This has got be one of my favourite Studio Tours! I love what husband and wife team Chris and Yoli Mara have created! Hard work has really paid off for them, such an incredible studio!
I knew Chris from almost 20 years ago. Assisted for him on some stuff. The guy was great. Such a positive dude yet has that “strut” and confidence. I’m very happy he’s become as successful as he is.
I met Chris Mara in minneapolis at a studio where he was doing a demo of his fabulous Mara machines. When you see one in person they are absolutely gorgeous. When I met Chris, he was super nice and knows his stuff. He and his wife are great people who run a great company. Highly recommended him and his machines.
Wow this place is HUGE, this is definitely the best studio tour to date, would love to visit this place someday. Working there has to be a lot of fun lol
Amazing tour and so glad you did the slide in the end! Kept thinking 'you're not too old' as we're practically the same age and I would've done it...and then you did. Lovely.
Produce Like A Pro Warren, this is such a good surprise, thank you very much, and just know that A LOT of inspiration from you goes on to that channel.
One of the coolest studio tours ever. What a lovely place! Great vibe, awesome ideas and creativity, some fine gear and lot's of fun. "I could live in here" descriped it quite well ;)
How did I miss this? lol I had seen the short video a few years back which I think SOS made. I remember thinking "It would be great if Warren did a full tour of this place." And here we are.
Throwing away is something that probably doesn't exist in Chris Maras vocabulary. He fixes everything. You have to love him for that alone! And the vibe of the whole studio is just..... 1979. Great!
Hi, Warren! 1979 was a gem of a year; the phenomenal music, the technology, the fashion, and the zeitgeist. Gorgeous studios. Love all those windows (and all of that great gear!) 💎
Great tour, as always ! And MCI consoles are amazing ! I was blessed to recently lay my hands on and see the innards of the JH-500 that was at Super Bear here in France, and apart from the fact some of the greatest albums in pop and rock were recorded on it (Queen Jazz, parts of The Wall, Mc Cartney's Tug of War, Elton John's 21 at 33, Kate Bush Lionheart, to name a few), I was amazed at the fact it has some features that I didn't realize were even available at the time, and its construction is a thing of absolute beauty... I'm baffled that the brand doesn't have quite the same status that other better-known brands have. Those consoles are totally mind-blowing...
1979 was my last year of primary school in the outer 'burbs of Wellington, NZ and a great time to discover great music. I wore out my first copy of The Wall on vinyl and had to buy another one :) Thanks for keeping the spirit and the equipment alive Chris M.
What an outstanding tour of an amazing facility. I really love the open-minded approach he has taken to both the craft of recording, catering to artist's ideas (live recording cut to disc! Wow), whilst also having eyes on the engineering aspect (MCI / API options on the console) and business aspect (three businesses in the one building: recording studio; tape machine restoration, and; vinyl mastering and disc cutting - two buisinesses in their own right) - talk about clever. Warren, you really showcased the facility well and brought the best out in your interviewees, excellent work young fella. 😉🎸
Welcome to 1979! You rocked it in your own unique way. One of those Warren videos (like the Simon Philips one) which stands up to many repeated viewings.
As always. great vlog. Very interesting fellow, and i love the studio. It is almost the antithesis of a typical recording studio the way that it is setup. Very cool!
What a cool and unique place. The studio is beautiful and looks like a great place to spend quality time laying down some good music. It was very interesting seeing the cutting pressing equipment too.
This was fascinating especially the record part which I didn't know much about. If 40 years from now someone opens up "Welcome to 2019", I'll gladly donate my Thinkpad with Reaper and Behringer interface, not quite as romantic, lol.
Just for the sake of completing "the one stop shop", I think two presses should do it. have they got room to house two ? One working, one ready to go (back up), ;0) It's not about High volume runs after all, just having the ability to press a few "promo" copies for clients in house. Digital, Tape and vinyl, all under one roof...... that is cool !
It's great places like these (still) exist. And reusing the tapes is an amazing offer! But, boy, I must have been tired! It took me staggering 8 minutes to figure out the t-shirt!
