Warm Audio WA-MPX Review: Bringing Back the Classic Magic

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Contact:
info@thecabinrecordings.com
‪@alecbrits‬
‪@ScottPoleyMusic‬
Gear Used:
Warm Audio WA-MPX:
warmaudio.com/wa-mpx/
Join me in this exciting video as we dive into the world of the Warm Audio WA-MPX! They've just released their brand new product, and I was fortunate enough to receive two of their stereo units to check out. Throughout the video, I'll take you through the front panel features, including input selection switches, potentiometers, Vu meters, and a battery of switches with 48V phantom power, High Gain, polarity reverse, and more. We'll explore the tone switch, low-cut, high-cut, and tape saturation circuits. I'll also share my thoughts on the build quality and serviceability of this device. Plus, I have a special guest joining me, Scott Poley, for some exciting experiments with the WA-MPX. You won't want to miss it! Thank you for watching, and don't forget to drop a comment and subscribe to the channel. Your support means the world to me. Take care and be kind. See you in the next video!
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@ScottPoleyMusic Жыл бұрын

YES!! Love this so much. Another great video, honour to get involved and play on such a great track. Kudos to Warm Audio too - that’s a serious piece of kit.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for joining on the the track Scott!! :D

@LittleHandsConcrete Жыл бұрын

Scott and Alec, the dream team! Great track, Paul E

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

@@LittleHandsConcrete Paul! :) you absolute legend. Hope you are well.

@WarmAudioOfficial Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this one through the paces! Your track sounds awesome! 🙌

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sending the units through! :)

@jordanjohnmusicofficial Жыл бұрын

Come for the reviews, stay for the tunes! 👌🏽Sounds great man, love your channel! 👍🏽

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank so much Jordan! :)

@LosFicosMusic Жыл бұрын

You are the king of Reviews

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

That’s extremely kind! Will keep working on them. 🚀

@WestgateMusic Жыл бұрын

You’ve got a real gift for song writing. Makes your channel one of the best in my opinion!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you Seth! :) in this case it was a serious team work effort with Ilana (St Catherine’s Child).

@kevinlentz7604 Жыл бұрын

Alic is amazing ❤

@SimonChampagne Жыл бұрын

Another amazing review of a very desirable unit Alec. I hope the algorithm wakes up soon and gives you the exposure that your premium channel deserves.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Simon! :D

@hlabsaudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you for quoting the PRE169 in your video ! ❤ This WA-MPX looks like an amazing piece of gear. I hope to try it soon.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Absolute pleasure! :)

@salthedrummer1 4 ай бұрын

WOW sounds great.. Great over all review, including song and performance!

@alecbrits 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! :D

@thesideyardstudio Жыл бұрын

excellent as always so happy to see consistent content from the cabin;)

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@alanbrucke Жыл бұрын

Just stopping by to say thank you because your songs in these videos inspired me to start writing my own softer acoustic music (I'm usually a loud screamo/metal guy.) Very inspirational, man.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Alan, that’s one of the nicest comments I’ve read. I wish you all the best with your writing of your alternative stuff! :)

@charliesbusy Жыл бұрын

I love the way you film and edit your videos! Also a belter track!!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Charlie! :)

@oceansiderecordingstudio Жыл бұрын

Great song and review. Warm Audio should be proud of this demo. ❤

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Anthony! :)

@aubyoung1218 Жыл бұрын

We are very proud!!🎉

@oceansiderecordingstudio Жыл бұрын

As a proud owner of many of Warm Audio gear it’s great to see the Young’s reply.

@oceansiderecordingstudio Жыл бұрын

@@aubyoung1218 Very Cool

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

@@aubyoung1218 thanks so much Aubrey!

@thestupendouschumley Жыл бұрын

Excellent work, always excited to see another video of yours. Exemplary.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@deanmitchell5447 Жыл бұрын

You found a great sound here with this warm audio unit! Great dynamics, very easy to relax and listen just like a great record Beautiful

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dean! :D

@von_Apa Жыл бұрын

Wow! I will continue to see your stuff! Thanks!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@brendanlamarca7764 Жыл бұрын

How do we keep letting him get away with these Demos??? And not getting any music???

