#82 Abbey Road Studio 1

[@ZeLuJ]

The concept and all about the studio is fantastic and amazing.

[@DJLA]

Man every time I watch these vlogs I can't help but marvel at the production value. Incredible stuff. Keep it up :)

[@patbreacadh]

This is one of those OMG episodes... Abbey Road. Goose bumps! Thanks for the lovely seafront beginning and end. Nice touch.

[@rushkionze3758]

Just go back to this Vlog again after the release of ABBEY ROAD ONE.

[@ricgus3]

interesting that he said he was working on an "albion" library at the start of the video. Abbey road one is kinda albion library i guess

[@zoommpro]

As you said, it's so good to see young talent emerge. This also applies to the studio personnel as well. So good to witness awesome talent flourish and develop, becoming fully fledged engineers in their own right.

[@pjarriola99]

I just sang Only in Sleep in my choir!! Wonderful piece. Love your videos Christian. You're a huge inspiration to me as a young composer. Thanks you!

[@maxmcguirecomposer]

What a magical place - must have been incredible to have all those different ensembles in!

[@Tsharkeye]

I love the sound of the ocean, thanks for bringing us with you once again :)

[@richdewhittaker1746]

I was there in 2015 with Alan Parson's in Studio 3... awesome place...awesome canteen.

[@d.1565]

It sure is a magical place, happy for you! I was chatting with Lewis and he told me you were coming... we almost bumped this day. =)

[@ChrisHaighMusicOfficial]

It sounds amazing in that room. I loved having my music recorded there. My vlog inside abbey road wasn't as impressive as yours but..... :)

[@brandondimusic2465]

You are so lucky to have had your music recorded in Abbey Road.

[@msrofficial9793]

so amazing .. malaysian bands was there.."kugiran masdo"

[@DuskLight]

Who got this video suggested after the release of ABBEY ROAD ONE! Comment...

[@AynenMakino]

At 1:20 it sounded rather Stravinsky-esque, I love it!

[@AlbertKimMusic]

man you guys seem fun to work with

[@robnorthcott7977]

I'm taking the podium in that room in a few weeks to record some big angry stuff and I'm going to bring spare pants

[@khalilouldahmed569]

de jolie paire de bowers & wilkins

[@halcyondaystunes]

The place of dreams :)

[@JureJerebic]

You might want to think about more modulation in your rack - that's where the modular fun comes in. I'd get a MIDI to CV converter module (such as Doepfer A-190-2 or Mutable Instruments Yarns), so you can sync your DAW clock to it. Then, think about getting a Make Noise Tempi, with which you can take the master clock and either divide or multiply it. From Tempi, those clocks could control clockable LFO's for example, which you then use to modulate the modules. Let me know if you need more tips!

[@adamking-composer9475]

Would be awesome to get more LCO libraries!

[@Fyrlink]

You’re doing amazing things Chris! Stop at nothing!

[@LooseFang]

I will echo some of the comments about more modulation, especially Maths...it went from being so incredibly confusing to one of the most powerful modules in my case once I spent enough time with it, now I use it in every patch. Also check out the Expert Sleepers stuff including the Silent Way software...it works great for DAW integration and gives you a few more LFOs via the software.

[@AlexKlingle]

For interesting modules I'd add an Intellijel Rainmaker and Mutable Instruments Rings (run audio into it rather than just using it as an oscillator sound source, very cool for transforming sounds). Looks like you've got some cool modules, but there is a bit of redundancy with a lot of the I/O and mixing modules taking up space. The critical things you're missing in your rack are VCAs, some utilities, CV control sources, envelope generators, and LFOs. Essentially, boring things that will expand and open up the potential of all those interesting modules. Check out things like Make Noise Maths (king of utilities), Intellijel Quad VCA or Mutable Instruments Veils (VCAs), Intellijel Planar (wicked CV control source and VCA), Batumi (lots of LFOs), 4ms clock dividers, Make Noise Pressure Points, etc. Looks like you're going for more of an FX/modulation rack, but you'll probably still want a way to have a clock coming from your main DAW. Think, setting specifically timed triggers. Simplest cheapest option is the Arturia Keystep that has sync out with pitch and gate out as an added bonus. Expert sleepers make some great modules for interfacing with the daw. But also, if you just have some sort of click feeding from your DAW to your rack, that will probably do as well :) Whew sorry for the essay!

[@joeworters]

I agree! More utilities and "boring" things! Make Noise Maths all the way!

[@markwilliamson6884]

you need more VCAs, LFos (quadra would be my pick) and utils, Maths is a cliche but there is a reason for that, I'd be tempted by a wave folder for what you do - Intelijel have a nice one. I suspect you might like the Doepfer Wasp filter (don't dismiss Doepfer because they are cheap and cheerful - they make great stuff)

[@patcupo]

mark williamson I second what Mark says. You can never have too many VCAs. If you’re just going to have a bunch of audio effects, you might as well stick with pedals. You need modules that’ll make those effects modulate and speak to one another. Maths by Make Noise is king here but Intellijel has great utilities as well. I highly recommend playing with modules first in VCV Rack so you know what types you’ll need.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

When is this solo project going to be ready??? I'm doing to hear it after watching the players play your music in this!!

