Tell us more histories like that

That's awesome man we're u there for the nirvana sessions

tell us everything

Indeed, Nevermind was one such album recorded on this very desk. Did you ever see "Sound CIty", the doco Grohl made on the studio? You get to see the removal from Sound City and the refit into Grohl's studio 606 of this Neve console. Quite a feat. Then the Foo's did their next album on it - sans Pro Tools.

Time goes fast these days, bro... 😜

Yes indeed it is. (Except I doubt that you have Neve :D )

Kryshtof Yeah - I'm lovin this stuff man - Analogue recording is blowin my mind in terms of the difference in recording quality ..

@Pete Loomis Thanks !

Nevermind was mixed on an SSL ironically

Definitely!

+TaylorJ ∆ I love Analog and I love Digital but alot things bugs me about technology and future of storage of recording. One thing that boils my blood to the max is that if record in digital domain very likely that you may not able to playback the recordings due to coding for new software and program another is sound quality , Digital audio has got better since late 90's where the highest resolution is 24 bits / 192 khz which is great but lack in character in sound dynamic range,details,warmth and accuracy of capturing sound that analog is great from the geko. Its cool that their plug-ins of Analog emulation in DAW that sound like the real analog gear like Universal Audio is the best at Analog emulation since the company makes analog gear but its not authentic , I would rather use UA Plug-ins in live situation then studio. Software scares me the most since High Res Audio or HD audio been around since Pro-Tools evolution 15 years ago its enable to make autotune sound real as human voice which is hard to tell if its real voice or computer. Only way to find out is live or find proof its real performance. Analogy I can say about Analog vs Digital is Digital enable to fix anything from performance to make a superstar while Analog you are the performance and everything is real that makes you a superstar. Not a manufacturer superstar !

+Andy Mahasongkham you have a point with storage. I mean, you can see it with digital photography. I don't know how many photographs I've lost because of HD malfunctioning, cameras stop working,...However, I still have all my "analogue" photographs and negatives...Yeah, I could be more careful with backups, but then again, you didn't have to do 4 backups for every photograph in the old days. Now, I also lost lots of music since I began recording digital and that is a nuisance. However, the sound quality for home studio owners like myself is a miracle. The turning point was when in the mid 2000s producers who were used to professional tape started saying "I don't hear the difference anymore", or "there's a difference, but it's so minimal that the convenience outweights the inconvenience".

+Andy Mahasongkham No matter what you store on, in the future it may be dead tech. CDs, mini discs, cassette tape, reel-to-reel, VHS, 8-track, DVD-audio...all subject to death. CD pretty good though, because it's current, and there's a billion players on the planet for CD (at least.) So probably not a bad format to archive to.

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This seems to be a common complaint, but I imagine there's a good reason for it. I'm guessing the Skeeter family, who ran Sound City and own the property, just weren't willing to outright sell the lot. After Dave bought the board, they leased it out for a number of years to a guy who redid the building and used it privately as Fairfax Recordings. Now it's once again known as Sound City, though without the Neve(s) (Rick Rubin apparently owns the 8078 from Studio B) and a lot of the character of the original facility. The original studio was admittedly pretty dark and dingy, with brown shag carpets on the walls and a worn out wood floor, but it had a vibe. Now it looks sterile, everything is brightly lit and white. That is a crime in itself, imo.

He wasn't worth $500 Mil when he bought it

Because he already has his own studio the 606. Like why is he going to have two studios on the same street? It would counter productive to build a studio and then 6 years later just buy another one for its console, when he can just buy the console.

or teen spirt

+Daimale Williams Haha yes

+Daimale Williams W

+cullen cavanaugh tbh

If I had a buck for every line that snorted on that console. lol

Metallica!!

you mean special attention high tech prone to failure and astronomical operational budget? neve isnt a rolls, its a simple farm tracktor that just does the job properly. Ive driven them all, and thats my opinion. regardless, I find it so cool of Dave to be do humble to those who came before him. He recognises the historic value and inherit inspiration it brings.

+merqury5 you got two out of three right. rolls royce engines are the most reliable engines in the world, in airlines all over the world and rockets to space, they don't fail. but in most things when you spend lots of money and lots of time on something, it works. and you are also correct, it does the job it was meant to do. maybe with less maintenance than a rolls.

Many many thousands.

Probably less than a hundred of this circuit design but at some point you have to define what a 'Neve' desk really is, as there were many different circuit designs. Granted Mr Rupert Neve spent a lot of time 'adjusting' the early designs to get as 'sound' that he was happy with but you also have to consider which speakers and amplifiers he was using when 'auditioning' his designs. And the mics and sound sources of course. As he was a musician in his own right that would influence what he wanted to hear. ONLY the people he worked with in the early days can really say what really went on. He was not infallible and of course made some mistakes. There are many desks that have been designed and made after Rupert had left Neve the company so where do you place Rupert and Neve (as separate entities)? Rupert himself was talented in his ability to combine concepts ahead of others, one that stands out was his proposal for slide faders (made in Gwent).

@@mattsyson3980 thx Buddy!

Bit late, but that's a Neve 8028

+Phoenix MatadorTV ew (isn't teen spirit splooge?)

+BariumCobaltNitrog3n teen spirit was a women's perfume

+Dysturbed1 Its actually deodorant

ian Stewart i was thinking the same thing!

Your ID's not taken from Dave's addiction to coffee whilst making Them Crooked Vultures?

@@DrDeuteron No, I think my friend knew though, was that tha studio that it came from ?

Watching idiots be sad that they can't go endanger other people never stops being funny.

Thank you, I'm all over it right now !!

I just watched this Documentary twice - Changed my life man - seriously. I was struggling a little with my recording class but that doc. gave me new perspective. thanks for the info !!

@@xtraflo - Best documentary I've ever seen. I encourage everyone to watch it.

@@OnYourLeft Still my fav as well! I revisit it often!!!