This guys dead?

@@NortsGhoul yes, he died last week.

@@alejoromero damn man

Holy.. And I found this magnificent video and the channel only now... I'm so thankful for all these people who sharing their knowledge with everyone and giving help..

Steve Albini was a recording Legend! RIP.

He didn't wear his compliancy-mask long enough to qualify for a raise

I swear the only reason people click on videos anymore is to make dumb jokes.

Maybe one day they'll let him run the console.

@@profd65 It's the way he talks and wears. He doesn't talk like someone who made very agressive music with edgy lyrics or album titles. He talks like someone you call to fix your defective boiler. That's not a bad thing, it just means he is done to earth, but it's sometimes funny how people who make agressive edgy music sound like in real life. For example the guy from Slayer sounds like a cheerful, friendly and modest dude.

​@@profd65 or pissy complaints

He is. Like wise mate :(

He helped so many people set up their own studios and never took a royalty fee from artists. What a guy!

I just found out now that he was doing these videos. It's crazy! I would never have dreamed of it!

You’re so right! 👍🏼

The stuff he records is not good. Gloom haze or whatever was the worst thing I ever heard. Sounded like a kid who doesn’t want his dong anymore.

you wanna know why? cuz the old business model is unsustainable. recording engineers, the studios, their staff are not under appreciated in todays version of the recording industry.. they're not receiving the compensation in line with their value. with everyone thinking they are a producer with FL studio and algorithms like Landr undervaluing the importance of a mastering engineer, these "legends" have to diversify their revenue streams... KZfaq is a good starting point for that since there are already so many wannabe how-to videos spewing wrong info and incorrect practices... Steve should really expand into his own line of beanies. lol he's always wearing 'em so might as well start making some paper will Albini beanies

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Anyone know why he liked dressing this way? The coveralls?

@@SusannMarieDye as a man in my early fifties I’m going to say comfort and possibly he had a very dusty studio.

I think he believed in and embraced the aesthetic of a technician, a working man in service of the people and project who employed him. Remember, he always refered to himself as a recording engineer, never producer. Seemed to be a pretty humble guy.

​@@anthonyc1883 That's correct. Also, he wasn't the only one at EA that wore blue coveralls, most technicians there did - it was easy to see who were technicians that way.

Little did I know he would pass just a couple days after I wrote this :( 💔🕊️

I agree. This is very cool to see. Thank you Electrical Audio!!

He just died man

brian deck's video for reverb is equally great, maybe not as technical but still a great watch

me too

@@DylanPank71 Yeah, I was gonna say that it probably wouldn't be a good idea for a guy who used to be in a band called "Rapeman" to host a children's TV show

They don’t need to know that part

RIP Steve

RIP Steve

@@massgrave8ximagine giving a kids TV show to a straight up pedophile… like what is this, Nickelodeon in the 90s?

Remember Rhett….there is a plan alBini

@Damon Davis 🤣🤣🤣🤣 crap music is right.

Rhett's music is actually quite good.

What i love in this is that there is consideration for the real world. This isn't a dry technical class with a bunch of waves and things, it's a practical approach. it's really important not only to consider the sound from that amplified, but the effects of it's location. There is a point where the room sound becomes more prevalent than the improvement in cabinet sound, so even if technically you get a better sound at 5 feet away, you may have added so much of the room that it is no longer reasonable to do. Tim Pierce is a very successful session guitarist, and his home studio setup is worth checking out (search for his channel). Thanks Steve for a great video that really considers the real world.

@@OldManBadly Tim Pierce's show is pretty good.

This is the man, after all, who wrote Songs About Fucking. Very very stern and strict indeed....

Time for a sequel: Songs About Gagging.

@@timstevens3183 That was exactly what I thought of. Steve has always had a sense of humor ... he just had no patience for assholes (even if he was one).

You mean Andragogy , as pedagogy is for children. Although in my case (51) I still consider myself the latter

And he keeps it informal whilst just being a fun video to watch, so damn rare these days to find that

Wait wait wait - isn't all of Steve silly? Billiards anyone?

Same

Shhh! Don't give em ideas. Us poor people need it for free ;)

Albini selling educational videos directly conflicts with his social and political ideologies so I think you don’t have to worry.

He's done a for-pay Mix with the Masters series, I believe.

@@seamusmaguire2160 Make yourself poor to own the capitalists.

Click the doobly do to see what he doobly did.

*hath

Na.... actually not

"Don't be a sheep" Steve Albini, I'm sure at some point

✌🏼

Hello, dont know if thats your problem or not, but most amps sound best when the master gain is at least 75% cranked, which can be hard with a 100 watt amp if you dont want to make everybodys ears bleed. Also speakers that are able to handle such high volumes (watts) usually tend to be more stiff than speakers made for lower wattage. So it might be a good idear to use a amp atenuator (the cheap one that doesnt fuck with the sound) and a lower wattage speaker to really drive the amp. Driving the normal high watt speaker with the atenuated signal might also sound strange. I dont know maybe that is completly not your problem, but it was mine recently so I thought I could share this 😅

Glad someone else has watched this! I bring this fact up on a weekly basis

Not all, if i remember correctly, but the Majority of the bass tone came from a decade. I since bought one, awesome little amp!

Also most stages are small so mic's sticking out tend to get hit a lot. Sneaking in from the side has less risk of mics getting knocked over. Studio placement does not work on a live stage with sound bleeding all over the place :)

Ha ha!

what if he likes it?

As it used to say on the EA website: " if you need to record something and you don't have a microphone handy, this will do. I guess."

Ya true ! but i don't need to tell you why its good, cause the records are out there, and you know who I'm talking about ? who used two sm57 on the cab.

@@christopherdunn317 I was just quoting the EA website as an explanation to why you don't see them in his videos, I don't have enough experience with other mics to have an informed opinion on the subject ;-)

Within reason you can match any semi pro mic with a speaker cabinet and get something good. It's just easier and less time consuming to do that with a better mic.

I’ve always thought the tried and true method of using an sm57 on guitar amps was over rated. I like to have options when mixing and the 57 doesn’t have a large enough frequency range. Better to throw a condenser mic and roll off what you don’t need. But using two mics ( one a 57 ) has worked for me.

That is how the minds of brainwashed covidians work, don't try to find any logic in it.