My Predictions For 2025 In The Audio Industry

[@Apophis392]

For anyone with missing context: digital recallablity is when you’re able to digitally control the parameters of analog equipment, as an alternative to trying to digitally emulate it. Eventually, we’ll be able to manipulate our gear directly from the computer, instead relying just on simulated gear within that computer, or fiddling around with all the different knobs.

[@RT8083]

Needed this 👍 thanks

[@kyleolin3566]

Your input is greatly appreciated 🤘😎🤘

[@MrGastrax]

You should check out the Zombie Rec Mammut low end shaper, which comes with digital recall!

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@MrGastrax got one here. Review coming soon. It's brilliant. Very unique

[@simonleesax4788]

If analogue goes digitally recallable then a next step could be hiring out gear that customers could patch into over the internet through a dedicated site which I know that this service already exists but not on a mass scale

[@rickythethird]

music is becoming more easier but less profitable, less bigger guys and more smaller enemies

[@linusblomberg6166]

Do you think there will be more 500 series racks that support digital recall in 2025? I mean not the modules, but the actual rack. I want a rack that supports both adat and digital recall, and as far as I know there are none.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@linusblomberg6166 Stam will be bringing one out.

[@craigalvin4868]

The Harrison Series 12 is the fully digitally recallable analog console you are looking for. It came out in the 1990’s. I have owned two of them.

[@davidpetersmusic]

JCF Audio has a fully digitally recallable large format console. Aren’t many out there, but they are incredible. And you don’t even need a computer to recall it!

[@whome3911]

Just $1million

[@davidpetersmusic]

@@whome3911 Hs stuff is pricey, but actually not too much more than the API 32ch and probably comparable to an SSL Duality.

[@MR_Cellarpop]

Wonder when Rupert Neve Designs will go digital recall on some products.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@MR_Cellarpop I was hoping this week at Namm but I guess we will have to wait another year.

[@drydessert4198]

Euphonix had analog consoles with digital control and recall.

[@Kharrari]

Digital recall is amazing and I want it. Wesaudio is what I really want. Just waiting to move my studio.

[@dahlbaker]

When SSL upgrades the Fusion and the Bus+ I'll just keep my old ones and turn the knobs by hand.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

You can still use digitally recallable gear as you normally would by turning the knobs by hand.

[@gabrielreinert8458]

The new Sepia platform from Karno is exactly that, digitally controlled analog hardware and it looks really good and well thought out

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

I've consulted with them a couple of times and had one on one product demos. It's s really good platform I'll be looking into. A few changes need to be made for studio use which I've mentioned to them. I just hope they do a dedicated studio rack for the modules.

[@arnesl929]

Elysia xpressor with recall would be interesting to me.

[@NRVE8]

the only problem is having a system with a USB hub for all these USB ports you’re gonna need for recallability. as most hubs only have a certain amount of bandwidth and we all know Macs only give you half a port to use so a new system might need to come in place in order to utilize all this recall availability Without a bunch of more cables

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@NRVE8 I've got a good 24 usbs running into my mac with zero issues. I thought the same as you. Turns out it's no issue.

[@NRVE8]

@ interesting, what hub do you use? Sounds like I need an upgrade

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@NRVE8 I use 3 PHIXERO 7 Port USB Hub

[@magnivore1603]

I agree 10000000% with everything you said. My ultimate dream would be to have a full-sized console with 100% DAW control and 100% total digital recall on analogue units. If SSL comes out with this they will change the game.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@magnivore1603 can you imagine an AWS with digital recall and full DAW control. It would be incredible. But expensive.

[@magnivore1603]

@ incredible, expensive, but WELL worth it! Hoping one day this dream comes true my friend. Btw, just recently came across this channel and it’s quickly become one of my favorites. So much solid and honest information here, thank you for taking time to answer questions! Cheers

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@magnivore1603 that's great to hear. Thank you

[@ArtEntity]

Awesome channel bro!!

