Daniel Miller Studio Tour

[@rednax3333]

Daniel Miller - The man whose label provided at least 80% of the soundtrack to my life. 😁❤️🙌

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video. Daniel’s studio production work in the 80’s was legendary.

[@chrisstrobel3439]

Man thats the cleanest studio I've ever seen ..... clinical looking ..... could double as a surgical suite 8D

[@kowboiirecords3117]

He said it all in the first 3 min. I LOVE THIS GUY!!! LOL Best Video I've seen in awhile... I need to visit that studio.

[@JasonOwenvisco242]

I love this man he inspired me over 50 years

[@Rhythmicons]

You had me at the paisley scarf.

[@multiz0rak]

yeah it looks like daniel is an accessory to this scarf

[@hqdrum]

The Russian drum-machine at 6:27 is called "Formanta" ("Форманта")

[@douglaswilliams7130]

yes I saw the cravat. I wonder where he gets them. that huge set of right kit was almost enough to make me feel the emotion of jealousy. fortunately I caught myself and realized the insurance,the amount of workload,the engineers and suchlike. I talked myself down. nice area. and a just classy guy. thank you Uploader. I rather enjoyed that

[@NaijaSebun]

A perfect place to create loads of new stuff!

[@ScottishScott2024]

Daniel Miller is awesome

[@boughtinerror]

why isnt this guy my grandad. imagine going to his every sunday for dinner. my sundays consisted of football italia and a wonky snooker table. id ve like come on gramps get your moog out

[@professorhamamoto]

The 45 of "TVOD"/"Warm Leatherette" is one of the best in my record collection. Has anyone detected the J. G. Ballard influence on these two particular tracks?

[@professorhamamoto]

+rrliled Thanks for the confirmation. But I need to track down the interview for proper citation. Thanks again for the lead. Btw please see my KZbin piece of "Kraftwerk." Daniel Miller is into "Krautrock."

[@azynkron]

It's not like it was a secret, you know..

[@chieftp]

in russia, synth play you

[@rednax3333]

chieftp 😆👍

[@CarlosCuevasCantautor]

This sir is a legend.

[@soulminer]

What an amazing bloke.

[@davedogge2280]

Daniel Miller was meant to be very influential to 80s / 90s synth bands in the UK, I think a serious interview is in order, he claims in the video above that 'he's not a studio engineer' however, I suspect modesty has crept in and would love to know what work he actually did with those 80s/90s synth bands. The TrashTheory KZbin channel should do a piece on him or someone similar.

[@therealcubiksrube]

Daniel Miller can even make an innocent Yamaha upright piano sound like you want to go "warm... leatherette..." just by hitting some keys quasi randomly :)

[@peterclifford8305]

Auratone 5c Cubes on the desk there, a must for final mix checking. I remember the first time i saw these speakers back in 1976, Iv'e used them ever since!

[@marguskiis7711]

Wow, Soviet Polivoks!

[@jeanfatale]

They aren't exactly rare. Produced en masse.

[@DjASHERBLAZE]

Living a dream

[@CarlitosDJmx]

THE BIG BOSS JUST SPOKE !

[@vitalijolegovith4685]

приятно когда русские железки в студиях стоят )

[@bukkaratsuppa6414]

А что за группу он назвал? И если они так запросто мотались с гастролями по Союзу, типа, метнись в Лондон за дэиксом, и обратно в Сибирь - почему они нифига не на слуху у нас?

[@ksvlo]

@@bukkaratsuppa6414 nitzer ebb, которая у Депеш на разогревах работала

[@robertsyrett1992]

That is a really balanced amount of gear that doesn't go overboard with poly synths.

[@blapo38]

Nice. Would love to give such a neat place a try.

[@smittyboy]

Nice studio!!! @4:00 was hilarious to me for some reason.

[@schinaro]

My first time seeing a piano lol

[@azynkron]

Most of the modern DJs have never been near one.. so, from a point of view it made sense to point it out what it was.

[@GNeuman]

Daniel, you villian, ripping off that poor Russian with that DX7 deal😂😂😂

[@rbrtck]

Maybe the Russian synth isn't particularly rare or valuable in Russia?

[@veerchasm1]

Beautiful studio and the great DM (Daniel Miller not the band 😉). I always found it odd when people put their rack gear down by their feet, not really conducive to work flow...

[@zamorra6243]

very sympathic, very impressing, very gearporny :-)

[@desktorp]

6:20 before I knew what these were, I used to refer to them as "that russian synth that looks like a north american snes cartridge"

[@matthijsblomjous3671]

I hope the background noise isn't as bad in real life

[@sofadviolator]

Think he was playing Fletches part on Black celebration on that Piano right?

