He’ll talk your ears off, though. Pretty cool if you know the guy and appreciate the technical side of stuff, I guess, but if you’re just there to record music I imagine at some point someone’s going ‘this geek won’t shut up’. And I LOVE him.
I absolutely loved this video. the engineer in the overall is my kinda guy. Knows how to answer a question. Really dig the studio as well. Seems like some great people run it.
I could listen to Steve all day. With that being said, the minute or so I had to endure listening to that noise was too much. But hey, to each their own and I was glad these fellas took us along for the ride!
Steve seems like such a cool and helpful guy for an engineer. And all that equipment and expertise in that studio man... Probably the best studio I know of in every aspect and I've never even been there.
Super cool video. I woulda been a kid in a candy store too with that pedal room. I feel like he made a good environment for sonic experiments to happen. Cool when ya'll played bass through a hiwatt lol that's an interesting trick.
Why is there a DAW running on a computer in the control room? Was that the band’s choice to record to disk? AFAIK, Albini strongly prefers tape. Really curious about this!
They do anything the band wants, if they want to take the .vaw ttacks to somebody else to mix them. Steve doesn't handle the computer stuff but he's all about respecting the artist's wishes.
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@@NONAMEACCESSIBLE I just wondered, bc in a later video they mix from tape, at EA. Maybe the band just wanted to archive the takes...
@@Eric_In_SF The guy is explaining all the history and nuances of the studio for 10 minutes and setting up mics like you'd set up Lance Armstrong's handlebars and it's like naah this might as well be the back of a Krispy Kreme recording on a Walkman using the headphones as mics.
As iconic as he is...does Albini charge by the hour? I'd be like; "Thanks for all of the wisdom, but can we cut the yap-yap and get our record done please?"
Yea bruv. And what. You think he was joking about 16 bit tape machines sounding rubbish, or is some sort of religious audio snob? Uh uh. Man's reasonable.
It is unusual for him to have ProTools going.. he himself didn't for this session (Taylor, the other engineer, ran the DAW). We asked for PT because 30 hours of improvised chaos would have been an expensive amount of tape to go through AND would have made it impossible to parse in time for mixing. The final picks were transferred to tape and mixed by Steve.
Huge fan of Steve... But if this monlogue is burning through session time that's a no-no. I once lost 500 dollars watching an engineer tune drums for wayyy longer than I cared for. Maybe 5 hours of it.
the video is deceptive in how it was edited.. he wasn't just blathering on and on.. we were asking him questions and he was answering... a lot of the questions were technical (not shown) because we wanted to absorb as much of his wealth of knowledge that we could. he's very respectful and thoughtful regarding time... and, really, just in general.
@@BornThatGuy I can totally imagine it having been like that. I mean, who wouldn't ask a bunch of questions (may they be technical or regarding artistic concerns) while being at electrical audio and recording with Steve Albini. At least me personally would love to "waste" my precious studio time on asking Steve this & that. 😃
you don't know shit about albini. complaining about noise rock wtf? albini is a noise pioneer. and before you respond, let me proactively state "sorry you got offended".
i love that he wears like a mechanic's jumpsuit, the music is much too noisy though, you can barely tell what the groove is supposed to be, maybe it's just the camera mic sucked
Yeah, with them saying they've played with each other on and off for 20 years, I at least expected to hear something that resembled musicality, but nah, just some dudes with money to spend.
@@j1thegod dude is... one of the most respected engineers in the history of modern recorded music, but I guess you wouldn’t know that being so busy with your massive success
Why are band members these days so feminen? Even when they wore makeup and literally dressed like women they could still kick your ass. These guys (besides Steve) couldn't close a fridge door if a doylie was hanging off the top. I just don't understand. It's starting to get embarrassing to tell people I play music because they are expecting a man bun and women's coconut scent.
this is like a veteran assassin showing you his weapons
Steve Albini should just do historical building tours hahaha
Wish more people would record their experience at electrical audio.
Local h has good videos from recording hey killer.
He’s shaking like a leaf
@@vrooooooooooooooooooom as I would be!
cool studio cool knowledgeable engineer but the generic high school noise band is disappointing to say the least.
@@RobertSlover Get over yourself.
This takes me back . I loved spending time with Steve ! Always fun and interesting and we always made the best records with him
R.I.P Rocker
I could listen to Steve talk for hours. I would love to have a conversation with him.
This looks like so much fun. Just to record in this studio is freaking awesome. So much history.
I never get tired of watching Steve Albini do his work. He's the Gen-X version of Eddie Kramer in recording engineering terms.