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@ArtEntity thank you

[@bildjan]

One big problem is the constant updates we have to deal with and keep up with< imagine staring a project every day and waiting for updates every day, its already difficult to keep up with native instruments, plugin alliance and waves updates. Imagine having 100s of updates every time you start a computer. Thats not the future. It’s too risky for the manufacturers and adds too much responsibility. wake up Paul, too much security and privacy issues on line

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@bildjan everything you mention was a concern of mine. But the more I spoke with manufacturers the more information I could source where I got to understand these concerns shouldn't be concerns. You'll notice I've not installed any boutique brands in this studio for the reasons you've outlined. I've woken up. I'll not be returning to non digitally recallable gear.

[@jhorconguero5808]

Hum audio console recallable, with Laal recallable on bus master 🤯🤯🤯

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@jhorconguero5808 this would be a dream. But it'll cost so much. I thought about buying a N-Trophy and having one studio that is set up until the mix is confirmed as complete.

[@Wolfbabypuppylove]

An increment in cost is going to be a factor servo assisted dials and the usb implementation ......if this iswhat your talking about like rhe tegler creme rc

[@saturanalog]

The day the Hum Audio N-Trophy console came out i thought my search for a console was over. But i was wishing that it was digital controlled as well. Neve Genesys is good but the problem is that it only has one set of controls per channel and that for me is quite slow (yes i know about their plugin). I'm hoping that companies like Rupert Neve Designs will join in as well with their 5052, 5254 etc. But I don't know why companies don't approach Wes Audio for help

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@saturanalog I was very close to getting a Genesys. And the one thing that puts me off is that the EQ aren't on the console and are controlled using the controller. I want to see and feel those controls. Dart around a console with ease. I couldn't feel that with the Genesys.

[@saturanalog]

@AudioAnimalsStudio Yeah. They should've been the first one to make an digital controlled analog console since they made the 88D before

[@thaexception3406]

Agree with most

[@braxal6983]

Paul, What you said really makes since. I agree plugin market is over saturated. I am not so interested in them anymore. My last purchase was Liquid Sonics Seventh Heaven I got on Black Friday at 40% off. I love that reverb. I feel it is the best I have. I am curious I know the Empirical Labs FATSO is not recallable but what is your take on it verses having a pair of Neve 542's and or a MBT?

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@braxal6983 i love the liquid sonics reverbs. I use cinematic rooms professional a lot. I'm not a huge fan of the Fatso. I'd much rather the mbt or 542s.

[@braxal6983]

@@AudioAnimalsStudio Paul, I love that you can help me with gear choices. I hope you do not get tired of my questions. I am set to get my Titan rack as soon as it comes in stock at that 20% discount and plan to buy the Neve 542's and the Hyperion to go along with my Pandora. I believe that is what you told me would be better than a MBT. Correct? I plan to use this on the mix bus etc.. along with my SSL bus+ and HE2. Any other suggestions? Again I appreciate you.

[@pongmaster123]

that should be done with User changable rather cheap but high resolution parts. motorized pot incl. electronics in a bloc form. so you can remove the faceplate and click out the defective bloc and replace it. otherwise - with THAT many mechanised parts in a console for example that console is always "out of service" or big chunks of gear sent out for repair.

[@FrancisJoa]

AMS Neve Genesys console is totally digital recallable.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@FrancisJoa no it isn't. About 60% digitally recallable. You want to feel the EQ not use a controller to control EQs inside the console like a built in mcdsp on every channel. The Genesys is far from what I want from a digitally recallable console.

[@rugososphotos3646]

One benefit of everybody releasing plugins is that now we can get very good plugins for way cheaper than we used to. Also I'm thinking AI will get us closer to the "analog sound" in the near future like it did with guitar amps. Don't know if it will happen on 2025 though

[@pjuliano9000]

Can;t get reall balls and chunk other than turning up a 100w amplifier and palm muting ... it's that physical interaction that the guitarist reacts with ... plugs sound neutered .. you don't get the visceral experience which affect your performance and the feeling you experience when you play.

[@dougleydorite]

People are going to have a hard time competing with Wes Audio due to their brilliant interfacing. Personally, I won’t have too many units with cables dangling out the front. Would be cool if Wes Audio shared their interfacing as there system has proven the test of time

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@dougleydorite I believe other brands are able to build 500 series for the Titan racks. The can licence it through Wes Audio. I may be wrong on this.

