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Hear Everything: Mix It Right with a Monitor Controller
Your monitor controller may be deceiving you. It ends now. Dangerous Music MONITOR-ST lets you understand exactly what your gear is capable of and squeezes every last drop of magic from it. How so? That's what marek stycos, the most Dangerous audio humanoid, is here to answer. #DangerousMusic #MONITORST
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The Rise of Monitor Controllers
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One of the most crucial parts of your monitor controller is also the most often overlooked. That's right, the humble volume knob. Monitoring paths aren't created equally, and you can't mix what you can't hear. Watch as marek stycos elucidates and illustrates the point. #DangerousMusic #MONITORST
BAX EQ: Audio Demos and Applications
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The BAX EQ can deliver everything from punchy low end to high end sparkle. You can leverage the BAX EQ when tracking to control the source’s frequency range, focus the energy, and speed up the mixing process. Engage the BAX with any outboard gear chain, and take your mixes from good to great without changing the tonal character. Learn more: www.dangerousmusic.com/product/bax-eq #DangerousMusic ...
How to Choose the Right Outboard EQ
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With so many EQs out there, how do you choose the right one for your studio? In this video, Marek explains the different types of outboard EQs available, and shares the best way to use BAX EQ in your mixes. Learn more: www.dangerousmusic.com/product/bax-eq #DangerousMusic #BAXEQ
BAX EQ: How the High & Low Shelves Work
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Instead of a surgical or chainsaw EQ that targets problems like 50 or 60 cycle hum, but often comes with an audio sacrifice, the BAX EQ is shapely, sweet with minimized phase delay for sexy sonic sculpting. In this video, Marek explains how the high and low shelves work, and explains why every mix can benefit from a little bit of BAX. Learn more: www.dangerousmusic.com/product/bax-eq #Dangerous...
BAX EQ: When to Use the High-Cut Filter
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The BAX EQ high-cut (or low-pass) filter reduces ultrasonic noise when you’re tracking or mixing. With smooth, accurate, and musical sounding filters, BAX EQ Ultrasonic noise is an A/D converter’s audio nemesis. Derived from a myriad of man-made and natural sources, it propagates slew rate overload, ultimately manifesting itself as harsh, brittle sound. The BAX EQ high-cut (or low-pass) filter ...
BAX EQ: When to Use the Low-Cut Filter
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Why should you use a low-cut filter versus a high-pass filter? Are they the same thing? In this video, Marek shows how the BAX EQ helps remove unwanted rumble and noise so you can get more headroom and dynamic range. Learn more: www.dangerousmusic.com/product/bax-eq #DangerousMusic #BAXEQ "
Dangerous SOURCE Monitor Controller Overview: Listen Boldly, Sacrifice Nothing
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The Dangerous SOURCE is a world-class monitor controller that’s both portable and rack-mountable. SOURCE will instantly upgrade your monitoring system and reveal new sonic details so you can boldly listen to what no one has heard before. www.dangerousmusic.com/product/source
Jeff Powell Tells the Story of The World's Most Expensive Record
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Jeff Powell, a Memphis-based mastering engineer, was recommended by Gavin Lurssen for a project with T-Bone Burnett aimed at preserving the sound of fresh-cut lacquer records. Despite initial challenges, including noise issues, they successfully recorded Bob Dylan performing classic songs and auctioned off the unique record for $1.78 million at Christie's, marking it as the most expensive recor...
How to Mix Music Like Luca Pretolesi
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In this video, Luca Pretolesi details his mixing approach-emphasizing the use of dedicated outputs for various elements like kick, bass, and percussion in his standard template. He also delves into his compression techniques, employing parallel processing and adjusting the blend to achieve the desired tone and coloration in the final mix. #lucapretolesi #edmmusic #musicproducer #GRAMMYS #Danger...
Let's Talk Gear-Luca Pretolesi and marek stycos on Music Mixing
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We're back with Luca Pretolesi, and this time he talks about mixing overall dynamics through the Convert AD and 2Bus . He also describes how he mixes into the color circuits and how they affect the overall headroom of the mix and energy of each element. So if you're looking to mix like Luca, this is a great place to start! #lucapretolesi #edmmusic #musicproducer #GRAMMYS #DangerousMusic
Dangerous Music - Commitment
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Commitment is a beautiful thing when it’s between an engineer and their beautiful, blushing mix. So don’t be afraid to print it when you like what you’re hearing. #DangerousMusic #MusicProduction #Mixing #Analog #SacrificeNothing
Can an Italian EDM Producer Win a Grammy?
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Can an Italian EDM Producer Win a Grammy?
Upgrading to the Dangerous System | Richard Devine NAMM Show Replay
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Upgrading to the Dangerous System | Richard Devine NAMM Show Replay
Dangerous CONVERT-AD+ | Dré Bowman and Michael James NAMM Show Replay
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Dangerous CONVERT-AD | Dré Bowman and Michael James NAMM Show Replay
Listen Study Absorb | Dré Bowman NAMM Show Replay
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Listen Study Absorb | Dré Bowman NAMM Show Replay
The Dangerous System | Cheskob NAMM Show Replay
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The Dangerous System | Cheskob NAMM Show Replay
Sometimes The Bus Hits You | Reid Shippen NAMM Show Replay
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Sometimes The Bus Hits You | Reid Shippen NAMM Show Replay
The Dangerous System | Richard Devine NAMM Show Replay
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The Dangerous System | Richard Devine NAMM Show Replay
Mix Bus Processing | Rob Chiarelli NAMM Show Replay
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Mix Bus Processing | Rob Chiarelli NAMM Show Replay
Dangerous Music CONVERT-AD+ | Dré Bowman NAMM Show Replay
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Dangerous Music CONVERT-AD | Dré Bowman NAMM Show Replay
Direction or Autonomy? | Rob Kinelski NAMM Show Replay
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Direction or Autonomy? | Rob Kinelski NAMM Show Replay
BAX EQ High and Low Shelves
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BAX EQ High and Low Shelves
BAX EQ High Cut Low Pass Analog Filter
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BAX EQ High Cut Low Pass Analog Filter
BAX EQ Low Cut Filter | Dangerous Music Short
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BAX EQ Low Cut Filter | Dangerous Music Short
How to place the Chicago Symphony in your living room with maximum realism? 🤔
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How to place the Chicago Symphony in your living room with maximum realism? 🤔
MONITOR-ST Source Switching with CONVERT-2 | Dangerous Music
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MONITOR-ST Source Switching with CONVERT-2 | Dangerous Music
Leveraging COMPRESSOR's External Sidechain | Dangerous Music Short
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Leveraging COMPRESSOR's External Sidechain | Dangerous Music Short
Analog Summing Shorts #3 | Dangerous Music
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Analog Summing Shorts #3 | Dangerous Music
Pushing Dangerous Music COMPRESSOR to the Limit
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Pushing Dangerous Music COMPRESSOR to the Limit