Warren i hope u r doing marvelously well. you my man have a good thing going , get to travel around and ''review' all these wonderful studios, this one has such vibe in sense of music/audio - hybrid of yesterday and today in great volume . 1979 is like disneyland for gear nerds like myself
Nice studio, nice tour, nice people as well. Whilst most people here would be (I would imagine), glazing over at all the wonderful equipment there, compressors EQ's, the Console and the like. For me it was the lovely refurbished Thorens Turntable, The cutting lathe, and the plating machinery. It's great to know, someone is keeping the old ways going. Glad I've still got my old AR Turntable, something about it still brings a smile ;0) Yeah, it's not clinically pure sound, but it still gives me that warm fuzzy feeling and a 3d sound stage out of a pair of speakers. 1979 Dire Straits (by Dire Straits) came out, bought it, played it, still play it today, in fact I did LoL (before getting your notification). "water of love, deep in the ground" "But there ain't no water here, to be found" "Some day baby, when the river runs free" "It's gonna carry that water of love to me". MK / Dire Straits Cheers Warren and team, nice video.
Another great video of a fine studio. Truly amazing to see the tape machine restoration and vinyl processing alive and well too. Nice work! Speaking of keeping great machines from yesteryear going - the "RE5" mic is much more than just a gameshow/interview mic: it's an RE55 and has one of the flattest frequency responses ever with an incredibly wide range, especially for a dynamic omni (almost ruler-flat from 50hz to around 20khz, IIRC). Like the old MCIs, it'd be a shame to see such exceptional engineering not get the love it deserves! Try it on overheads, pianos, strings, reverb chambers, as a room mic... it was even recommended for acoustic measurement.
Weird request maybe: Do an interview and “studio” tour with Max Martin. His house/studio in LA also has some interesting history. (Outside of your genre but still very interesting.)
Great Video !! I recognised the MCI JH24 24 track, me and my band at the time recorded two demos and an album on one of those in a studio here in Sweden in the 90´s.
Yeah, both the demos and the album sounded great and digital hadnt taken over yet at the time either, now analog is more of a novelty. These days i prefer the practicality, affordability and sound quality of the DAW, the MJI JH24 was impressive and good sounding, but it was expensive to record and mix in a commecial studio with an engineer. For less than the money it took to record the album i now have my own equipment that can do the same in the DAW, although i think i get good results i am not a pro and of course have nowhere near your expertise, i think have good ears though :). I think that every recording musician should record the analog way at some time, it easy to get lazy on a DAW, with analog you only have destructive punch in and no endless editing/copy paste/autotune options, you really need to know how to play/sing or things will go downhill fast.
Welcome to 1979 has character and a great vibe literally like going back in time how the great studios use to be. I have nothing but Love for the MCI JH-24 tape Deck and the MCI 428 Console. Glad to see he's keeping it going!! Thanks Chris & Warren! 14:42 The Mci console is 24 Volts, if chris is using the older style 2520 opamps in the console that run on 16 Volts is he using a separate supply or did he add resistors to step down from the mci supplies? 37:15 Yes, you can drop the VU meter bridge down to make 16 or 8 tracks but you still have to have the corresponding head stack for it. Which I'm sure chris has a ton of.
What an awesome tour! But you left out the second EQ in the rack - the huge one? For beginners, it might have been very interesting. At least I have a free plugin that looks like it, and sounds already great. ^_^ Up for Mr. Mara, the sensei engineer!
Love the studio tours vids. Warren, could you do a " your top 5 or 10 reference tracks" vid? and explain what you like about them? Thank you ever so much. Sincerely, a life long subscriber.
Haha thanks Craig! RUclips told me we are doing something right when we get a certain amount of jealous dislikes! All good! I love our community! It's truly amazing!!
This has got be one of my favourite Studio Tours! I love what husband and wife team Chris and Yoli Mara have created! Hard work has really paid off for them, such an incredible studio!
What an awesome studio.
This video deserves a like for the title alone!
Cornelis Holmdén haha thanks ever so much my friend!
That shirt is awesome
I knew Chris from almost 20 years ago. Assisted for him on some stuff. The guy was great. Such a positive dude yet has that “strut” and confidence. I’m very happy he’s become as successful as he is.
