Spitfire Audio’s Christian Henson Interview

[@cryptoramma8458]

Can't believe I haven't come across Christian Henson before. I'm going to binge watch every one of his videos.

[@williammitchell5795]

A lot of great stuff. He's a bit biased by the use of old (read: expensive) mic's that he has access to in his locker, which is good a bad. A few introduce quite a bit of edge, as they are either limited by their design compared to some of the newer mic's that are purpose-driven for what he does. But in any case, what matters is that they are good for what the person using them needs. The fact that he is a bit of a luddite who avoids some of the better mic, recording chain and other options still results in some very nicely sampled sounds, thanks to his teams knowledge of how to place mics, as well as some great locations for recording.

[@nickandrews3834]

Spitfire are the drop-dead best sounds you can buy. Superbly inspiring beyond words. Their grids are incredible

[@williammitchell5795]

Most are what we would say are very good, and definitely better than what most have access to vis-a-vis their own studios. As long as they work for you, that is all that matters.

[@jackgezalian7679]

*cough* orchestral tools *cough*

[@HOBBITSODYSSEY]

@@jackgezalian7679 vsl put most of Spitfire products to shame

[@numanuma20]

I can't believe Spitfire was started by a guy who has no musical training making the best film scores from a laptop on a train. What an amazing guy Christian is.

[@jefskott99]

Get on his channel - really great philosophical discussions and then Spitfire Audio channel really gets into the "how do you use this incredibly 95-piece orchestra that no one else's company will explain?" They make it easy to say yes. He makes it easy to say "I can do this with the tools I have."

[@numanuma20]

@@jefskott99 I have been following his channel for a while. Great content.

[@TylerWaltonMusic]

Avengers: this is the most ambitious crossover event in history Rick Beato: Hold my double harmonic major

[@carlinhospapanegro]

Tyler Walton hahhaha

[@thomasmcgill6918]

Wow, Christian's energy is off the charts. Great interview. Thank you

[@poulwinther]

Imagine what the rest of us could achieve with those levels.

[@radofficial4672]

Yes.. very talkative.. 👍😃

[@MichaelNight]

This is like watching Tony Stark meet Stephen Strange. Great video!

[@fivewattworld]

Excellent!!! Two of my favorite “tubers” kicking it around.

[@backspin6698]

This was great. Spitfires stuff sounds fantastic, and the free LABS serie is really nice stuff.

[@jefskott99]

Agreed. Spitfire Audio, dollar for sample, gives you more creative tools in your toolbox, and the things they are just playing with (which NI or Steinberg might charge you for), they toss into LABS, which are free and work great and useful. They also have a ton of tools in the $29 or $59 range (look for Products under $100). Great stuff, very useful, and then they compel you to drop real money, during an awesome end of year sale no less, to buy something like BBCSO Core, which I got for $220. That's insane! This is the type of thing you'd used to get for $2,000 from East*West back a few years but arranged for scoring out of the box. Also, Albion One and Albion Neo I'm dying to get but since I just bought BBCSO Core and a couple of other individual products, I will wait a few months. Cheers and Happy New Year! Wonderful interview.

[@Markplaysmusic]

Why haven't I seen this before? Christian and Paul are amazing and Spitfire has come so far.

[@charlesrobichaud-parahawkm4088]

Thank you Rick ..you and Christen are awesome. Im so glad you are willing to share.

[@burado1974]

I've on this channel forever, I must have missed this one, love Spitfire and LABS.

[@thermalegoogle]

Dream conversation here Rick, thanks so much for doing this

[@felixsmittick9128]

I could listen to you guys chatting all day. Great interview.

[@dw2185]

OK, that's weird - when you follow 2 brilliant KZbin creators and then you find this archive thing where they both meet up? So, Rick when you're in the UK next look up Guy Mitchelmore (through who I found Christian Henson) as he does music theory for the amateurs and dovetails your amazing examples on music theory in practice....I think you could have a really good time!

[@matthewg.garcia9415]

Guy does some of my favorite videos!

[@jefskott99]

I tried to not like Guy Michelmore initially (I love Christian's stuff) but yeah, Guy does grow on you and he's got some great theory and generally "How do you make music" videos. Great stuff and thanks for the reminder.

[@jeffthurston]

The UN-Interview. Flick the switch and his mind dump starts. You just listened and interjected to steer course. Awesome interview Rick.