1961 he’s a boomer. Late boomers paved the way for gen x.
He’ll talk your ears off, though. Pretty cool if you know the guy and appreciate the technical side of stuff, I guess, but if you’re just there to record music I imagine at some point someone’s going ‘this geek won’t shut up’. And I LOVE him.
I absolutely loved this video. the engineer in the overall is my kinda guy. Knows how to answer a question. Really dig the studio as well. Seems like some great people run it.
He's called Steve Albini. Check out what he has recorded in the past.
@Christian, We welcome you to Planet Earth.
Man... the wisdom of Steve Albini.
First exposure to him was Big Black in the early 80s. So raw...
Enjoyed the video!
We just finished recording with Steve a month ago
Hell yeah. I'm hoping to get in there later in the year
steve albini died a punk rock legend rip man
Great video. Came back to it. Recording there was on my bucket list. I appreciate this video big time. Sleep well Steve.
RIP Steve! You’ll be very missed!
Sounding awesome. Looking forward to the end results.
The master at work… Thank you for the video guys! Great stuff all around!
16:00 Amazing drum sound. Reminds me of Led Zeppelin.
I suggest people go listen to Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music Album he did this back in the 70's.
I could listen to Steve all day. With that being said, the minute or so I had to endure listening to that noise was too much. But hey, to each their own and I was glad these fellas took us along for the ride!
Steve seems like such a cool and helpful guy for an engineer. And all that equipment and expertise in that studio man... Probably the best studio I know of in every aspect and I've never even been there.
cool studio cool knowledgeable engineer but the generic high school noise band is disappointing to say the least.
Super cool video. I woulda been a kid in a candy store too with that pedal room. I feel like he made a good environment for sonic experiments to happen. Cool when ya'll played bass through a hiwatt lol that's an interesting trick.
Weird watching somebody shake another persons hand. I had to double check the date on the video.
ok ok enuff of all that
Yo thanks for doin this man! Was hoping to record with him before his sudden passing. What a guy! Rip Steve 🫡😔 Ps Three’s my fav number ha
Now I need to see the basement!
There's a video where they show it. Huge tape archive, reverb plate, insane rats nest patch bay.
This is wicked cool to see!
these guys are intimidated by Albini and the huge place
I wish I could mess with some Steve Albini multitracks.
I'd pay money to see this video XD awesome stuff, I'll have to check out your music! :)
Albini being a museyroom guide is gut busting.
Legend tier
Why is there a DAW running on a computer in the control room? Was that the band’s choice to record to disk? AFAIK, Albini strongly prefers tape. Really curious about this!
They do anything the band wants, if they want to take the .vaw ttacks to somebody else to mix them. Steve doesn't handle the computer stuff but he's all about respecting the artist's wishes.
@@NONAMEACCESSIBLE I just wondered, bc in a later video they mix from tape, at EA. Maybe the band just wanted to archive the takes...
@ Analog tape is expensive. Im sure it was a cost saving choice.
@@mbjasondify check the „mixing Three“ video , they‘re mixing from Tape. The DAW was runnig in parallel to the tape machine while recording.
They should really just record straight to trash can.
I love this man so much ❤
After all that time setting up....? Ahh never mind...
lol
@@Eric_In_SF have you heard Albini‘s own bands?
@@Eric_In_SF The guy is explaining all the history and nuances of the studio for 10 minutes and setting up mics like you'd set up Lance Armstrong's handlebars and it's like naah this might as well be the back of a Krispy Kreme recording on a Walkman using the headphones as mics.
@@hubbsllc you understand they're not recording the album with the camera making this video right?
@@absoluteego Might as well be…
Needs more CP!!
It's almost intimidating how Albini did everything by himself.
As iconic as he is...does Albini charge by the hour? I'd be like; "Thanks for all of the wisdom, but can we cut the yap-yap and get our record done please?"
RIP Steve
Good lord what was all that noise in the end! sounded like me taking a sht during a diahrea episode!
So does this studio record musicians too?
this is insane 🤯
congrts
5:25 giving a guitarist new pedals to use at a recording session? Is that wise. Dont they already have their own sound
Life metal pedal
I didn’t know Eugene Levy’s younger brother was a producer
Steve doing a session on protools??????
Yea bruv. And what. You think he was joking about 16 bit tape machines sounding rubbish, or is some sort of religious audio snob? Uh uh. Man's reasonable.
@@weareallbeingwatched4602 oh wow, Sorry, i'd just never heard of him doing that before.