[@dougleydorite]

@ that would be cool. They just need to put locking XLR’s on them now

[@gabrielreinert8458]

Yep, they actually do license their digital recall system. They call it GCon and there even is a GCon framework manual online (Rev 1 is from 2016 !!!). It just seems that no other company is interested in this until now. And I can't understand why.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@gabrielreinert8458 I've thought about building for it for my own use. I just need to look into cost.

[@NyakzOTSD]

In theory, you could buy analogue access and run all your sessions through it.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@NyakzOTSD that would be a tedious process.

[@NyakzOTSD]

@@AudioAnimalsStudio possibly, but they have unlimited now..

[@deweybrowderiii5969]

Of course you would think plug ins will hit a “brick wall”- you have the most beautiful studio ever full of analog gear 😂

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@deweybrowderiii5969 I don't want plugins to stop progressing. If plugins could compete with analogue gear I'd be using them. We've seen very little in the way of advancements in 2024. Unless something changes in the way plugins can be developed we'll see much of the same this year.

[@MarcinMadix]

Neve has had digital recall for many years now.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@MarcinMadix that's not kind of recall we are talking about here. If you use one you'll know this isn't full digital recall how I'd want.

[@MarcinMadix]

@@AudioAnimalsStudio I use a Genesis Black console and in a sense you are right, every pot on the desk is not motorized and has to be manually moved. But I bring it up because all the faders, analog eqs & compressors, routing, are all recalled instantly by the use of relays. There is also a DAW plugin that allows for channel, eq, compressor, fader, busses, to be automated and controlled by the DAW. You are only missing control and recall of the send pots. With a desk like the Genesis Black, and your extra outboard, you would have complete and instant recall and control completely in the analog domain. The idea, technology, and implementation is not new. Neve is a pioneer in this area imo and has been implementing this many years ago. Great videos and content. Keep it up!

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@MarcinMadix I've considered getting a genesys many times. I just think it's possible for someone to do a fully digitally recallable console where every aspect of it is digitally recallable. Genesys didn't do it for me. I want see and feel the EQ not control it like a mcdsp.

[@MarcinMadix]

@@AudioAnimalsStudio yes I can relate to that!

[@bildjan]

I think the future will be quite different- i.e. producer tunes a sound (using either hardware or software that feels right at the moment and what he/she likes and lets AI “finish”, “polish”/fine tune it . Ai will add accurate finish touches to mixes and masters

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@bildjan I disagree. I think at some point you'll be penalised for using AI. That may be the algorithm not selecting a song or royalties not being as much.

[@bildjan]

Penalized for what?

[@bildjan]

Let’s say an artist makes a song and ai adds finish touches on it and correct the eq levels etc… who cares if ppl love the end product and want to listen to it. Do you think Timbaland joined the ai music production platform just for fun? I think he is trying to keep up with what’s to come in the future. Artists release ai masters for years some even use ai to mix. New thing coming up called spike Ai: they promise it will mix your song and go beyond- from their page- Spike AI does more than simply automating technical aspects, but the makers say it also captures the artistic nuance which a skilled engineer can bring to a mix. A unique feature in the software is the ability for users to interact with a chatbot trained on Spike’s specific expertise, meaning mix adjustments can be made using natural language. This intuitive, conversational approach allows even those without deep technical knowledge to fine-tune their mixes, providing a new level of access to professional-grade results. I think what will happen is that producers and artist will realize that the human generated sound is the best and will value it more. Regardless if it’s digitally recalled or not. For instance old records are now the new trend and vinyl sales are high again. Ppl Are getting sick of the machines and will want to get more old school natural stuff. There is still gonna be great % of the market for ai driven digital Music for the electronic music.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@bildjan and I think in the future you'll be penalised for releasing music produced with AI. Like how when you post a picture using AI you have to state that it was made using AI. Then images made with AI don't enter the algorithm in the same way. They will be penalised and not pushed to go viral. Same situation with music. Music made by a human will be served to more people and AI music will be held back. Just a prediction based of what I know is currently happening.

[@bildjan]

@@AudioAnimalsStudiolet’s hope so

[@Yourweakminds]

5th video in a row about digital bloody recall! Not a big deal manufacturers - get it done.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@Yourweakminds stay tuned for tomorrow. It'll be 6 in a row.