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

sofadviolator hahaha

[@srfnma6813]

There is no fletch part...

[@z00h]

@@srfnma6813 you're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you.

[@srfnma6813]

z00h you are so gay

[@z00h]

@@srfnma6813 yes, I'm quite happy.

[@vjrei]

I never understood why people place rack equipment under the desk instead of placing it at eyesight?

[@ELECTRORAVETECHNO707]

TODO UN HOMBRE ORQUESTA: PRODUCTOR DJ Y REMIXER DE #ERASURE #DepecheMode #NewOrder #NitzerEbb DEMAS DE SER EL DUEÑO DE LAS DISQUERAS #MUTE #NovaMute #MuteRecords

[@Leibo07]

: c that polyvoks is seriously badass.

[@vjrei]

The irony... the worst background noise in all youtube.

[@sophia_lazar]

holy shite look at the size of that russian drum machine. :0

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

D.M. = DM good dude indeed

[@bigbang4906]

great !

[@oyaun]

Increible!!

[@howlereves3281]

to me one of the most frustrating parts of a studio... is fan noise lol

[@yvodezeure9533]

Is that a KS Audio studio monitor in the back? That little square box :) How come I can't find so much references about it? Just a few extremely good ones, almost to good.

[@thirdlantern]

Looking svelte!

[@raymondleggs5508]

i want to produce in that studio

[@yvodezeure9533]

Does anyone know the studio speakers he is using? I want a good pair of near field monitors but it's so hard to find some truly clear monitors. I found something from KS Digital, the C5.. can anyone help me out with this journey? kind regards

[@klinkske]

Looks like adam 5 or 7(x) to me

[@NOWtheband]

Wonder Full. :-)

[@dglcomputers1498]

Saying the EMS2000 vocoder is more Kraftwerk than ELO is strange as Kraftwerk used the Sennheiser VSM? (as did Telex) and ELO actually used the (or a prototype of originally I believe) the EMS2000!

[@danleuca1780]

he actually said it the other way round mate...

[@markowhisper]

Legend!

[@ben_haviour]

why is it so noisy in there?

[@temporoboto]

💙

[@bognodes]

What's absurd about this is that he has some of the most rare and desirable synths in his private collection, like the Roland system 700 and the EMS Synthi 100, but he says the bands he signs aren't interested in using them.

[@trizvanov]

I suppose this is because you can make 99% of the sound without putting so much effort in learning the intricacies of a System 700. Unless you have a free access to using one, your time and money is better off spent using simpler equipment or even DAW plugins.

[@rbrtck]

@@trizvanov Good point. Most bands are more into making music than spending weeks in the studio learning how to use one particular synth that none of the members happen to own. Generally, if something is intended for everyone to use temporarily, then they'd better be able to get some good use out of it pretty readily, without much effort. These two large modular synths also take up a lot of space, which isn't ideal for equipment that would only rarely be used. Additionally, I don't know about the EMS Synthi 100, but if it's anything like its smaller cousins the VCS 3 "Putney" or Synthi A/AKS (all of these are pretty much equivalent), then getting something that sounds "musical" out of them is a challenge in itself. Don't get me wrong, they're fantastic for making some of the coolest, strangest sounds, but to my ear they don't sound "musical" most of the time (contrast this with the Roland Jupiter-8, which can also make strange sounds, but it is quite easy to make it sound "musical", and it is easier to use in general, albeit more limited).

[@rbrtck]

As a case in point, let's look at Mute artist and synth virtuoso Vince Clarke (of Erasure, of course, and formerly of Yazoo and Depeche Mode), who is the proud owner of a Roland System 700 and a super-rare ARP 2500 (as part of his massive collection that has a lot of commonality with Daniel's collection, and is even bigger). While he does use his System 700 a fair amount, as he's owned it since the 1980s and knows how to use it well, he doesn't use his 2500 for a whole lot. He'd rather use his ARP 2600s instead, since they're easier to use and he's used the 2600 since his Depeche Mode days (Daniel's before he got his own). Vince additionally has a number of other modular and semi-modular synths that he definitely makes use of, but he still often turns to the much simpler synths in his collection, such as the Sequential Pro-One and Roland Juno-60. They're easier to use and he can get what he wants pretty quickly from them, which in the final analysis works in their favor, since even this guy is more into making music than mucking about with synths all day long. To illustrate this principle, Vince once owned a Buchla 200 series modular synth, which he really liked in some ways, and said that it sounds "beautiful". But he eventually sold it because he found it unintuitive to use (for him) and there was just too much to learn. When asked, he said it was too "nerdy", which I interpret to mean that it's more for those who are really into electronic sound synthesis for its own sake, even more than he is. Vince only keeps what he tends to use, which is why he has sold some items from his collection. He used to have a Yamaha DX7 (who didn't?), but didn't like using it, especially since he'd have to master a completely different type of synthesis just to become good at using this one synth. He also sold his Moog Modular because it was more unstable than he could stand. He liked it alright, and it's a legendary, pioneering synth, but he felt it didn't do anything that his other modular synths couldn't do, and more easily for him, so he finally got rid of the thing. Others dream of owning one, and I'm sure Vince made someone else really happy by selling his to them, but he wanted something easier and less frustrating to use (it needed to be tuned every few minutes!).