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  • @RayoBeatz
    @RayoBeatz 6 днів тому

    i can tell you really know your shit because when you explain things you arn't stumbling or going off on a tangent right to the point clear explination you give me andrew sheps and dave pensado vibes.

  • @hakangurdol
    @hakangurdol 6 днів тому

    I all ways monitor the mix from my Dangerous AD+ from AES outputs, it improves a lot. 🙏🏽

  • @timkimware3537
    @timkimware3537 6 днів тому

    “Cheif” “Enginneer”? Y’all need an editor (and less B-roll filler)! Very interesting video, though.

    • @dangerousmusic
      @dangerousmusic 5 днів тому

      You're the third person to mention it. A little part of me dies each time.

  • @jgm65203
    @jgm65203 8 днів тому

    Great story- thanks for sharing

  • @walterhoenig6569
    @walterhoenig6569 8 днів тому

    You misspelled’Chief’.

    • @dangerousmusic
      @dangerousmusic 8 днів тому

      Yes, you're only the second person to mention it, but I've certainly wanted to stab my eye out on both occasions.

  • @deadislander
    @deadislander 9 днів тому

    the day i plugged my headphones to my dbox for the first time and suddenly heard everything... i realized, oh... it wasn't my fault i just really couldn't hear what i was doing, i was lied to

  • @grumpytuber
    @grumpytuber 9 днів тому

    Blowin’ in the wind 1000 times? no thanks.

  • @grumpytuber
    @grumpytuber 9 днів тому

    T-BONE!!!

  • @TannerByTheSea
    @TannerByTheSea 9 днів тому

    OK, Chris, led me through an atrocious nightmare into a beautiful solution! X8p B2 AD to DBox+ I had to get an AES adapter to finish the loop. So I can get to my DA Functioning in the DBox+.. never ending as it is.. what is my next move? Besides selling the burl- I’m gonna stay way more Dangerous! I have 10 published songs out right now (same name) and I just need to know what my next move would be like monitor control?

    • @dangerousmusic
      @dangerousmusic 9 днів тому

      D-BOX+ is your monitor controller and a brilliant choice with the X8P. Next move is most likely the CONVERT-AD+. Then potentially a CONVERT-8. Chris can walk you through the benefits or hit us up directly- our house is your house!

  • @aceedmond8053
    @aceedmond8053 10 днів тому

    Absolutely !!!

  • @aceedmond8053
    @aceedmond8053 10 днів тому

    Always worth the watch and LISTEN! thanks! Love my D Box Plus!

  • @Shane-zo4mg
    @Shane-zo4mg 10 днів тому

    Fer sherrrr!!!

  • @ezstproductions_
    @ezstproductions_ 10 днів тому

    So true!