That’s fantastic to hear
Who the heck gave this a thumbs down? Seriously, what a studio. Thanks again Warren!
Leopold Blue-Sky haha it’s ok! You know you’re doing something right when you get thumbs down!
Probably some millennial who only known's how to record on a laptop lol
I met Chris Mara in minneapolis at a studio where he was doing a demo of his fabulous Mara machines. When you see one in person they are absolutely gorgeous. When I met Chris, he was super nice and knows his stuff. He and his wife are great people who run a great company. Highly recommended him and his machines.
thank you so much!
@@welcometo1979 sorry we didn't get to connect in Amery at my studio, next time you're in town please reach out, would love to show you the place.
Wow this place is HUGE, this is definitely the best studio tour to date, would love to visit this place someday. Working there has to be a lot of fun lol
Hi Nathan Carrille thanks ever so much! So glad you enjoyed the Tour! Chris and Yoli were very gracious to show us around
Amazing tour and so glad you did the slide in the end! Kept thinking 'you're not too old' as we're practically the same age and I would've done it...and then you did. Lovely.
Haha yes, indeed! Lot's of fun indeed!
Thank you Warren!That was great fun. So much respect between Pros does my heart good.1979 got it going on!!
Thanks ever so much Steve! You Rock my friend!
Chris Mara is an amazing dude. And Warren asked the best questions as usual! Great tour!
Diego Oliveira thanks ever so much! I am so happy to be able to do these! So much fun! 1979 is an amazing studio!
thanks!!
Hi Diego, I checked out your new channel! Congratulations! I don't speak Portuguese, however I understood a lot of what you're doing!
Produce Like A Pro Warren, this is such a good surprise, thank you very much, and just know that A LOT of inspiration from you goes on to that channel.
You're very welcome Diego! You bring a lot of positive information to our community! Thanks for being s huge part of it!
One of the coolest studio tours ever. What a lovely place! Great vibe, awesome ideas and creativity, some fine gear and lot's of fun. "I could live in here" descriped it quite well ;)
Thanks ever so much Chris! Agreed, amazing studio! Great people!
thanks!!
@@welcometo1979 hello! Fancy seeing you here! Haha
Haha the title...SO NOT clickbait! I love it!
Ry Cooder's Bop Till You Drop was the first fully digitally recorded album, made in.. 1979!
What a great place, Fantastic! Thanks again Warren...
Thanks ever so much Brian!
I put my Hammond's pedals in the basement so not a trip hazard. They're coming back to hang on the wall! Beautiful facility.
I love Chris Mara's use and position of windows. Shows he really cares about the client.
thank you! glad you noticed that-
Philfy Phil exactly! I have that feeling too!
I've read quite a bit about 1979 and love it even more now. Sweet!!!
Thanks ever so much Carlo!!
Great video Warren! Thanks for showing us around Chris. Also fun to see you try out the slide at the end there :)
GREAT SIDE PICK OF NOSE!!! 😎
The year I was born... what a beautiful studio
Yes, great studio and great people!
What month? I'm in January.
I was born in January, but not that year! Ha
Another great tour Warren! Thanks.
WOW HE GOT IT ALL SO COOL THANK YOU WARREN
How did I miss this? lol I had seen the short video a few years back which I think SOS made. I remember thinking "It would be great if Warren did a full tour of this place." And here we are.
nice!
Wonderful tour! Thank you 🙏🏻😃
Audrey Sims thanks ever so much my friend!
Throwing away is something that probably doesn't exist in Chris Maras vocabulary. He fixes everything. You have to love him for that alone! And the vibe of the whole studio is just..... 1979. Great!
Man, I enjoyed this. Thank you so much.
Have stepped back in time here.....replaced all of my headphones with the old workhorse KOSS Pro 4AA........everyone loves them
John Barbarich yes, great stupid!!
A+ for riding the slide! :))
Owwww !! Imagine working there, you never have to leave, Just live there, would be a dream.
Wow what a great studio! I love when you do these tours Warren. You should be on the travel channel!
burgerguitars would love to!!
What’s old is new! Vinyl coming back baby!
Haha yes, indeed Bill!
