channel EQ and Compressor with optical mode to replicate the smooth, vintage warmth of the U47, followed by subtle plate reverb (Space Designer) to emulate the vocal processing.
Rode NT2: Used on vocals in addition to the U47.
Emulation: Same vocal chain.
1176 Compressor on vocals: Used to keep dynamics under control while keeping the vocal natural.
Emulation:
Logic Pro Vintage FET Compressor for the same 1176-style control.
Pultec EQ on vocals: Adding air and smoothness.
Emulation:
Analog Obsession PTEq-X for a Pultec-style vocal EQ boost in the high frequencies (10-12kHz) for added air.
Recording Environment:
St. Catherine’s Court: A large mansion used for ambient recording, contributing to the roomy, atmospheric sound of tracks like "Exit Music (For a Film)."
Emulation:
Logic Pro Space Designer: Use large room reverb or hall reverb settings to simulate the natural ambiance of a large space.
How to Emulate the OK Computer Sound in Logic Pro with Plugins:
Guitar Amp Emulation:
Clean Tones:
Vox AC30: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, set to British Clean.
Distorted Tones:
Mesa Boogie: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, set to American High Gain.
Fender 85: Use Logic Pro Amp Designer, Solid State Amp with high gain settings.
Tape and Console Sound:
Tape Saturation:
Use Airwindows ToTape5 for tape warmth.
Console Emulation:
Use Analog Obsession LOADED for a Neve-style preamp emulation.
Reverb and Delay:
Plate Reverb:
Use Logic Pro Space Designer for EMT 140 plate reverb.
Tape Delay:
Use Logic Pro Tape Delay for Roland Space Echo emulation.
Modulation and Filters:
Phaser: Use Logic Pro Phaser for Small Stone Phaser.
Auto-Wah: Use Logic Pro Pedalboard for envelope filter effects.
This should give you a faithful reproduction of the gear and effects used on OK Computer with your available plugins, allowing you to capture the album’s experimental and atmospheric sound using Logic Pro, Airwindows, and Analog Obsession plugins.
Amazing, thank you!
@@mixingmasteringonline You've done amazing work there dude! thank you so much..love hearing how they create these amazing sounding albums!!
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Thank you so much! This is amazing work..peace from Ireland!
Thank you!
Great video about a great album
Many thanks!
Thank you!
Great detailed video. Nice work!
Thank you!
For me personally this could be the most important album of the nineties. Perfect from the first note to the last. 🧡🧡🧡
I think it’s the best, but Nevermind is more important. My take anyway.
OKC remains the only CD I’ve ever returned. My gf knew I loved ParanoidAndroid, which was in the UK charts, and bought me the CD. I just couldn’t get into it and returned it. Four or five years later it was one of my favourite albums. I guess they were so progressive they needed to wait for me!
Who took returns on opened cd’s?
would love to see a Kid A or in rainbows video!!! great video, absolutely amazing!
Thank you, I definitely would like to do more Radiohead so they'll be coming.
My Favorite Album Ever!
A good friend of mine went to go see Radiohead in Washington DC, and I refuse to go with her because I didn’t feel like seeing Alanis Morissette.
My friend came back from the concert and said that I wouldn’t even believe the music Radiohead was playing. She says it was undescribable and different than anything she had ever heard before.
Basically, they were still working out the songs live and playing most of OK computer songs that no one had heard.
Of course, a year later, the album comes out and became the soundtrack of my 20s
But I’ve seen Radiohead live so that’s cool
Great video for a great album 🤙
Cheers!
Really great video
#2 album of all time imo, second only to Pink Floyd DSOTM
Thank you so much!!!!
Awesome! Subscribed😊
Thank you!
Beautiful thank you
Thank you!
I would love to see something like this for the other great record of 1997, Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space." These two records were played neck and neck at the record store I worked in. Both are sonic and exploratory masterpieces.
Great idea!
Best show ever for me and my friend Jess was front row center Running From Demons tour in Houston with Spiritualized opening for Radiohead with both bands touring off said masterpiece records 🙌🏼
Lovely record. I thought Nigel did a great job on McCartney’s Chaos and Creation. Nigel’s bass-forward mixes worked well with the master musician’s talents. Wish they had carried on… sure glad he and Radiohead carried on.
Quite surprised to see such off the shelf gear was used to record it.
The album itself sounds very good and is quite hi-fi actually, That is likely due to it being mixed on the Air Neve which is world renowned for its sound quality.
7:10 That is so funny that JG used a Fender Red Knob for his distortion tones. This is probably the least coveted amp in the 2020s. Josh Scott (JHS) would love this.
I was surprised at that one!
He uses it as a pedal platform. He would use a Marshall shred master or other pedals for the distortion.
Fontaines D.C. making a cameo at 0.36.
Lmao true
5:12 I thought it was Tom
DJ Shadow influence on Airbag due to Endtroducing.
Too bad most of their later albums feel more assembled than actually played. They released In Rainbows (great album), but then at the time of the release went and played it live "in the basement"... which got me thinking, why the hell did these crazy talented musicians not just PLAY their album and release that... because they were good enough to really pull it off! The sound just breathed in that space. They did the same with King Of Limbs... they're most "assembled" album to date.
The majority of this video seems to be lifted straight from the Audio Media International article “Deep Cuts: The Making of OK Computer”, some parts almost verbatim.
I did read this article and got a lot of quotes and information. I've credited it in the description. I didn't realise it was so close in parts. Thank you for pointing it out, I'll make sure to double check back to my sources in future before publishing.
Dod is an anagram so you say all of the letters individually
What are your thoughts on 12 Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus? I love the production on that album.
I haven't had the privilege of listening to it so thanks for the tip!
5:10 this is a great 😄
7:30
Track 7 is positioned oddly.
eeny meeny miney mo.
I keep hearing from fans that Thom did most of his vocals in one take on Ok Computer, but I've read him say otherwise in interviews. Who knows? Really, who cares? It's all mythology at this point. I do think this video could've included other, more interesting details. Such as the story behind how Nigel completely tricked out the drums on airbag, or the doubled vocal used on climbing up the walls which was recorded through Thom's acoustic-electric guitar pickups, or the various stranger things they did like using a very, very strangely distorted vocal of Thom singing through a broken analog telephone, then heavily filtered and drenched in reverb as background vocals on karma police etc
Tips from nigel godrich: begin by recording the best band in the world. But yeh im joking mostly i think hes also right
nah it was the rode classic mk1 not the nt1 lol
You gotta be kidding with the commercials
please do necrophagist
I'm hoping he's a Zappa fan. I'd LOVE a Apostrophe or Over Nite Sensation video.. you think he takes requests?
Way too many commercials
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To Me,If you are into this!Cool,for you,cause,theres,something for every one!!NoT Me!😅😂
Another crappy band that lives on bad taste
You think Radiohead is bad? Why?
You don't know shit.
Ño music fail.
only telling and not showing is kinda boring