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    Well it just sounds to me. Like somebody that knows what they are doing. And the beginner who doesn't. Plenty of EQ's will get you there. Before this thing ever came BAX. It was kind of like George Massenburg's Parametric Equalizer.. Over 52 years ago. That went well beyond Tone Controls. As most everybody only had a Bass and a Travel control. They didn't have any of the ones in the middle. Sweeping and sliding squeezing and blooming. No. Georgie boy changed all that. And now you want to take BAX the Knight. I get it. It sounds like a nice Equalizer for sure. Very precise sounding. Very adjustable sounding. Very good sounding. With some headroom. And it doesn't sound slow and mushy. It sounds quick and crisp. Like the rest of their fine line of stuff. None of which I personally own. But I know those who do. Coupled with a previous Neve audio console I sold them. And it sounded really nice. I liked the Dangerous, stuff. I always did. Even before I knew about the company. I would take a lot of chances. Sonically speaking. Because I could. I had a couple of Neve consoles. You know how it goes. Especially when I had, Phillips, Sphere, Auditronics, API,, earlier and simultaneously with. You get to know the sounds. They all create and represent. Everybody has a sound to their gear. Some better than others. Though all totally usable and classic. Sometimes you want the bad classic sound. You don't always want the state-of-the-art sound. Sometimes you need an old RCA Ribbon Microphone. Even plugged into a really clean sounding piece of Dangerous gear. You need to grunge it up a little bit first. To sound good. To have some harmonic structure to it. And not be devoid of it. As that would be Dangerous. So have I just issued a review about being Dangerous? I am not entirely sure? I know I am now retired. And I won't be investing in any. Though if I wasn't retired. I likely would. As I like the way it sounds with a Neve. It complements the grungy quality of the Neve. You hear more of that Neve grunge, better. You can hear the analog tape hissing better. Going through Dangerous,, encounters of gear. So I would recommend it. For those of you that want that kind of sound. And it is very pleasing. It's very sterile. It's very neutral and neutered, sounding. It's whatever your cup of tea is. Pale green or black tea. They are both tease. Both taste very different. Both have caffeine! And that's all that matters. I don't like caffeine. But I love the taste of tease. Palatability in fluid or electronic form. Both are good. Both are Hot. Like a fire in your crotch. And only you know. I just purchased my Brand Newer, 22-year-old. White Trash Motorhome for my retirement. And it's a Diesel Pusher. I like going to bed with her. At rest stops. Truck stops. Beach stops. Camping stops. Where love does not. This thing is huge. Some girls like it big. I'm that kind of girl. Now retired engineer. RemyRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    No in London. They have far more money to spend. I mean the king has prostate cancer. And he needs to see some action now. And to discover the potential profits thereof. They haven't had a Beatles in a while. Beatles is just a term of making a big chunk of cash from little or nothing. And the King is very keen on that. Especially with prostate cancer. As everything is government-funded for entertainment over there. They learned their lesson back in the 1960s. Of how to do it. And the financial chances they will take. That is to say. I've heard a number of other British groups that were coming out of Studio-B Abbey Road EMI. Recorded with their procedural methodology. And they all sounded like the very first couple of Beatles cuts. They all sounded the same. They all sound like the Beatles. But then John Lennon Paul McCartney and the gang smoked a bunch of pot and took LSD. George Martin did not like this. He told me. He would leave the session. And simply tell Geoff Emerick. Do whatever John tells you to do. He's got enough money. If you ruin a microphone. He will pay for it. And you will not get fired. And Geoff Emerick said okey-doke. And from there. We got different recording techniques. That up until that time. Had not been used. And it's all John Lennon's fault actually. Not even Les Paul. Not even Elvis. None of those guys were trying to destroy microphones. Like John Lennon told Geoff Emerick, to do. And it was those $10,000 each microphones we use today. That's what they are worth today. I had a couple of my own. I recently sold them. After owning them for over 40 years. So I know. I never put those in my bass drums. I put the $100 microphones into my bass drums. Sometimes the $275 microphones. But usually the $100 microphone. But Johnny wanted that Neumann U-47 or maybe it was a 48? Inside the bass drum. And that's how our lives all changed. We simply elected to use the $100 microphone. And would sort of be like using a brand-new Neumann rereleased, U-67 vacuum tube microphone today. That cost $5000. To use inside your bass drum. Yeah no. Most of us will not do that. Unless you have a $30,000 contract or so. And maybe not even then? Because we are not on LSD like John Lennon was. Like these guys might be? Jumping through hoops. Of crushed up compressed dead bug Patty cakes. And packing them and praying over them. Spraying them with gas. Spraying them with holy waters. Lying them reverently face down. On a soft piece of paper. LOL. Why would you do that? It never did anything to hurt you? You don't like them right side up? I like my partners right side up. Sometimes 69. But that's both of us. I am not sure with this elderly young man is, into? He's playing with crunched up dead bugs. And praying over them reverently. Handling them with, nonhuman skin. Spraying unforeseen ions at it. And doing a little dance of glee. It's a good thing you can still cut some records for your friends. I haven't purchased one since the 1980s. I was so glad they were going away. I thought. They were going away. But there are those little audio church lady men. That have not gone away. Not yet. They will