Hi, Warren! 1979 was a gem of a year; the phenomenal music, the technology, the fashion, and the zeitgeist. Gorgeous studios. Love all those windows (and all of that great gear!) 💎
Very inspiring space and recordjng philosophy.
I love these studio tours, I always learn loads of stuff.
Gerry James Edwards thanks ever so much! By the way l learn so much too!
Great tour, as always ! And MCI consoles are amazing ! I was blessed to recently lay my hands on and see the innards of the JH-500 that was at Super Bear here in France, and apart from the fact some of the greatest albums in pop and rock were recorded on it (Queen Jazz, parts of The Wall, Mc Cartney's Tug of War, Elton John's 21 at 33, Kate Bush Lionheart, to name a few), I was amazed at the fact it has some features that I didn't realize were even available at the time, and its construction is a thing of absolute beauty... I'm baffled that the brand doesn't have quite the same status that other better-known brands have. Those consoles are totally mind-blowing...
agreed! MCI consoles have an awesome legacy that not many people are aware of. we're trying to change that!
1979 was my last year of primary school in the outer 'burbs of Wellington, NZ and a great time to discover great music. I wore out my first copy of The Wall on vinyl and had to buy another one :) Thanks for keeping the spirit and the equipment alive Chris M.
wow great place!!! and warm audio along with the rest goodies.... go Warm!!!
What an outstanding tour of an amazing facility. I really love the open-minded approach he has taken to both the craft of recording, catering to artist's ideas (live recording cut to disc! Wow), whilst also having eyes on the engineering aspect (MCI / API options on the console) and business aspect (three businesses in the one building: recording studio; tape machine restoration, and; vinyl mastering and disc cutting - two buisinesses in their own right) - talk about clever.
Warren, you really showcased the facility well and brought the best out in your interviewees, excellent work young fella. 😉🎸
thank you so much! very flattered!
Welcome to 1979! You rocked it in your own unique way. One of those Warren videos (like the Simon Philips one) which stands up to many repeated viewings.
wow.... love it
Just engineered a session here. Amazing studio and the staff was great as well
thanks so much for supporting us!
That's great to hear Luke!
@@welcometo1979 you guys Rock!
I still have my Webcor reel-to-reel 1/4” tape machine, and it STILL WORKS! 😊😊😊
Fantastic Steve! That's great to hear!
wow!!
So glad I found this video. I started following these guys about 5 or 6 years ago.
Fantastic!!
You can really hear the transition in the audio as you guys go into the dead room, but the next room is my favourite. That's some beautiful machinery!
thanks!
Geez this is a multi million dollar facility, this is insane, wish I could learn from a place like this..I'd do it for free!!!
Very interesting... and entertaining! Love the slide!
Haha yes, indeed! Great touch!
Fantabulous! and 1979 is my favorite year, great info, thanks warren!
John Petraskie amazing year for music!!
What a studio! HA! would love to spend a day working on music, the vibes are great!
thanks! we'd love to have you!
AndrewMusicLife thanks! Agreed 100!
Awesome studio!
As always. great vlog. Very interesting fellow, and i love the studio. It is almost the antithesis of a typical recording studio the way that it is setup. Very cool!
Wait for the slide at the end!!! =D LOL
great video warren
Transfixed throughout ... Brilliant 👍
Thanks ever so much Chris!!
Chris and Yoli are my favorite studio dynamic duo. See you guys in November!
donhearl I agree! Chris and Yoli are both so amazing! We had ana amazing time!
thanks @donhearl!
What a cool and unique place. The studio is beautiful and looks like a great place to spend quality time laying down some good music. It was very interesting seeing the cutting pressing equipment too.
thanks!!
look at these nerds nerding out on all this gear, I love it
Thanks Warren and Chris! Great place!
Thanks ever so much Michael! You Rock my friend!
thanks!!
Those two records Brendan Benson did there with Chris sound absolutely amazing! Were it actually 1979, Brendan would be a megastar.
thanks and agreed!!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
@@welcometo1979 marvellous!
Awesome Video!
Like a kid in a candy store
haha Yes indeed!
Still analog devices are so great and amazing good looking
Sigh. Super nifty. What an eclectic yet fully on-topic music warehouse. Very cool. Thanks!
Thanks ever so much!!