[@daleturner]

WOW!! What an inspiring mix of topics covered in this rad vid! Among other things gleaned, I had no idea Spitfire also paid royalties to players whom actually participated in the recordings of theirr libraries. Thanks so much for sharing this meeting of the beastly muso minds!!

[@NasserSharaf]

Wow Great to see Christian on your channel! His enthusiasm and energy is so infectious!. Spitfire have really raised the bar with sample libraries in terms of audio quality, depth of sampling, and control.... they are a staple in every project and have been so inspiring.

[@ronniewrong1539]

This channel's content just keeps getting more diverse and expansive. I love it. And I love that it seems to be picking up steam.

[@ScottMcDavid-Music]

I've been watching both of you guys for about 3 years... always love it, and appreciate it. My thanks.

[@Beebo]

Great follow-up video (with you being interviewed first)! Though I must say, that there is some sort of high frequency in this audio which is really bugging my ear (like 12kHz and above) it's like a high hissing noise.

[@gpeterson999]

Rick, if you're ever back there, it would be interesting to get into one of Christian's musical scores and break down the theory (especially since he is self taught), production techniques, sampling process and use, etc. He's very interesting. Amazing story about his brother going to do a duet with his younger self using samples.

[@michaelbelligoi6335]

Great interview Rick. You left the interviewee plenty of space and great editing.

[@keiththeodosiou]

I think it is so vital for composers to listen to other composers and hear about their journeys and how they work within music. That will always help you progress in your own journey and give you ideas you never thought of. Thanks for the insight Rick and Christian.

[@martingravel1157]

Love the fast pacing of Christian's vids!

[@castlestreetrecords]

I love christian thanks for telling others about his awesome channel rick

[@andreasheierre8915]

Two of my favourite youtubers in the same video - wow! Bring Guy Michelmore next time, and my brain will implode!

[@MattLeGroulx]

The royalty bit really warmed my heart.

[@cwgochris71]

Spitfire's Bernard Herrmann sample library was like a dream come true for me. Great collection of instruments, and the sound is amaaaaaazing.

[@AmandaKaymusic]

Thanks Christian and Rick. The viola makes up for the less swift parts with the beautiful warmer tone and its rarity in other than classical. Rooms tonal quality is such a valuable resonance knowledge and near impossible to capture.

[@BrandochGarage]

I'd never heard of this fellow and his channel, but I have a feeling I will really like it!

[@drjazz7278]

yep the London to Edinburgh east coast train journey is fab. Remember it well going up to Uni in Dundee. Next time anyone goes down to Brighton from London and fancies some cinematic music inspiring scenery get a window seat on the right and be mesmerized as you go over the Ouse valley viaduct just north of Haywards Heath.

[@aarondicker]

This was a great watch, big fan of you both.

[@gjtube37]

Awesome interview, thank you! Love Christian, Spitfire and Christian's KZbin channel!

[@JayKay0245]

Great to see you two guys in conversation so interesting as always!

[@CarnivoreIntelligence]

Thank you, Rick! You are a true inspiration that helps songwriters and musicians to develop our crafts! You keep me going on and on! 😊👍

[@CarnivoreIntelligence]

I forgot to mention that I enjoy these kind of interviews 😊🎶

[@MarcoPolux]

They both should do more things together. What a great two personalities and musicians from whom I've learned a lot. Great episode!

[@ElmoSyr]

Two of my favourite music-KZbinrs at play! So awesome!

[@garaughty]

Such an awesome interview with 2 of my fav KZbinrs !

[@jazzerson7087]

Elaborating on what Christian said, his dad Nicky Henson appeared in Fawlty Towers, only the greatest comedy series of alltime! His granddad Leslie was a famous stage actor who starred in the original British production of Funny Face at the Princes Theater with Fred Astaire in the late 20s! Pretty cool connection there Rick! I saw one of Christian's videos once when he was saying that they don't look after musicians in the UK and there's an atmosphere of "get a real job" and it's very true!

[@mgscheue]

I've been so looking forward to this! Love Christian.

[@guitarnut6144]

Hi Rick, I just recently discovered your channel and I really dig it. Lot's of good info and I think your passion comes through. Thanks.

[@trollstjerne]

Great video Rick and Christian!

[@seamusthebogman]

Great to see you two together - I recently discovered and subscribed to Christian's most informative and entertaining channel.