soon enough. As I'm a Baby Boomer of almost 69. I will be going away soon enough. To the great Mag Tape Library in the sky.. I walked away from by the turn of the new millennium. Out with the old. In with the new. You know? That's the only way you can make babies. Or maybe that's in with the new and out with the old? I am not certain? Either way it works. Most of the time you get a perfect baby. But not all of the time. Sometimes they catch those mistakes before they happen. Other times not. Because mommy is selfish. And wants to doom her child to a life of disability. So she can have a baby. A very damaged baby. And so we should shun science. We don't want to be Woke. We don't care about the environment. Or people getting poisoned to make your records. That is the ultimate in Selfish Narcissism. Good show old boy. You are batting 1000. You really need to figure out something else to do for a living I think. RemyRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    What is really being described here is a very complex and involved, cockamamie religious procedure. It is entirely unnecessary. Wastes far too much time and resources. It adds to pollution. It is unhealthy polyvinyl chloride we are talking about here. It needs to be removed from the environment. This is over. This is done. Time to send these lathes. To the scrap yard. Let us recycle that metal. It has lived beyond its value and usefulness. While helping to continue the pollution of the planet. And for what? Incredibly selfish narcissistic humanoids? This is why we have the EPA. They protect human lives. Mostly American lives here. Would've had far reaching influences around the world. Because America is the Greatest Country in the World. And we have been since 1776. But for those not interested in history the don't want to be Woke. How would they know? That cannot possibly concerned them. It's history. And they have no desire to be Woke. But they have college degrees. So I'm not quite sure what that means? It's difficult as an intelligent person. To try and construe. What insane primitive creatures are doing? With their religious fantasies, cults and procedures. Like offering young women as sacrifices. On top of pyramids. And kick them in the ass. Watch them fall down the stairs of their death. What fun! Yay. Grab another. Keep it going until they are all gone! And the boys will have a great time. Cutting records. Using crunched up dead bug butter. On tasty, 12 inch cookie snacks. And he goes through hundreds every month. Along with the beer. And never any time to shave. He is so busy cutting bugs. He never figured out what to do for a career? So he ended up cutting bugs. With a fine tooth of his comb. One little itty-bitty tooth. And so he can only drink beer. I really think you need some more pot. To figure out what's going on. It makes sense of everything. RemyRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    You know what you cutter guys haven't figured out how to do yet? It's a simple thing we have been using in broadcasting and recording now for quite some time. It's called, Multi-Band Spectral Processing. This does not mean it has to be dynamic in origin. No. It just has to be split up. Kind of like speakers. Big ones. Midsized ones. Little ones for the high frequencies. And so. Instead of trying to cut a broad banded cut. The recording should be split into spectral frequency bands. Each one of those bands. Should go through a separate cutting amplifier and pre-emphasis network. Where they are all summed together. In the cutterhead. Yielding a much more clarified cut. In its perceived sound on playback. Because the amplifier does not have to work hard over the entire frequency spectrum. With all of that preemphasis. That is very difficult to do. And nobody has thought about doing it this way. Not even in Germany. You have to leave it up to an American. Without a college degree. To figure these things out. Because my thinking is not limited by textbooks and mathematical equations alone. I know the essence of that. I don't have to know all the precise numbers. The computer can do that. So people don't have to. Anymore. So I simply use my own Artificial Intelligence. Which is not Artificial. But crunched up liquefied dead bugs are. When you are trying to stick them in your ears and wonder why it doesn't sound good? Dead bugs make no sound. So how is that supposed to sound good to begin with? That was still so 1970s. That was over a half-century ago. Where have you been? What rock or rabbit hole have you been hiding under? I know I know. You always wanted one of those Neumann this cutting lathes. We all did. Now they are affordable. When you really should have purchased a Scully. As they later made tape recorders that were pretty fine. I know. I was there last Quality Control Manager and Technical Troubleshooter. Without a college degree.. As I had to work with the other 2 electrical engineers and one mechanical engineer. Who could punch in the numbers for me. For the modifications I needed to make. Of course I would make the modifications first. They would figure out the math that I had done. Without doing the math. Because that's where genius comes from. It doesn't come from a textbook. It doesn't come from a mathematical equation. You have to think about something. And that is very difficult for most Homo sapiens to do. With college degrees. It's unfortunate but true. So where do we go from here? I say Digital. I been digital now myself since 1983. And it is unfortunately PCM. But it sounds better than vinyl. Thank you very much. It sounds more like the master recording. The Producer, Artist and Engineer, created and Accomplished. Without you scrambling all the sound. To get onto a bunch of crunched up liquefied dead bugs.. I mean think about that. They might want you in Zimbabwe perhaps Kenya? They are slightly behind the times there. I think they just created fire? So they will definitely want a Neumann VMS-70 disc cutter like yourself. A fossil. From a bygone era. That should stay, By Gone! It's bad for the environment. Why are you doing that? Don't you care? If we live or die? Because