Abbey Road Studios shares the secrets to great sounding music

[@youngestoldie4458]

He mentions "Famously, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon Album" and doesn't mention the Beatles

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

The Beatles recorded in studio 2, which is a larger room

[@d655]

@@JuanAMatos-zx4ub recorded revolver at 3

[@nathandennis188]

I know. How crazy

[@PopsukFun]

Abbey Road Studios got famous because the crosswalk was featured in the album cover of the Abbey Road(album) cover which is the reason why that was a lot of tourists at the start of the video

[@endoflevelboss]

Pretty shocking that an Abbey Road audio engineer thinks that an 8-bit sample has 8 volume levels instead of 2^8 = 256.

[@RumiSHatt]

And higher sampling rate gives you "more details per second"... Both statements he makes are actually wrong. You can simplify without telling incorrect things! And then there's the man who can hear all the overtones of a triangle, now that his equipment does 192k. And finally there are the title and subtitle from techradar. Hmmm.

[@green95gt]

Yeah...i'm finding some audio engineers often make this mistake just as you have. They are not properly trained on how ADC and DAC works. I just found the same mistake from a company providing analog tape on their website.

[@Nullllus]

He said 'levels', not 'decibels' though.

[@Dougie-]

That doesn't change a thing, does it? 8 bits is 256 levels, not 8.

[@laz288]

Its not levels it the size of the palette to match the sound. Think of 8 Bit Image you have 256 colors to recreate the picture. Going up to 16 (64k) and then 24 (16 mil) you can get a bigger palette to choose from. Higher rates do give you more head room so it does affect the level.

[@shalomccs]

As I always say groups that make a recording together looking at each other can't be the same feeling recording apart. That was the Beatles success.

[@vladimirkozin8018]

Is he realy an Abbey Road mix engineer?

[@fuzzupuzzu]

i want to know more about the process of converting their stuff to 192, how does it get better if the source material is in a lower resolution? basically what formt are they making their 192 remasters from????

[@EricStPierre]

Analogue tape. It wasn't ones and zero's before digital :)

[@fuzzupuzzu]

Eric St-Pierre aaah i see converting them from analog sources

[@reklawnomis1596]

@@fuzzupuzzu Abbey Road used converted U Matic video machines prior to DAT

[@Tomroberts101]

"Buy the best speakers you can." Insightful! 😂

[@ReferenceFidelityComponents]

The problem I have with digitised music, especially playback, is that the soundstage sounds more squashed, flatter, more sat on and 2-D compared with analogue. Yes, the resolution and bandwidth and dynamic range is better BUT sound sat on is less preferable and realistic sounding than genuine time aligned speakers resolving a recording in more holographic 3-D sound where things like live recording front to back acoustics are present and where the soundscape takes on a more believable listenable and dynamic presence. As a speaker designer my home system has both in high end sources but its the vinyl replay that trounces the £9K digital source every time.

[@laxyamusic8162]

Wish I could visit this studio someday!

[@electroKrunch]

The best isn't always the best when it comes to art....

[@juura680]

Why are B&W Speakers set behind the console like that towards the end of the video? Not the right environment for those from what I know.

[@mrbojangle6118]

I sometimes wonder whether recording artists still need to use studios to record music. They could always use software on their own computer 💻. It would also be drastically cheaper.

[@musamusashi]

If you recorded in both a home studio and a world class commercial facility as Abbey Road, you know the answer.

[@MegaMech]

Depends on use-case. Vocal recording booths are usually pretty tiny anyway. So yea, lady gaga could build her own studio in her home and never bother going to the recording studio again. Honestly, the music is so bad anyway it would make no difference. Classical music though, piano, orchestra, it makes all the difference. Some rehearsal venues could easily sound passable though.

[@yosuaaji6338]

does anyone know what headphone they use?

[@merchannel7762]

This dode is so giddy it hurts

[@kimberlyforti7596]

finally this channel uploading good content

[@simonsaysrewind]

finally someone has a face on their profile 😂 and now me 👍 🎶

[@nintony2994]

Finally, random people on the internet 😜

[@InXLsisDeo]

Funny that he says "obviously you don't want massive speakers in a small room", which I agree with, then the second after that we see 3 huge B&W speakers in a rather cramped area, with a glass wall behind, which cannot be a worse environment for such speakers.

[@SOKRVT]

How silly they are, right?

[@witzendoz]

they are being stored there so if someone wants the B&W they are placed in the correct position.