[@halcyondaystunes]

4.35 needs a Ólafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions soundtrack ;)

[@skylightmusicshowree]

East Fife ....'Four', Forfar ....'Five'!....:-)

[@The_Marvin_G_96]

Hey is there a reason that all the sections are being recorded separately and not all in one go?

[@RLeaguer_Saint]

Please, you cannot dangle Eric Whitacre above us any longer - when is the choral library ready??!!! I can't take it, I just can't take it!!!

[@J-MLindeMusic]

1:20 Sounds intriguing!

[@DennisCaunce]

what's the reverb time of that room?

[@d_lydian]

5:35: Which song is that?

[@robertskey]

Is it wrong to want all the white modules and black modules together in one row each!

[@charlesgaskell5899]

How do you ensure that the choir / chorus stay in tune if you record them separately? Or are they simply professionals that don't go out of tune?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

They sing to the backing track, all orchestral players use single cans, so they monitor on one ear and pitch to themselves and balance with others using the other ear.

[@nichtimmer9134]

How big is the recordroom at m2??? 150m2? 200m2??? ...im sure its not the bigest studio in World! Casino baumgarten wien austra is maybe biger and used only tube technic from 1965 and befor, after it was never more Changed!!! Ol Original!!! Studer c37 and j37 have thay + 16in 4 out tube mixer!!!! One of world best studio!!!! In Vienna Austria!!!

[@nativeVS]

Wasn't Empire Strikes Back done at Denham?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

No the first Star Wars was (as in ep iv ‘a new hope’) empire was the first to be done at AR.

[@AndrewBarracloughComposer]

I thought Empire was done at Anvil Studios? You can see Williams conducting Empire at Anvil in this video at 3.24. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJTTqoaVptdjsKMm24s

[@4kfreelance]

I wouldn't be putting this if I wasn't desperate to ask for help from the world. I'm a carer who gets £62 a week while I try to keep myself going with freelance work. If you ever need an editor to complete vlog videos all I need is an extra £60 per week to manage with food and bills to help her out. On the contrary, if there are any leads out for me to write music for media to make ends meet... I'm looking on a regular basis to get us out of the shit. I'm a pro in FCPX, DaVinci Resolve, Logic X, After Effects.

[@nichtimmer9134]

Without EMI and his "band's/groub's" like beatles and pink floyd thay recorded in abbey road, would that studio not be famous! Like studer tapemaschines (j37 stereo/mono and j37 4track) ...telefunken m10 tube recorder!!! build in 50s approx 10 years befor studer j37 came on 1964 on market, is the real "holy grail" ...the m10 stereo 1/4" tube rec. and the superb Telefunken m10 4 track 1" tube tape recorder are the highest standart in world in the 50s to 60s than on 2th place came studer (im a studer and telefunken fan) and on 3th place ampex 50s recorder ;) ...love all 3 brands!!!, and other also like - tascam, otari, skully, mci, soundcraft and other tape recorder for professionell recording on tape!!! ...the Casino baumgarten studio in vienna is superb one! ...all 60s tube technic and never changes to new recording stuff, its like it was in 60s!!!! And in germany it give a superb studio with tube mixer and 1957 (or 1955) m10 4 track 1" recorder! ...one of the moste expensiv and rare recorder in history and today!!!

[@artemkapustin7247]

6:00 guys

[@infov0re]

That f*ckstation: far, far, far, far, far too much shiny (ie: things that manipulate audio and do things). Needs more: modulation sources - utilities that generate CV. LFOs, function generators, envelopes, and then all the boring stuff to go with it: mixers, mults, logic. Take Clouds, for instance, as you've acquired one: Clouds adores modulation. It gets a bit dreary and smeary without. All those input jacks on the front want modulation (and, because it doesn't have attenuators on them, possibly attenuated modulation). What's going to modulate it? All those controls on Morphagene? Etc, etc. This isn't a pedalboard: all those jacks are for control as well as audio, and there's so much shaping and manipulation you could be doing - and that'll bring patches alive and make them more than just a static effects chain. Or rather: that's where modular will be doing things that a pedalboard can't. Right now, this is a like a dinner made up of just steak after steak after steak; you need vegetables, you need condiments, and you need spices. I'd strip right back: one row, an audio IO box, your Clouds; now work out what other ingredients would work. Something that can mix audio or CV might help - say a cascading attenuator like an Intellijel Triatt, which can attenuate, invert, and mix. Xaoc's Batumi is a really dense quad-lfo which can have related or unrelated oscillators, but that's a ton of modulation sources. There's a reason Maths gets mentioned a lot (yes, you can LFO and envelope with it, but you should see what happens when you start running audio through it...). An interesting filter like the Xaoc you've picked out definitely goes a long way for soundshaping. Etcetera, etcetera. But just start imagining one row, and ask: where's the salt? Where's the pepper? What will bring this steak to life?

[@robjacobsjazz12]

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