you want to cut into dead crunched up bugs? Why don't you just raise bunnies instead? And feed them dead bugs meal. Because there's lots of bugs in the world that need to be eaten. Not made into records! What the hell are you thinking? What will we do without bugs? If we waste them all on records? There's only so many bugs in the world! Of course they are not like the dinosaurs. And they keep making more but? They are bugs! They are not electronic reproduction systems! They are dead bugs. Stop playing with dead bugs already! What is the matter with you son? I mean honestly man? That must be some really good beer you are drinking. It shows. RemyRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    I'm fine cutting into digital bits. Much healthier to do. My mind is clear. My nasal passages are clear. I am not all bloated from water retention and beer. Pot makes better sounding recordings. No matter how you record them. In digital. And I also hate digital. PCM sounds awful. At any bit depth. At any sample rate. It still sounds like PCM. Segmented audio. Because it is. And it sounds all fizzy. Where DSD, does not. But what happened to the Super Audio CD? That came and went 30 years ago already. And what happened to it? It was the only Digital that actually sounded Worthy. Oh but? The software code writers and our computers. Cannot deliver Real Time Effects! For DSD. So it wasn't as much fun to play with. You would have to render files. Nobody has enough time. To render a rock 'n' roll file. For a few minutes. Everybody's very self-important and very busy and in a big fucking hurry. To have instant gratification. So PCM it is! Oh yeah well you can tell me. TEAC/TASCAM came out with a converter. To record DSD into 16 bit, 44.1 kHz Redbook standard data streams. And it is garbage. It's another sham. Another technical sham. Just like spraying your lacquer. With some chemicals that cost a lot of money. Instead of cutting and copper. We've known how to do now. For almost 50 years. But when you don't read anything. You learn, nothing. Except from UA-cam and the Internet. And you become an influencer! With no hard knowledge but stupidity. Which now Rules! Because everybody should be the same and homogenized, together with Jesus. And that's Gooder Sound! The Finely Best Sounding Sound! You can now download each song in HQZ Audio for only $50 per song. Get them while they are Hot Electrons. Rock 'n' roll is all about marketing and sales and making babies quickly. At 120 bpm. And faster. .???…FASTER! DAMMIT FASTER! YOU'RE FIRED! REMYRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    This is such incredible Dangerous Bullshit! They want to put something on the lacquer to make it more solid. How about copper? Make a great big penny. Put a hole in the middle. And cut into that. It won't relax. Look at any penny that's 100 years old. Those are the best grooves ever! You can put them into one brutal gumball machine after another. And they will last over 100 years. Crunched up liquefied dead bugs won't. Dead dinosaurs won't. They dry up and turn to dust. Then what are you going to play back? It will be lost to time.. For all eternity to come! It will not be recoverable. But going into a copperplate would. That does not melt from cosmic rays. We do. Bugs do. Dead dinosaurs do. And so they are spending all this money. To create an acrylic coating. A polyamorous coating. That will fill in the cracks of the high frequency response. Ugh! So you'll have to turn up the preemphasis when you are cutting. And it will sound Incredible! All FUCKED-UP. Again. Like the loudness wars were. Both on vinyl and FM Radio. Until everybody's ears were ready to bleed. And they are doing it again very Dangerously. As they also don't know their monitor speakers are wired in Negative Absolute Polarity, either. And everybody wants to be a Freak! And do all sorts of technical and chemical gobbledygook! To prove their engineering Prowess! With all you need to do is to be cutting into Copper Plates. And it makes electroplating so much easier also. At lower voltages. Because copper is more conductive than a bunch of liquefied crunched up dead bugs. That melt. When sprayed with metal. As everything has thermal energy when electrified. DUH. And no matter what you coat. On to your dead bug juice. You're going to take away from what the cutterhead, cut. You don't get something for nothing you know? No you don't know. Because if you spend a lot of money and make it really expensive it could be Dangerous? It will sound Dangerous. Their stuff their gear has a certain sound to it. We call the Dangerous, sound. They are simply trying to figure out how to put that onto a piece of dead bug juice that's all liquefied and crunched up. Goodie for them! They spent a lot of money! So is Donnie Trump on lawyers. But it did not work. And it won't with this crap. Sure. Some freaks like you will use it. There will always be those. Thinking they hit the mother load. And then it all dissipates and disappears. Because it isn't. It is not all that. Direct Metal Mastering sounded way better. But it's a little more difficult to do? And little puppy engineers like you don't know how to. Isn't that cute. Now you want the more expensive better record! Because your mommy and daddy can afford to fund you that. As they always have. For their precious, bubblahla. So you can have fun cutting your records. And have people spray expensive gobbledygook all over your dead crunched up bug juice. Mazel tov! Hand me some grape wine. Concorde please. Because it looks like grape juice. And nobody will know you are getting drunk. And cutting records. In two crunched up liquefied dead bug juice. Because you're drinking all the grapes! We can make polymers from! You are drinking polymers! How about some water? Have you looked at your waistline lately? No. You are cutting records into crunched up dead bug juice. Bug patties. You are playing with dead bug patties. What the hell man? What the hell of you been drinking? Budweiser Bugs? Or Bugs Buddy? Does your nose also wiggle? When you are cutting records? Sniffing those fresh-cut dead bugs? RemyRAD