[@SwetStet]

Tbh for the average person it wont be affordable or i dont think it will be. If your releasing your music professionally best to do it the old school way and pay mastering engineers. And thats the way it should be.

[@SwetStet]

@@korkybuchekof corse i do.

[@SwetStet]

Are you a mastering engineer ?

[@djerikfox]

..if we don't have ww3 or another virus pandemic it will be an amazing year for the music industry....with so many tools, apps, gadgets, AI, im sure there will be a lot of good music..regards

[@Dystopian84]

😂

[@djerikfox]

@@Dystopian84 😅

[@SG-4u]

Plugins absolutely will replace analog sooner or later. Machine learning will get them to a point where they sound 100% identicle to analog, with quite a few tricks that analog won’t ever be able to do.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@SG-4u I honestly don't think this will be the case. They've been saying this for the past 20 years and were no closer than we were back then.

[@SG-4u]

The technology is ready, it’s just waiting for someone to come along and apply it. Right now the trend is in generative audio apps, but eventually someone is going to figure out there is a small amount of money to be made in signal processing too.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@SG-4u when digital plugins get to the point that they can emulate hardware accurately, there will be people like me who use analogue equipment that will be in high demand for our more unique sound. Well this is what I hope.

[@hafimula]

I really wanna know how this channel is buying all of this shit??? Any latest gear that drops, this channel either has it or has to get it 😂😂 we’re not talking about cheap stuff either. $5000-$10000 units. ALL around. Sheesh. Is the business booming that great over there?

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@hafimula business is booming for us. Non stop hard work.

[@sxproaudio]

These guys are the hardest working guys in the industry and deserve every success!

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@@sxproaudio you guys know all too well, as I'm constantly on the phone ordering new gear in with you.

[@dingbatjack1234]

Console already exists Neve Genesys Black

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@dingbatjack1234 no this isn't what I'm talking about. Far far from what I'm asking for.

[@pjuliano9000]

Nothing will be exciting until AI is enabled to perform circuit analysis and write the code the emulate everything into an algorithm that is beyond a humans ability to create .... that will be the next revolution. One problem I don;t see it being able to repliate is organic sounding distortion .... Notice how Guitar plug ins always sound flat and the dynamics are just non existent ...

[@hiddenmaterial]

for sure looking forward to the blackbox hg-q and the channel strip from elysia would be way more up my alley if they did a stereo version i think elysia has a huge opportunity since a lot of their gear feels very "tweaky" and can benefit highly from digital recall, would really love to use their stuff with automation i think you're SPOT ON about SSL and the fusion. another one that will benefit hugely from having presets

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@hiddenmaterial the introduction of digital recall just makes sense for SSL.

[@tommyface5756]

Master plan, The god particle.soothe, IZOTOPE AND MORE Why do we want to create analouge sounds Anyway we need to move on as the world has. like i used to be a Dj with vinyl i could never go back..... It was like vynil had 100% of the market now its about 5% of the market..It seem u may want analog to come back as you have invested thousands and you will benifit finaca;;y as the average Joe cant afford that gear and they would go to folks like u and pay for a master.. Plus the causal listener is on phones and headphones nowadays streaming and half of clubs are gone.

[@AudioAnimalsStudio]

@tommyface5756 one day you'll learn. I speak to people like you all the time. Some come to the realisation within days of working with analogue gear some take longer. But ultimately once they get to that point the only thing holding them back and keeping on banging this drum is that they can't afford to buy the hardware.

[@michael.maurus]

Elysia Alpha Compressor with a digital recall plugin - now that would be a true revolution. Especially since this piece of gear is undoubtedly very complex to set up from session to session. Or an SPL Iron, that would be a dream come true.

[@doubleg1094]

NAMM 2025 the year of keyboards 😅, the reason in my opinion is that the technical stuff is very complete nowadays

[@opticalman6417]

i wouldnt buy any of that gear there i would leave it to people like pual to use who knows what there doing focus on writing the music then send it to someone like him to mix and master to many people who make music in there home studio are trying to take on to many tasks and have not got a clue what there doing here is a prime example of bad mixing and mastering where the dynamics have been totally destroyed kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5W0nn93mrujiK8 Nitrous Oxide Feat Aneym - Follow You (Fast Future's 2 Weeks With Her Remix).wmv