[@samecoff2788]

So here’s something that I imagine is a switch for most people. I am a long time watcher/subscriber of Christian’s channel, and discovered Rick channel because of this interview!

[@restlessmusemusic]

these two interviews are so interesting, thank you both

[@Bati_]

Wow! Thank you for providing this video! Such a great interview and thanks to you I've discovered a hidden gem today, his channel is totally incredible! Thank you, Mr. Beato! Greetings from Turkey! Big love and respect!

[@kenknoph]

Great video Rick. I've never seen Christians videos before but sure will, and yours of course. Learning loads everytime. Thank you very much.

[@indiefilmcomposer]

wonderful chat guys ! love the scoring insights into tools created from cues , no wonder they are so useful

[@omnijack]

It’s great (if mildly surreal) to see you both! Discovered both of you last year haha

[@donmills7055]

I LOVE Christian’s channel. The video he did with the ice is incredible

[@darz_k.]

Briiiilliant - great interview and info ;o,

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

Wow!! Last time I checked it was 78.000 subs. Come on 1 Million!:-) Go Rick Go!!

[@BV_Beve]

Great Rick thanks ! and Christian, enthusiasm personified ! However many views this video gets ... it deserves so many more

[@MusicForIncome]

Two great, knowledgeable guys: What a pleasure to watch this interview.

[@TLMuse]

Fantastic interview! I'm not a composer, but I've enjoyed the Spitfire "cribs," and it was great to get better acquainted with Chris & Co here. My favorite part may be learning that Spitfire's sample artists get royalties for their work-brilliant! Is this standard practice among sample library producers, or is Spitfire Audio somewhat special in this regard? -Tom

[@splashesin8]

Thank you Christian, and Rick. 😃

[@jomgaard3035]

I just want to point out the difference in colour level on this video compared to Christian's one... It's the same difference between US TV and UK TV! Ok, I'll watch it now...

[@ROBRESETAR]

Wow! My 2 absolute favorite KZbin music guys. MUST SEE TV.

[@tobins6800]

I subscribed to Christian's channel after watching the Ice sample vid, watched a couple others, and then subbed.

[@tubadylan]

Great interview, Rick. I pretty much have everything Spitfire has put out from the beginning. It is my favorite sample library, by far.

[@JasonRubenstein2007]

Great interview!

[@JeffoftheShout]

15:07 , Amen! I’m now inspired to start making my own samples!! 👍🏼

[@TerenceKearns]

That was great. Really inspirational for me.

[@TerenceKearns]

Two of my favourite music you tubers

[@charlesgaskell5899]

Next time you're in the UK you should make time to come up to Edinburgh and check out the (extinct) volcano for yourself...Glad to see that you and Christian are talking to each other!

[@burningjoe]

the Spitfire video Creative Cribs: Nathan Barr Composer of 'The Americans' is a must see. The 1928 Wurlitzer Orchestral-Cathedral Model Organ he does a literal walk though of is amazing!!!

[@molem348]

Blew my mind!

[@indiefilmcomposer]

Joe Rivas I saw that it was amazing, and really wondered how is that expansive studio and vintage gear funded....he is a successful composer but I don’t think one of the top A listed scoring 50MM budget films

[@rdpatterson2682]

Great stuff.

[@marksadventures3889]

Did you mention Pianobook? There was a lot to take in there even though I keep up with Spitfire. Christian reminds me of that Taz character from Warner Bros.

[@nickcormier]

Another great video Rick!

[@jimbeaux4988]

Awesome. I've always been interested in this guy.

[@TiagoLageira]

Great how he plays the rhythms kinda floating with the click going 👍

[@ShaunaMarieSings]

What an excellent interview...Christian is an awesome guy!!! 💗💗💗

[@duncanthompson957]

What delightful people.

[@JapaneseModernist]

Great video, thank you

[@Sal-tripin]

Great work. keep it up!

[@gordonmckiernan4725]

Christian Henson: 2:01 "...I don't read music...", Me: [Jaw hits floor]

[@jimswainston]

Then at 25:48 he talks about looking through Bernard Hermann's scores

[@PeterInglisb2r]

@@jimswainston Exactly. These non-literacy memes are sooooo bad.

[@RetireMentalityChallenged]

I'm an Albion user and. Love their stuff have their pipe organ and harp libs. Love their stuff. I only wish you could eliminate that computer latency issue without spending a fortune on auxiliary gear...