This is like a maze.. I love it
yes, you can get lost!
That was fun! Thanks Warren for doing these walk throughs!
Graeme Woller you’re welcome my friend!
This was fascinating especially the record part which I didn't know much about. If 40 years from now someone opens up "Welcome to 2019", I'll gladly donate my Thinkpad with Reaper and Behringer interface, not quite as romantic, lol.
I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I am that no one went down the slide :| lol
come to Nashville and head down the slide in person!! :)
I went down the slide!!
Hi Warren , wow gorgeus studio, lovely, thank you for showing us, all the best, Darren Ross.
Hi Darren, thanks ever so much! Yes, beautiful studio!
a gem! thanks Warren!
Thanks ever so much Victor! You Rock!
Wow! What an absolutely fabulous place! I could live there ;-) Thanks for the tour!
Claudius LeBlanc thanks ever so much friend! Glad you enjoyed the tour!
this is really really cool, i could watch stuff like this all day, thanks for sharing this with us, very cool,................
Hey, I can dig it! That place is immaculate. Talk about a one stop shop.
Tisbonus agreed! They cover everything!!
Nah, they need a pressing plant, Mmmm what about the car park ;0)
Parking was good there! haha
Just for the sake of completing "the one stop shop", I think two presses should do it.
have they got room to house two ?
One working, one ready to go (back up), ;0)
It's not about High volume runs after all, just having the ability to press a few "promo" copies for clients in house.
Digital, Tape and vinyl, all under one roof...... that is cool !
It's great places like these (still) exist. And reusing the tapes is an amazing offer!
But, boy, I must have been tired! It took me staggering 8 minutes to figure out the t-shirt!
took me 30min lol
Jürgen Schuler haha I hear you!
Nathan Carrille I had to ask! Hahaha
Warren Nice Job, That is definitely one of favorite tours of studios you have done. keep up the good work
Warren i hope u r doing marvelously well. you my man have a good thing going , get to travel around and ''review' all these wonderful studios, this one has such vibe in sense of music/audio - hybrid of yesterday and today in great volume . 1979 is like disneyland for gear nerds like myself
Wow, I time travelled! Thanks.
Haha thanks ever so much for the great comment
This was a cool video so much info so little time! Such an amazing studio! Marvellous Warren!
Danny Christie thanks ever so much! Yes, an amazing studio!
Free tape! sweet.
And yeah, those Summit comps are sweet as f*ck.
Love that studio. Been there a couple times. Chris makes some good burgers out back.
thanks! we love grillin' on the back deck!
Welcome to 1979! Now if I’d known we would asked for lunch! Haha
Random Dad Stuff now that’s service!!
Nice studio, nice tour, nice people as well.
Whilst most people here would be (I would imagine), glazing over at all the wonderful equipment there, compressors EQ's, the Console and the like.
For me it was the lovely refurbished Thorens Turntable, The cutting lathe, and the plating machinery.
It's great to know, someone is keeping the old ways going.
Glad I've still got my old AR Turntable, something about it still brings a smile ;0)
Yeah, it's not clinically pure sound, but it still gives me that warm fuzzy feeling and a 3d sound stage out of a pair of speakers.
1979 Dire Straits (by Dire Straits) came out, bought it, played it, still play it today, in fact I did LoL (before getting your notification).
"water of love, deep in the ground"
"But there ain't no water here, to be found"
"Some day baby, when the river runs free"
"It's gonna carry that water of love to me". MK / Dire Straits
Cheers Warren and team, nice video.
thanks!! we love the vinyl aspect too!
Man this place looks amazing and you interview ever so well Warren😉
Super cool! It would be great if you could hangout at the blasting room for a day.
Yes, Andrew, that would be lot's of fun!
I just wanna go hang out there and feel like home
Michael H I agree! Amazing studio!
Awesome interview! And wow... what an awesome studio and great guy!!
Hi Martin, agreed, great studio, great guy!
thanks!!
Marvellous!!
Thanks ever so much!!