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    Hey.. Back in 1978. Something changed. It came over from Europe. It was called Direct Metal Mastery. I guess you never heard of it? They don't use Lacquer. The use Copper.. And what you got from those cuts. It was like taking a pillow off of your head off of your ears. Like coming out from underneath a wet blanket. It was a Revelation in Record Cutting.. And that was the only way I then had my discs, Mastered and Cut. Because lacquer sounded rather Lacking. It sounded mushy. And why everybody stop cutting into copper discs? I cannot fathom? What rock have you been living under? The difference in Audio Quality is Phenomenal! And I would never have a disk cut in Lacquer, again. And so when Digital came around and we got the CD. I was beyond Overjoyed! As I Hate Vinyl. I hate the way it sounds! Even coming off of, Copper Direct Metal Mastering. Though that sounds way better than Lacquer. If you must have your production on Vinyl. And so in the end. Guys like you cutting on Lacquer for vinyl. Using a, 50+-year-old contraption. Definitely sounds Anti-Technology. Anti-Science. Anti-Hi Fidelity. Why? There's a reason for that nonsense? A good reason? I don't think so. You just found a good used Neumann VMS-70, cheap. Because nobody wants vinyl anymore! Nobody with a brain wants vinyl! Only stupid people do. Who thinks vinyl sounds good. And pulling your fingernails out feels good. Yeah no. It does not. That's Torture. So is Vinyl. Pops and clicks, surface noise and scratches. They are 100+-year-old technology. And do you still drive a horse and carriage? Do you still drive a Model-T? I don't think so. You're on the Internet. And you are listening to vinyl? You are dragging a little needle in a groove of modulated plastic? Did you have the Audacity to call yourself an cover Engineer? I don't even like that lousy software! It's Crap! Audacity is Crap! It's free shareware! It's Crap! But plenty of crappy engineer wannabes use it. And you are cutting into Lacquer? How modern of you. When you want crappy old sound. For that Nostalgia. Of scratchy records. Yeah no. Let's face it. Back in the late 1970s. Nearly 50 years ago. All of the good Virgin Vinyl. Left the USA. Because the manufacturing thereof is, too toxic. For American humans. So we had to start having our records pressed. Overseas. Mostly in Asia. Where human life is worthless and they have no EPA. And for a while we got some better sounding vinyl. That we knew was poisoning the workers to death. But we want no child labor. We should only kill their parents. For your lousy musical records. And so 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, Redbook standard. Sounded way better than any Vinyl Ever! And still does. From 40 years ago. As good as the day they were new. And there is no relaxing of the grooves. Physically or musically. And so how long do you wait before you plate after the cut? Do you wait for the Lacquer to relax? And sound like mud? Or, do you immediately electro plate that, Lacquer? Before the Lacquer can relax? When you want something to not sound like mud? From a bunch of dead crunched up bugs! Lacquer is made from millions of crushed up bugs! And you still exist in the 21st Century of the New Millennia? And you are recording on bugs? A bunch of liquefied and dried up bugs? Are you kidding me!??! You must be? Or you are on LSD. And don't know what the hell you are hearing? You have no hearing. You should be in Prison! Has there is something wrong with your hearing. If you are cutting into liquefied dried up bugs! And do you do a little dance to make it rain? Likely so. Vinyl is hurtful and wasteful to our Environment. It is Poisonous to our environment. And yet? Some Homo sapiens want to be that kind of stupid. And for what? Because it sounds better? IT DOES NOT SOUND BETTER! IT SOUNDS LIKE GARBAGE AND MUD! But some people like garbage sounding mud and think it sounds better. Than what? They never heard the master tape! And so they know better? How? What have they heard? What can they hear? They know nothing! They are troglodytes! They are Neanderthal Audio. They like analog cassettes! They think they sound great! They sound worse than vinyl! And they are encoded with Dolby. Because they sound so awful. And when you don't play them back with Dolby. Stupid people think that sounds good. It does not. And so I'm an actual Audio Engineer. I understand Audio. I am not a troglodyte. I do not use stones and knives, bear skins and crunched up bugs. I use Electrons! They are slightly more modern than dead bugs. And they sound much better. There are no dead bugs and electrons. And hey. You haven't even realized yet. Your left and right channel speakers are in phase together. But what you haven't noticed. They are in Negative Absolute Polarity, together and in phase. You don't even know what I'm talking about.. You think phase and polarity are the same thing. They are not. You were taught wrong. Your college professor taught you wrong. Because your college professor doesn't understand this, either. Because textbook formulas and mathematical equations. Can hear and evaluate, nothing. They are inanimate. Test equipment is inanimate. We are not. Apparently you are. You don't know what you're listening to. You have no idea. A huge Electrical Engineering Joke.. Has been played on everyone. Everyone who does not know what they are hearing. (More Non-Audio in following post)