It is unusual for him to have ProTools going.. he himself didn't for this session (Taylor, the other engineer, ran the DAW). We asked for PT because 30 hours of improvised chaos would have been an expensive amount of tape to go through AND would have made it impossible to parse in time for mixing. The final picks were transferred to tape and mixed by Steve.
lmao wtf is this shit steve prob rolling his eyes non stop when you guys aren't looking
most people have no idea how boring and exhausting a recording session can be...I personally hate this part...
16:04 😁 16:58 🤯
Huge fan of Steve... But if this monlogue is burning through session time that's a no-no.
I once lost 500 dollars watching an engineer tune drums for wayyy longer than I cared for. Maybe 5 hours of it.
the video is deceptive in how it was edited.. he wasn't just blathering on and on.. we were asking him questions and he was answering... a lot of the questions were technical (not shown) because we wanted to absorb as much of his wealth of knowledge that we could. he's very respectful and thoughtful regarding time... and, really, just in general.
@@BornThatGuy I can totally imagine it having been like that. I mean, who wouldn't ask a bunch of questions (may they be technical or regarding artistic concerns) while being at electrical audio and recording with Steve Albini. At least me personally would love to "waste" my precious studio time on asking Steve this & that. 😃
Sounds like horse crap. What is Steve running? The CLASP system?
Good lord I remember CLASP. I pushed it out of the room in a london studio. Horror of horrors.
@hubbsllc you understand they're not recording the album with the camera making this video right?
@@absoluteegothey may as well. Its just fucking noise
Lucky
Is that Sam Bird?
hi weeder!
@@BornThatGuy hey hey! How and where are you?
@@slugtoenail email'd ya.
So, basically, noise.
Making noise
Lucky you guys recorded with Albini the Analog Master but noise rock? cmon
It's not very nice commenting other genres or tastes in music, because someone might comment your stuff and trust me, you don't want that :)
@@DanielGarcia-hf5od im sorry you got offended
whaaat. albini's speciality IS noise rock!
you don't know shit about albini. complaining about noise rock wtf? albini is a noise pioneer. and before you respond, let me proactively state "sorry you got offended".
Wtf was the noise coming from that band.
i love that he wears like a mechanic's jumpsuit, the music is much too noisy though, you can barely tell what the groove is supposed to be, maybe it's just the camera mic sucked
Some human beings are more interesting than others. Albini is more interesting than all of those are.
Why was this one of the most awkward things I've ever seen!?
Is this music?
was it just me, or did hat sound like poopy....? at least on this video....
Is this a satire?
Great video until about 16:45
Come on Steve
I really admire you , but what is that noisy shit??
That's the music of the client that has booked the studio. It's not the engineers job to judge.
And that's 20 years of practice. Holy shit the neighborhood.😲 hope they had a practice room for that 20 year period of solid noise.
@@mattjwatson5089 😂 😂 😂
@@blipbobeep8345 🤣
Jesus loves you
Thanks Jesus.
No he doesn’t
If you work w Albini he is going to talk to you (on his penny) for 6 hours first, that’s history 101 introduction of some regular old ass building 😂😂😂
it was all good until the band started playing............not much musicianship there......... just a sea of distortion and feedback????????????
Yeah, with them saying they've played with each other on and off for 20 years, I at least expected to hear something that resembled musicality, but nah, just some dudes with money to spend.
What the total BS?
Decent vid, because of Steve. Band is, meh.
cool studio cool knowledgeable engineer but the generic high school noise band is disappointing to say the least.
Looks like a stuffy snobby environment to me....
You’re not the only one. Engineers don’t know when to stfu
And that’s probably him being friendly in his mind
@@j1thegod dude is... one of the most respected engineers in the history of modern recorded music, but I guess you wouldn’t know that being so busy with your massive success
@@bitcrusherco good for him and good for you bud
Let him know I said that... oh wait, you can’t. Sit back down it’s not that serious
Wow terrible
Possibly the worst guitar tone I've ever heard. I love Steve and he's a master but eeww. Wtf.
Why are band members these days so feminen? Even when they wore makeup and literally dressed like women they could still kick your ass. These guys (besides Steve) couldn't close a fridge door if a doylie was hanging off the top. I just don't understand. It's starting to get embarrassing to tell people I play music because they are expecting a man bun and women's coconut scent.
grow up
You're projecting again.
"I just don't understand" - That seems to perfectly sum up what's wrong with you.
It does hurt to think with your brain sometimes little buddy, I understand your frustration
You'll be okay, we will get you a nice mental institution to go too ❤
RIP Steve