[@rockalliance8815]

I've heard of a former mixing console from Abbey Road coming to a Canadian studio, anyone hear of this?

[@rroccss]

I know they are from Studio Three, but they only mentioned the Beatles once.

[@BEHEDETY]

the dark side of Abbey Road Studios

[@ingeneralGREEN]

to record for the Green.

[@dulla8469]

pink floyd?? didnt even mention the beatles, the studio and the beatles album share the same name, like come on

[@p0llenp0ny]

So basically you don't need to know shit about digital or.Nyquist theorem to work at Abbey Road.

[@LtdBoomer]

You are all such good sound engineers ... How many top ten hits have you created in your career? You are all such good technicians ..... Which studios do you work for? i need to laugh,sorry!

[@DavekayBSC]

Missing: any discussion of loudness. There's no point to buying the best speakers you can when the studio decides to master at DR4 to be "competitive."

[@deucesolo]

The shot at 4:54 with all the different keyboards looks just the set-up my band had a few years back. We didn't master our tracks at Abbey Road Studio, but the sound we got was amazing and we are all quite happy. See our studio 2 keyboard set-up here-kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGiplqSNhLGNbJY

[@Wuaiabwjs]

wtf dude talking about pink floyd when its abbey road ahah abbey road is legit famous for the beatles

[@DronePsyche]

so kinda vague useless info

[@Carlos_RodriguesS2]

NO GRACE COLORS OF DECORATION, I WOULD DO BETTER

[@londonolnol]

Yes for decoration and the cosy mood I prefer the Hans Zimmer studio !

[@elmo7sharp9]

What are the advantages of 192kHz? "More triangle!". ;-)

[@yijuncai8400]

Yijun Cai1 second ago :( OMG Just showing the gear ...wast audience's time :(

[@sagonz0001]

Yeah, if this was 50 years ago

[@jamesmonk28]

did you even watch the whole video?

[@sagonz0001]

+James Monk nope lol

[@nxxxxzn]

8 bits is 8 levels of audio? I bet he has no clue about Nyquist theorem either. This only shows that ignorant people can still get jobs at prestigious companies. And they talk about sample rate as if it's the answer to good sound quality. Downsample your 192k to 48k and you'll hear no difference.

[@pimkantunthong]

Good point... I thought that 8 bits was 256 levels of sound or something like that...

[@Leo9ine]

This entire video is just... Gibberish. No one gives an answer. No one says anything. No one makes a point. It's just disjointed interview clips. I'm sorry but it really is. If you actually want to learn what makes good sounding audio, I can recommend Dan Worrall and Fabfilter videos.

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

Pink Floyd: The best band of all time.

[@Swukelz]

But I’m sure my $100 mic and Logic Pro gets my songs sounding DIY Granted if I were any good at writing songs

[@campusaint]

Calvin Harris uses Logic, the daw does not determine the quality, it’s your dedication to the song and skill.

[@Isdale]

This is one of the most pointless videos I've ever seen, and it came up first when I searched Abbey Road Studios lol

[@PRICKIEYHARDHEY]

Abbey's got it going on !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKWldJKYbaqgoLM

[@ingeneralGREEN]

QURAN RECORDER FRA , BLUE.

[@nathandennis188]

So you didn’t mention the Beatles in this, what a disgrace!

[@jefffan171]

Had to add a dislike on this one. Here was a perfect opportunity for such a lovely and respected studio to highlight the devastating issue that is... "The loudness Wars" in modern records. Otherwise would have been a brilliant video, just seems a shame if an artist is recorded well, with great mics, in beautiful surroundings, by some of world's most talented engineers and is then mastered down to a 4db range!!! Hi-Res or not... like Newt from Aliens once said "it won't make any difference".

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Just because you have the Loudness War on your mind you give this a dislike?... They likely never touched upon that in these interviews, more focusing on technical quality as opposed to the process of mixing and mastering. A lot of them seem to be about capturing and recording in this video and what thát process does to affect the quality. - There are loads of videos about the Loudness War, we get it. And don't get me wrong, I'm all about that. I just didn't think it was "missing" here, because that's for later stages. Obviously these people won't mess up recordings by overloading their equipment. They were talking about THE equipment and technology. Not exactly how to use it and then prevent "loudness".

[@archologyzero]

I wanted burrito. No burritos here. Dislike.

[@nigelsmith2044]

Best hifi system in the world. Who needs linn/naim gear???