Albini is the master, loved this. Good to know he's actually just like one of us, see him pretending to work at 1:29 when he's really just on Facebook :)
That's actually part of his workflow. He tries keepign his mind occupied with tasks that demand the minimal attention as he's recording. I forgot his exact reasoning, and he does occasionally read boring magazines for that purpose instead as well. But he gets the best results in terms of real-time monitoring like that.
@@seaofseeof From a Reddit AMA 12 years ago: "When I first started making records I would sit in front of the console concentrating on the music every second. I found out the hard way that I tended to fiddle with things unnecessarily and records ended up sounding tweaked and weird. I developed a couple of techniques to avoid this, to keep me from messing with things while still paying attention enough to catch problems. For a long time I would read, but it had to be really dry un-interesting stuff. The magazine the Economist was perfect, as were things like technical manuals and parts catalogs. I had a stack of them by the console. It can't be anything interesting or with a story line like fiction because then you can get engrossed and stop paying attention to the session. It has to be really dull, basically so you are looking for an excuse to put it down and do something else. This has proven to be a really good threshold, so that if anything sounds weird or someone says something you immediately give it your full attention and your concentration hasn't been ruined by staring at the speakers and straining all day. Lately I play Scrabble, and it serves the same purpose."
With this great loss of Steve Albini, I couldn’t help myself to turn on my PC to play this package with EZD2 (I haven’t upgraded to 3 yet). Else, I keep on listening his works both as a musician and a recording engineer. I also keep on watching vids of his interviews on his thoughts as a recording engineer.
There's some gems in this video. Glad this is still floating around 7 years later. Would've really liked an explanation for why the omni room mics were placed directly on the floor as opposed to a very low profile stand. Great video all the same.
Placing the omni mics on the floor creates a boundary effect that makes the response half-hemispherical as opposed to the omni's natural full-hemispherical pattern (think O vs ∩). He would add a delay of microseconds to align phase. He would put a tripod mic stand over them to avoid people stepping on them. Hope this helps!
*Kick drum* Front side head: Beyerdynamic M 380 Batter side head: Crown GLM-100 / Countryman Isomax *Snare* Top: Altec 175 Tube Bottom: Shure SM98 *Upper Toms* Top and bottom: AKG C451 B *Floor Tom* Top and Bottom: AKG C414 XLS *Alternative top and bottom tom mics* Josephson e22S *Overheads* Coles STC 4038 *Hi-hat* Beyerdynamic M 160 *Ride* Josephson C42 *Front stereo mix* Neumann SM 2 *Ambient floor mics* (Often delayed 20-22 ms) Pair of Omni Neumann CMV-563 Pair of Omni Oktava MK-012-01
@@sssxxxttt I combined knowledge from this video and another where he talks about mics ruclips.net/video/kmP9z-xTRz0/видео.html to make a list of what mics he typically uses on drums. Yeah, it's usually over a dozen mics in order to get a realistic representation of the sound of a drum set in a room.
The room mics on the floor! I remember reading about that a long time ago but I didn't really understand it. Now I can hear them isolated and in practice. Great video.
I recently bought this expansion pack and I really like the Barking Ludwig preset. It has a nice full sound to it. That being said, the other presets are pretty weak in my opinion. I want to feel the drums when I play them, not just hear them if that makes sense. If you're a drummer it should.
After some of the things Ive heard him say about sampling and electronic music,It feels a little strange seeing him work with this kind of tech,especially considering EZD2 is an almost post processing unit for things that are fucked at the start.
He says there's bleed no matter what, you have to just utilize it to make a full sound across the multiple mics. He probably also has slowly etched away at the amount of bleed he gets over time though
It would be the opposite. Albini is the epitome of efficiency in the studio. He knows how to get the sounds you want, and wastes no time. Bands get recorded in very short time, if need be.
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RIP Steve. so happy i got this. Its a gem!
He's just so good at what he does. A master at his craft.
Albini is the master, loved this. Good to know he's actually just like one of us, see him pretending to work at 1:29 when he's really just on Facebook :)
facebook.. email.... facebook... he's multitasking! :-)
That's actually part of his workflow. He tries keepign his mind occupied with tasks that demand the minimal attention as he's recording. I forgot his exact reasoning, and he does occasionally read boring magazines for that purpose instead as well. But he gets the best results in terms of real-time monitoring like that.