[@srfnma6813]

He is talking about depeche.. is that a band or something ??

[@rbrtck]

Depeche Mode was/is a French fashion magazine. Possibly some weird band or other might think that's a good name for themselves, but I'm sure they won't go anywhere. 😉

[@srfnma6813]

@@rbrtck 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@mikehartwich1946]

Where is the famous Synclavier ??

[@rbrtck]

There isn't even an ARP 2600. I guess that is part of Miller's personal collection, although Depeche Mode and others used it in the early days.

[@kieran0000]

Trailblazer !!!

[@edmund184]

Aladdin's Cave

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Would it be too amiss to say that this studio is appropriately built to freely accommodate one production with 90% software accompaniment, then another production which is totally live - or at least performed with your own hands and feet? (The latter is extremely important to me, since I prefer using the DAW just to capture my performance, not to perform for me. I would be all over that piano and the Minimoog D.)

[@rbrtck]

It is definitely very, very pared-down compared to his previous studio, The Instrument, and quite deliberately so. I suppose if there is a decent software version of a synth, then that's what would be used in this studio. Otherwise, I can't imagine why Daniel wouldn't have included his signature, "bread-and-butter" synth, the ARP 2600. He still has his at home, but there are some pretty good VSTs of it by now, so that's what they must use instead. Presumably he isn't happy with the software Pro-Ones or Minimoogs out there; either that or these are some token bits of vintage hardware he decided to provide. I don't know, I think that in a studio setting, I'd prefer to be able to play with more hardware that I don't own than this. If I wanted to use software, then I could play almost any synth I wanted to on my own laptop with a MIDI controller.

[@Richard_P_James]

WOW! Gary Numan's Minimoog :-)

[@is100modularsystem6]

nice

[@Eisenbahnpatrouille]

Be my grandpa

[@anachronism5871]

oh yes.....

[@nemanjamilosevic2739]

what is the name of band at 5:32?

[@sormkavkaz2495]

Polyvox (ПОЛИВОКС)

[@nemanjamilosevic2739]

BAND not BRAND!

[@Kfapiszon]

Nitzer Ebb

[@teshawnmorris2486]

I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOUR LABEL! REASON, THERE'S NO RHYME IN YOUR VIBE, OLD-SCHOOL I'M READY FOR, THE TRANSCENDENCE, I AM A TRENDSETTER!

[@zariisofficial]

Nice studio, but way too noisey

[@pmc5532]

Give me the Polivoks for a Dx7 any time, Bargain!!

[@rbrtck]

Yeah, in the west, we had and still have more DX7s than we know what to do with! But I guess it was a hard-to-obtain novelty in the USSR, back in the day.

[@TheBurningSlash]

daniel miller ten to fejk prawdziwy to daniel miller barman

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

Nitzer Ebb

[@sirkastic]

RIP Daniel Miller

[@rbrtck]

But he is still alive! And he's making music with Gareth Jones, who conveniently is also still alive.

[@sirkastic]

@@rbrtckNot sure I agree with you on that one

[@michaelloparco2173]

Kind of a dandy…..

[@Donkey_Glossolalia]

So many beautiful things. I'd swap my left kidney for half the synths in that studio. If anyone's interested. Wish I could afford to make music. 😭

[@rbrtck]

Do it with software on your computer, including software synths.

[@wackenthaljef]

A little too white for me,but...mmmm....ok ill take it...

[@matrixmodulator]

+jeff from wackenthal (“jeffbwack”) it's not white it's vintage premium white

[@wackenthaljef]

+Matrix Modulator Ahah!! Yes "premium"!thats the word!

[@teshawnmorris2486]

I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOUR LABEL! REASON, THERE'S NO RHYME IN YOUR VIBE, OLD-SCHOOL I'M READY FOR, THE TRANSCENDENCE, I AM A TRENDSETTER!