[@psycofdo]

I've been using sptifire albion for a backing track... and had an issue i suspect goes across all libraries... the control of the initial attack length. The sounds i used where recorded following a drum kit and other instruments with a very immediate attack, and the result sounded very odd rhythmically . I thought i had an ear fatigue moment, but after listening closely i found the attack on the spitfire samples was very real and beautiful, but also very long. So i had to compensate for that and had to take all sounds recorded with spitfire a bit behind the beat on the grid... by hand. It was really time consuming and hard to get consistent figures on very rhythmic passages. Checked forums for something i was missing and found many people had the same issue not only with spitfire, but with many other libraries. Again, am I missing something or is this something we have to live with??

[@guillermodelnoche]

Being a Sustain pedal tart is the oldest human profession.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Man that's really cool that he's friends with Harry Gregson Williams! His Metal Gear work is the bomb!!!

[@vleevision7787]

RETURN VOLLEY !!! AWESOMENESS~~!!!

[@Soobysounds]

The best!

[@maninthecrowd5076]

Christian has one of the best narration style among music youtubers.

[@alejandronieto576]

Thanks Rick

[@sdjohnston67]

Fascinating stuff.

[@montraix]

Love Christian and Spitfire. I own chamber strings and I’m trying to decide between Spitfire’s Hans Zimmer and Symphony Orchestra for my primary orchestra, can’t decide. Which would you do for symphonic composition AND film scoring, Rick?

[@TheSpoonwood]

jesus , two brilliant guys

[@sixmonthssleep3057]

Yeah, I love Christian. You two need to team up!

[@deafconmediaZA]

That guy is living my dream

[@TaffmanGuyo]

Maybe we're all living someone's dreams. ;-)

[@deafconmediaZA]

@@TaffmanGuyo lol not me!

[@thomasmcgill6918]

I forgot to mention Albion 1 is my go to sample library for almost everything I do. Beautiful sounding....

[@tedlis517]

At 2:04 Christians mentioned he does not read music. Amazing how technology helps unlock his talent. Still, just maybe, get that man a copy of the Beato Book.

[@RickBeato]

Haha!!

[@RaysTrack]

I'd love to hear a Beato/Henson composition / production.

[@sallyschildcare]

Never seen RB so quiet :-)

[@kevinalexander4487]

"How you edit the audio is how you edit the video." YES. I've been a video editor for over 20 years, and I've never heard someone articulate this before. It's something I've believed for a long time... Being a musician, and specifically an audio editor, helps make you a better video editor. Sound is half the picture, right? Anyway, the other thing is a bit more about the craft of editing... I learned to edit video on tape to tape back in the early 2000's when I was a news videographer. When you're editing a story with a bunch of b-roll it's always best to lay down your entire audio first in a linear fashion... Lay down your voiceovers and soundbites from beginning to end and get a basic structure going. If it's a documentary with music, lay that music down as you go so you can get a sense of pacing for the entire piece. It amazes me when video editors wait until the very end to choose their music. As a musician, I can't fully appreciate what I'm working on until I know what music I am using. Lay the music down as you go and spread out your soundbites to let them breathe. Anyway... Sorry for these random musings... It was just nice to hear Christian say something about video editing from his perspective as a musician.

[@vanningmike]

The light bulb behind Ricks head looks like he’s getting lots of new ideas.

[@matthewg.garcia9415]

Man I wish I had the tools like kontakt player and spitfire when I was first starting out. Oh and KZbin lol. Oh well, we have them now!

[@kobecanniere4691]

Jebus f*cking christ, Christian going adhd... 😀 Great interview though, world of difference compared to the interview done by Christian, but great insides to what makes Christian Christian... Guess I’m one of the few who got to know your channel through Christian’s instead of the other way around... Great stuff Rick! Love your channel!

[@andybullemor-music5928]

This video is when my two KZbin worlds meet!

[@SalvvOrtiz]

Thanks Rick another good recommendation to subscribe.

[@lucasvieira1805]

Comunism always win

[@zesvo]

@@lucasvieira1805 You're an idiot!

[@zesvo]

oH SORRY i WAS THINKING COMMUNISM,

[@richardsomerville5725]

Top stuff chaps

[@blankspace0000]

Have Paul Thompson on next!