Another great video of a fine studio. Truly amazing to see the tape machine restoration and vinyl processing alive and well too. Nice work! Speaking of keeping great machines from yesteryear going - the "RE5" mic is much more than just a gameshow/interview mic: it's an RE55 and has one of the flattest frequency responses ever with an incredibly wide range, especially for a dynamic omni (almost ruler-flat from 50hz to around 20khz, IIRC). Like the old MCIs, it'd be a shame to see such exceptional engineering not get the love it deserves! Try it on overheads, pianos, strings, reverb chambers, as a room mic... it was even recommended for acoustic measurement.
ok joel- we'll start using it on more things! been wanting to try it on overheads....
Cliff's wild think that they actually did have ProTools in 1989!
Great episode
Weird request maybe: Do an interview and “studio” tour with Max Martin. His house/studio in LA also has some interesting history. (Outside of your genre but still very interesting.)
Yes, that would be amazing!!
Bike appears to be a CB350. I had one but modded it so much it's hard to recognize the stock one.
Great vid Warren. Love their work on MCI decks.
it's a 1973 Honda CB450 - going to start restoring it next year!
Welcome to 1979! Those bikes are so well made! Built to last decades!
Ah yes 450. I thought it looked a lil' big for 350 but it's sitting in a studio so that skews the perspective somewhat!
Cool when I saw the vinyl
Ah! Chris! 😊
Yes, Chris!! Ha
Great Video !! I recognised the MCI JH24 24 track, me and my band at the time recorded two demos and an album on one of those in a studio here in Sweden in the 90´s.
Thanks for sharing that info Stefan! I really appreciate it! Yes, great machine!
Yeah, both the demos and the album sounded great and digital hadnt taken over yet at the time either, now analog is more of a novelty. These days i prefer the practicality, affordability and sound quality of the DAW, the MJI JH24 was impressive and good sounding, but it was expensive to record and mix in a commecial studio with an engineer. For less than the money it took to record the album i now have my own equipment that can do the same in the DAW, although i think i get good results i am not a pro and of course have nowhere near your expertise, i think have good ears though :).
I think that every recording musician should record the analog way at some time, it easy to get lazy on a DAW, with analog you only have destructive punch in and no endless editing/copy paste/autotune options, you really need to know how to play/sing or things will go downhill fast.
HI Stefan, Marvellous comment! I appreciate your insight! The studio is Sweden sounds amazing!
Welcome to 1979 has character and a great vibe literally like going back in time how the great studios use to be.
I have nothing but Love for the MCI JH-24 tape Deck and the MCI 428 Console. Glad to see he's keeping it going!! Thanks Chris & Warren!
14:42
The Mci console is 24 Volts, if chris is using the older style 2520 opamps in the console that run on 16 Volts is he using a separate supply or did he add resistors to step down from the mci supplies?
37:15
Yes, you can drop the VU meter bridge down to make 16 or 8 tracks but you still have to have the corresponding head stack for it. Which I'm sure chris has a ton of.
Thanks so much! 14:42 - the console has been dropped to +/- 18V it uses 5534 op amps along with the 2520s.
love the shirt!
Julian Doe haha yes, indeed
They should've called it Party Like It's 1979 Studios, obviously.
Haha indeed
london calling came our dec 1979, enough said.
Exactly Glauber!
What an awesome tour!
But you left out the second EQ in the rack - the huge one? For beginners, it might have been very interesting.
At least I have a free plugin that looks like it, and sounds already great.
^_^
Up for Mr. Mara, the sensei engineer!
neovxr thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video! Agreed, Chris Rocks!! This was so much fun to do!!
Love the studio tours vids. Warren, could you do a " your top 5 or 10 reference tracks" vid? and explain what you like about them? Thank you ever so much. Sincerely, a life long subscriber.
Great tour. Love vinyl, it was my first love! and the haters are less than 2%, so don't worry about the thumbs down. There's always a wanker or 2.
Haha thanks Craig! RUclips told me we are doing something right when we get a certain amount of jealous dislikes! All good! I love our community! It's truly amazing!!
Anyone watching this video from 12:46 and not knowing what it's about 😂😂😂 'Clap your hands in there, Warren' and then claps on cue! Hilarious! 🤣🤣
"...and the pantaloon duck, white gooseneck quacked, 'webcore, webcore'"
Captain Beefheart in "Golden Birdies"