  • @RemyRAD
    @RemyRAD 11 днів тому

    But for those of us who do know what we are hearing. We find all of these speakers in Negative Absolute Polarity except for one manufacturer. And pretty much one manufacturer, only. And they are known as the JBL Speaker Company of Los Angeles, California. They figured this out back around 1948 I think. Definitely by 1968. When I was introduced to them. At 12 years of age. And I knew I was hearing something different. I was perceiving something, different. From all other speakers I had heard. And continue to this day. All but JBL are in Negative Absolute Polarity. When everybody thinks they are actually in Positive. They are not. Electrical engineers have made this gross mistake. Because they are not Audio Engineers. They are mostly Mathematicians. And mathematics can hear nothing. Neither can they. Neither can you. And you call yourself a Mastering Engineer? Ha! You got lucky that's all. In spite of yourself. You modeled through. And your mistakes sound better. Than those other guys who didn't know what they were hearing either. Who retired finally. Finally. Also never knowing their speakers were in negative absolute polarity. And always thinking it was the acoustics or the gear. Nope! You see I am not only a multi-major music award nominated engineer. And a Former NBC, Electronics Troubleshooter and Ace Audio Engineer. I'm also known as a Studio Fixer. I fix the Monitoring Issues. In Control Rooms. Large and small. That the Electrical Engineers and Acoustic Engineers can't figure out how to fix the sound of? DUH? Because they are convinced. Their speakers are wired correctly. As they have a little test with the battery they perform. To prove they are right! know they are not. While technically they are right. Thanks to their mathematics. They neglected to realize. They have forced their speakers. To, Mimic. The motion of the diaphragms of the microphones. Which they forgot to include in their mathematical equation. As, Negative-1. They left that out of their mathematical equation. Whoops. As I have had to explain this. To a number of Electrical Engineers. And I so wished. I had a camera. To take a picture of their face. When I explained to them. What was going on. Mild's fall open. Expressions look dumbfounded. And comments frequently are… Oh my God? I never realized that before? You're right! Yes I am right. That's why I Fix. Control Room Monitoring Issues! And while you might have crappy acoustics. And your gear is not high-end. It's old. It's not really that! Your speakers are not wired correctly! But you think they are. And you refuse to try them the other way. Because your little battery tested mathematical formulas tell you you are right. You are not. It is not right. And JBL figured that out. I think by 1948? But I only first heard them in 1968. And by 1978. At 22 years of age. I was able to afford my first pair of JBL 4311 compact Control Room Monitor Speakers. And oh what a difference! And then I found. That his previous speaker. Under the company had cofounded. Years earlier. Called Altec Lansing. His 604 Speakers. Were in Negative Absolute Polarity. To his later JBL Brand Speakers. Starting in 1948. I believe. But he was dead by 1948. He died. His company continued on with his name. And in 1968 they introduced the 4310 speakers. Rated for only 50 RMS continuous Watts of power.. And by around 1977. They introduced the 4311. Which was identical. But could handle 75 continuous RMS Watts of power. Because we were turning them up they sounded so good! And guys started blowing them out. And so when I rewired by Altec Lansing 604's to match the Polarity of my JBL's. Suddenly those 604 Monitor speakers I also had. Sounded so much better! Now I could use and reference both! Along with my Auratones. Which I also had to reverse polarize. Because they were also backwards. So are everybody else's except for JBL's. So I've modified the wiring on all of my other brands of speakers. My KRK's both passive and active. My Fostex. My, Tannoy's. My Radio Shaft Minimus-7's. My Sony's. My AKAI's. My Panasonic's. To match the polarity of the JBL's. And oh my God the difference! And so while the acoustics of your little Mastering Room are miserable. It is not the acoustics that are your problem. Most of those crappy acoustics will mostly vanish. When you have your speakers wired correctly in Positive Absolute Polarity. Because it is only at the speakers. Where one can Establish the Absolute Polarity to be either Negative or Positive. And what do you think you want? Pick one. Pick the right one! And the left one! To get this Correct and in Proper Absolute Positive Polarity. And in phase together. And you will Suddenly. Here the difference for yourself. It will be a Revelation I can assure you. It is for everybody I turn this onto. So even with your crappy home hi-fi. Reverse the polarity of both speakers. And take another listen. RemyRAD PS I just love Fraud Experts. To think they got it right. They don't know what they are hearing. They are idiots. Hopeless terminal idiots. With College Degrees! And as you may have surmised by now? I possess no stupid college degree for Audio! I was born with Ears and a Brain that works. And I've been told. By one of the Finest Audio Console Manufacturers in the world here in the USA. Remy has one of the finest pairs of years in the Industry. Because I fixed their studio! Because the electrical engineers and acoustic engineers could not. When I got the call. To come on town. And please take a listen. Our control room just does not sound right. And we just spent an additional $6000 for nothing! And I fix it in 2 minutes and charge you $400. What makes more sense? Of course my prices going up to $500 now. And it only takes me 2 minutes. Because when you're good. You get it right for people. And you do it quickly and efficiently and cost-effectively. Because I'm an actual Real Audio Engineer. Without a college degree. Nobody needs. And so you don't have a college degree either likely.. But you have never figured anything out for yourself. You've relied upon mathematical formulas, textbook equations. And gobbledygook from experts that don't know what they are hearing. Great! You're an expert.

  • @donbell8187
    @donbell8187 11 днів тому

    Jeff is a real gentleman and one of the funniest guys I ever met. Amazing ears, too!

  • @paulsmith1052
    @paulsmith1052 11 днів тому

    Wu Tang record sold for $2M 😮 Just realized the tittle says most expensive record ever made lol Not sold 😢 Oh wow and yeah that makes sense 3+ years of R&D, multiple labs, etc.. lol Very cool and interesting video.

    • @dangerousmusic
      @dangerousmusic 11 днів тому

      Yes! And this was a single of course. Interesting factoid, if I recall correctly, we included (or were approached to include) a Dangerous Music SOURCE with the Wu-Tang ensemble to have the best playback.

    • @paulsmith1052
      @paulsmith1052 11 днів тому

      Yup and I realized the title said ever made (assuming that process was so expensive oh my goodness. Wow - great video - awesome content. Thank you for sharing!