@@seaofseeof From a Reddit AMA 12 years ago:
"When I first started making records I would sit in front of the console concentrating on the music every second. I found out the hard way that I tended to fiddle with things unnecessarily and records ended up sounding tweaked and weird. I developed a couple of techniques to avoid this, to keep me from messing with things while still paying attention enough to catch problems. For a long time I would read, but it had to be really dry un-interesting stuff. The magazine the Economist was perfect, as were things like technical manuals and parts catalogs. I had a stack of them by the console. It can't be anything interesting or with a story line like fiction because then you can get engrossed and stop paying attention to the session. It has to be really dull, basically so you are looking for an excuse to put it down and do something else. This has proven to be a really good threshold, so that if anything sounds weird or someone says something you immediately give it your full attention and your concentration hasn't been ruined by staring at the speakers and straining all day.
Lately I play Scrabble, and it serves the same purpose."
With this great loss of Steve Albini, I couldn’t help myself to turn on my PC to play this package with EZD2 (I haven’t upgraded to 3 yet). Else, I keep on listening his works both as a musician and a recording engineer. I also keep on watching vids of his interviews on his thoughts as a recording engineer.
Man! I had no idea Steve had passed. This is very bad news for me.
That lav-mic on the batter side of the kick is super unique! This was so cool to watch.
There's some gems in this video. Glad this is still floating around 7 years later. Would've really liked an explanation for why the omni room mics were placed directly on the floor as opposed to a very low profile stand. Great video all the same.
Placing the omni mics on the floor creates a boundary effect that makes the response half-hemispherical as opposed to the omni's natural full-hemispherical pattern (think O vs ∩). He would add a delay of microseconds to align phase. He would put a tripod mic stand over them to avoid people stepping on them. Hope this helps!
We will be recording there in a couple months, can wait,
Make a documentary
*Kick drum*
Front side head: Beyerdynamic M 380
Batter side head: Crown GLM-100 / Countryman Isomax
*Snare*
Top: Altec 175 Tube
Bottom: Shure SM98
*Upper Toms*
Top and bottom: AKG C451 B
*Floor Tom*
Top and Bottom: AKG C414 XLS
*Alternative top and bottom tom mics*
Josephson e22S
*Overheads*
Coles STC 4038
*Hi-hat*
Beyerdynamic M 160
*Ride*
Josephson C42
*Front stereo mix*
Neumann SM 2
*Ambient floor mics* (Often delayed 20-22 ms)
Pair of Omni Neumann CMV-563
Pair of Omni Oktava MK-012-01
Total noob here. Is that 17 microphones for the drums alone? Must be the most complex instrument of all to record. Thanks for the equipment list.
@@sssxxxttt I combined knowledge from this video and another where he talks about mics ruclips.net/video/kmP9z-xTRz0/видео.html to make a list of what mics he typically uses on drums. Yeah, it's usually over a dozen mics in order to get a realistic representation of the sound of a drum set in a room.
@@coffinperson Your answer is greatly appreciated. I'll watch that link now :)
The room mics on the floor! I remember reading about that a long time ago but I didn't really understand it. Now I can hear them isolated and in practice. Great video.
Low - things we lost in the fire - the subtleties on the drums are just incredible.
i love the drums sound in Nirvana album in Utero
So does the whole world! In Utero is my fave Nirvana record, and one of my top 10 of all time
i really appreciate the fact that they put all these mic options, itds almost as if i have al those mics now lol
Awesome, now do it again with non-discontinued mics/mics you can buy easily!
i know it's time consuming but try looking up the mics he has and then finding mics with similar frequency responses and you'll be set!
awesome , thx steve ✌🏼✌🏼
dear god he really is a genius
I like the sound of your room(s).
Toms sounds great
I recently bought this expansion pack and I really like the Barking Ludwig preset. It has a nice full sound to it. That being said, the other presets are pretty weak in my opinion. I want to feel the drums when I play them, not just hear them if that makes sense. If you're a drummer it should.
Legend
How long until the SDX of this drops?
After some of the things Ive heard him say about sampling and electronic music,It feels a little strange seeing him work with this kind of tech,especially considering EZD2 is an almost post processing unit for things that are fucked at the start.
At 1:22
How Steve Albini describes triggering drum samples
What's the song in the background?
Hi, You can find the songs among the Audio Demos here: www.toontrack.com/product/alt-rock-ezx/
Why is there absolut no bleeding on all mics? On snare I always have bleeding form the HiHat!
He says there's bleed no matter what, you have to just utilize it to make a full sound across the multiple mics. He probably also has slowly etched away at the amount of bleed he gets over time though
genius
i feel like if i booked studio time here it would be a week just to get everything set up
It would be the opposite. Albini is the epitome of efficiency in the studio. He knows how to get the sounds you want, and wastes no time. Bands get recorded in very short time, if need be.
Yeah, he works fast. He says he has a very quick turnover of bands coming in and out of the studio because he works very fast.
Anyone got a coupon for toontrack?