I met Steve Albini at the Q&A at Rothwood University, i asked him what it was like to record In Utero with Nirvana. His response was "go watch the tunnel scene from irreversible." he rules.
RIP Albini! Love this conversation. Great chat. He will be very missed. Was interesting what he said about Maron. There's no business like show business--that disconnect is quite real. Was a good episode of WTF though. 🎭
At 13 mins, he's talking about the Drake equation. Enrico Fermi is famous for working out how to build a nuclear reactor in the early 1930s and also the technique for estimating solutions from very little data used by Drake in his "how many civilisations are there in our galaxy" approximation. Fermat was a 17th century philosopher and scientist who worked mainly on mathematical problems involving calculus and number theory that include his famous "last theorem" that was not proved until the 20th century.
Steve Albini shits out platinum records. Go to him if you want a really hands-on engineer who will even go so far to make the entire album for you right down to the instruments and vocals. 👍
I can't believe he spreads the nonsense about vinyl records. CDs were, in fact, created to move beyond the sound limitations of vinyl records. CDs offer far better stereo separation and dynamic range, not to mention stable and pristine playback. Of course, hi-res digital music moved even beyond CDs in terms of sound quality. Vinyl records are just a hipster fad and people buy them only for the clout.
His dislike for CDs and digital formats in general stems from the fragileness of the formats in terms of historical preservation. On a vinyl record, the music is literally imprinted onto the disc. There is no encoding or file format, it's just a mechanical representation of the sound waves as grooves on a vinyl record. Same goes for analog tape, which is magnetic domains oriented in such a way that is an exact representation of the sound energy of the music. If you have a tape head that can detect changes in magnetic field, then you use those changes to drive a speaker and reproduce the sound. CDs, MP3s, etc are at the end of the day, just an assortment of bits, which can mean anything depending on how you read them. In order to get the music out, you have to read the bits in a certain way, e.g. at a certain rate, with a certain word length, with a certain amount of error correction, using a big or little endian storage convention, etc. This means that it's not trivial to build a system that can reproduce the audio from a CD or digital file in a scenario where the bit format specification is lost. Also, CDs tend to physically degrade after a few decades, I don't think vinyl records do that. Although, the same can be said for tape...
@@WesHampson What? CD-DA is such a popular and well-document format that you will be able to play it on any computer until the end of our civilization. Printed CDs can last over 100 years when stored in proper conditions. Only CD-Rs degenerate after a decade or two. Vinyl is no way more durable. Vinyl actually degrades with every single playback.
you're the first person in the history of time to ever postulate that records are a hipster fad and people only buy them for clout,I can only hope that harvard recognizes you as the genius you are and crowns you king of geniuses.
@@thepuppethead1188 Of course they are a hipster fad. Who normal would want that crap to be produced in 2020 when digital audio is far better in every way and doesn't pollute the environment? You like spinning those big records? I wonder what does it compensate for in your case?
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I met Steve Albini at the Q&A at Rothwood University, i asked him what it was like to record In Utero with Nirvana.
His response was "go watch the tunnel scene from irreversible."
he rules.
wow...that's umm..I'm speechless.
A Stevening w/ Eve Albini.
Came here to pay respects ..rip Steve..2024
Same here. So sad to lose this guy.
RIP Albini! Love this conversation. Great chat. He will be very missed.
Was interesting what he said about Maron. There's no business like show business--that disconnect is quite real. Was a good episode of WTF though. 🎭
Of course “microphone” was one of the first words spoken
At 13 mins, he's talking about the Drake equation. Enrico Fermi is famous for working out how to build a nuclear reactor in the early 1930s and also the technique for estimating solutions from very little data used by Drake in his "how many civilisations are there in our galaxy" approximation. Fermat was a 17th century philosopher and scientist who worked mainly on mathematical problems involving calculus and number theory that include his famous "last theorem" that was not proved until the 20th century.
@Kevin Agreed, sorry for the pedantry : )
I think Steve just admitted that he and the other members of Shellac are all aliens.....
@Kevin they're fallen angels
Er... yes?
Right after that he basically says he views Shellac as a Boltzmann brain, or, in reverse, I've never heard him so trippy haha. but all true.
Best host ever!
She's great
i love how he brought up his work for cigarette companies in order to keep it from getting too circle jerky
He worked for an advertising agency but your point's probably still valid.
@dezessete It wasn't HIS agency, he was a mere employee.
Wonder if Steve knew Brad n Dana Carvey? they all grew up in Missoula Montana
Steve Albini shits out platinum records. Go to him if you want a really hands-on engineer who will even go so far to make the entire album for you right down to the instruments and vocals. 👍
This is not correct information, Sir.
@@AmericanSpyFox I think this was a sarcastic comment......
gawd what is the intro and what is this styled like how we grew up
Nazi??? Nazi hairstyles, I did nazi that coming. These guys have a vivid imagination.
Um, uh, um, I'm the wrong person to be speaking.
Worst ...questions...ever....
I can't believe he spreads the nonsense about vinyl records. CDs were, in fact, created to move beyond the sound limitations of vinyl records. CDs offer far better stereo separation and dynamic range, not to mention stable and pristine playback. Of course, hi-res digital music moved even beyond CDs in terms of sound quality. Vinyl records are just a hipster fad and people buy them only for the clout.
His dislike for CDs and digital formats in general stems from the fragileness of the formats in terms of historical preservation. On a vinyl record, the music is literally imprinted onto the disc. There is no encoding or file format, it's just a mechanical representation of the sound waves as grooves on a vinyl record. Same goes for analog tape, which is magnetic domains oriented in such a way that is an exact representation of the sound energy of the music. If you have a tape head that can detect changes in magnetic field, then you use those changes to drive a speaker and reproduce the sound.
CDs, MP3s, etc are at the end of the day, just an assortment of bits, which can mean anything depending on how you read them. In order to get the music out, you have to read the bits in a certain way, e.g. at a certain rate, with a certain word length, with a certain amount of error correction, using a big or little endian storage convention, etc. This means that it's not trivial to build a system that can reproduce the audio from a CD or digital file in a scenario where the bit format specification is lost. Also, CDs tend to physically degrade after a few decades, I don't think vinyl records do that. Although, the same can be said for tape...
@@WesHampson What?
CD-DA is such a popular and well-document format that you will be able to play it on any computer until the end of our civilization.
Printed CDs can last over 100 years when stored in proper conditions. Only CD-Rs degenerate after a decade or two. Vinyl is no way more durable. Vinyl actually degrades with every single playback.
you're the first person in the history of time to ever postulate that records are a hipster fad and people only buy them for clout,I can only hope that harvard recognizes you as the genius you are and crowns you king of geniuses.
@@thepuppethead1188 Of course they are a hipster fad. Who normal would want that crap to be produced in 2020 when digital audio is far better in every way and doesn't pollute the environment? You like spinning those big records? I wonder what does it compensate for in your case?
@@sadderthanyou7793 I'm going to guess you've never even heard the word analog.