    • @paulsmith1052
      @paulsmith1052 11 днів тому

      @@dangerousmusic Ay yes, as that is an important point - this one song! Wow. All of the R&D that went into that too ... Wow 😳

  • @sl8ofhand
    @sl8ofhand 12 днів тому

    What about Wu-Tang Clan: Once Upon a Time in Shaolin?

  • @timwalling3101
    @timwalling3101 12 днів тому

    who is Bob Dylan

  • @SuperDrumwolf
    @SuperDrumwolf 12 днів тому

    ah, another toy for rich folks, got it. the song doesn't care...its a song and it doesn't need to be wrapped in a bunch of bull$#@T. just listen to it enjoy it and move on. I'm sure everyone involved is very talented, but at the end of the day its just a song.

  • @brucelittle3958
    @brucelittle3958 13 днів тому

    Unbelievable story for a recording of a song on vinyl. I toured Sun studio back in the 70's and it was quite the classic studio where Elvis got started!

  • @chrisarnold6852
    @chrisarnold6852 13 днів тому

    Wow

  • @kyzor-sosay6087
    @kyzor-sosay6087 13 днів тому

    Interesting,well told story.Thanks for your time and for making the record and the video.

  • @AlexAlcyone
    @AlexAlcyone 14 днів тому

    too many unanswered questions. what was this mystery coating that has such an immense R&D budget for the creation of one one-off disc? Jeff Powell's skills and dedication are clearly beyond doubt. But there is something very odd about this story.

    • @christophernoto
      @christophernoto 12 днів тому

      Search on "Blowin' in the Wind | GTRI - Georgia Institute of Technology." It really happened, but it is very odd, indeed. Perverse, even, IMHO.

  • @kzustang
    @kzustang 15 днів тому

    Great video. Great story.,Great to see vinyl tech still pushing the limits. You are definitely doing sacred work. Take care and the necessary precautions to avoid health hazard with the laquer and stuff. Thanks for sharing.

  • @ryanshook8284
    @ryanshook8284 15 днів тому

    ahahaha that first button press

  • @twostikks1
    @twostikks1 16 днів тому

    Whoa.

  • @ifandwhen-kl2cr
    @ifandwhen-kl2cr 16 днів тому

    Wait, didn’t that Wutang 1/1 sell for much more?

    • @christophernoto
      @christophernoto 12 днів тому

      The Wu Tang project was a CD, but, yes, it was in the $2 million range. Sigh.

  • @p0llenp0ny
    @p0llenp0ny 17 днів тому

    Some people have far too much money.

  • @calvin808
    @calvin808 19 днів тому

    Shouldn't this be Most Valuable Record? Not most expensive?

    • @christophernoto
      @christophernoto 12 днів тому

      Nah. "Value" is a taste thing. This is an entirely tasteless enterprise.

  • @dillansgarage
    @dillansgarage 19 днів тому

    I can’t content with audience perspective tracks

  • @Dd-td6jl
    @Dd-td6jl 20 днів тому

    WOW, what a story!!! Roknroll

  • @davidnewton2598
    @davidnewton2598 20 днів тому

    Wow, this is elitist garbage taken to insane levels. Music is supposed to be shared and enjoyed. To move people and elicit emotions. To bring joy or sorrow, heartbreak or ecstasy. To have one pristine record that is owned by one person so they can show off the size of their bank balance is the absolute worst kind of sell out commercialism ever.

  • @muchorelaxo5580
    @muchorelaxo5580 21 день тому

    Cool story.

  • @Freakeasy_chicago
    @Freakeasy_chicago 21 день тому

    Eventide in the rack! yes!

  • @Harzurner
    @Harzurner 21 день тому

    I want it

  • @gammaraygem
    @gammaraygem 21 день тому

    Imagine showing the greatest lyricist in human history how to sign his name.

  • @danpessell846
    @danpessell846 21 день тому

    Just noticed your name on my remastered copy of Big Star's #1 Record. Well done.

  • @UrbanIslandEntertainment
    @UrbanIslandEntertainment 23 дні тому

    Wow! What a great educational story and I just bought a "toy" Milty Zerostat 3 for a friend who has static problems in his listening room and it should work for his needs. Thanks Jeff!

  • @GgWifi-ot2sh
    @GgWifi-ot2sh 23 дні тому

    from the first picture of Jeffs room to the end of this video I had a ROCK hard boner the entire time whoaaaa. AMAZING this is HOT AND HEAVY BABY lemme tell yah

  • @erwinvb70
    @erwinvb70 23 дні тому

    So would he have a “destroyed” copy himself?

  • @Ackermanmedia
    @Ackermanmedia 24 дні тому

    So this entire process was to see how much one they can squeeze out of people who consider themselves audio nerds?

    • @christophernoto
      @christophernoto 12 днів тому

      Correction. "... squeeze out of one person..."

  • @johnhowardnardine6815
    @johnhowardnardine6815 24 дні тому

    VERY interesting story! And I learned several things I didn’t know. What I could do without is the inserted stock footage of things like an auction or signing: it’s kind of unnecessary for your audience who are serious enough to listen to a long and, by the standards of today’s short attention spans, intricate story. We’re not children needing constant entertainment to stay engaged.

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet 25 днів тому

    Good lord the world is complex