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

It’s part of the demo process. :) first single will be coming soon!

@brendanlamarca7764 Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@pastadrums Жыл бұрын

SAME BRO SAME!!! I could just take the demos as a whole album please 🤙🏽🤙🏽

@sbroadbentphoto Жыл бұрын

Far out! Beautiful song!!! Great song writing and recoding. I am not 100% sure what effect the WA MPX has, but what you have done sounds smooth and sweet.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :D

@stephenfleming8030 Жыл бұрын

Top drawer again with the tune. I'm sure I'm not alone in looking forward to your releasing some of this music. It's just steeped in class, and is unashamedly from the heart. I don't own any Warm Audio stuff but if I was in the market for outboard, I think I'd try their equipment first. I think they've suffered a wee bit from Behringer Syndrome for the last while, so it's good to hear people speak positively about it on so many YT channels. They've made their way into some impressive studios.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words Stephen. :) Yeah! Worth trying out things that fit your workflow for sure.

@CarstenGoeke Жыл бұрын

Hey Alec. Awesome Video here. Congratz to the song and the production. This MPX is an interesting product and seems to be versatile. Thanks and greetz from Germany. Carsten ✌🏼

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Carsten! :D

@thorstenweimar1190 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video and song! I think all of your tested gear sounds great, because you know how to record in a professional manner! Keep up your great work and those amazing songs 👍!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Thorsten! :)

@Windkin1983 Жыл бұрын

Agreed! It just shows that as long as you have great musicians and the right people behind them taking care of the technical bits, you can make great sounding stuff with or without the high end gear. A bad musician playing the most expensive instrument and recording through the most expensive chain it still will sound bad.

@larrybyrne Жыл бұрын

Just added a wa-2mpx to my home studio. Used it four times, for a mic pre, DI, and frontend for mixdown. Since it is new to me, and the world, I was looking for other's reactions so far and found this. I love the sounds, but I also love the song! Nice work!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your purchase! :) thank you for the extremely kind words.

@ididitforthemusic Жыл бұрын

Well, that was a total joy - two of my fave humans making beautiful music, what's not to love. XxX

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Yes mate!! :D so glad you enjoyed it, can’t wait to get you on a video soon too! 🚀🚀

@ididitforthemusic Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits loved it as always matey - and anytime! X

@alexhulme6135 Жыл бұрын

Damn Alec another absolute TUNE! Great review 🙌

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex!! :D really appreciate that.

@TheThortoy Жыл бұрын

Everything you review sounds so GOOD!!! I want them all Hahaha

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Toy! :D

@producedbyramson1436 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful Song!! Really!! Love it!

@alecbrits 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@LondonSteveLee Жыл бұрын

Like it - sounds really nice - present without harshness.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Agreed! :)

@giuliocarmassi Жыл бұрын

Came for the review. Stayed for the song! :) Really like your voice man!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D

@davidmarais1048 Ай бұрын

Broer, it’s time to release your album of the full versions of these songs. They’re wonderful.

@pedalscapes 4 ай бұрын

Great sound, thanks 😎

@alecbrits 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :D

@daggerman-dcgk Жыл бұрын

Very Nice! Thank you!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@onlychld6121 Жыл бұрын

wow what a song!!! love the whole video!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@dhamilton_fisherman Жыл бұрын

this was great!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel! :)

@KaneDWilliams Жыл бұрын

Really like the song, like your voice, it’s a cool, soothing sound!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kane! :)

@nowyoure.....6047 Жыл бұрын

I've been kinda doubting if warm audio stuff is good or not, but this one really hit me, it's just amazing! I'm so curious about them now. I hope you do their other equipments in some point of future!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

It’s a great piece of kit! :)

@legacyShredder1 Жыл бұрын

I've got 3 tracking rooms full of their preamps along with the vintage legacy brands. I can only speak for myself, but I think they're good.

@beyondmywildestdreams6942 Жыл бұрын

You are not only a brilliant sound engineer, but also an amazing artist! 🤍

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D

@revevague6256 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rêve! :)

@jacksp8de Жыл бұрын

This sounds amazing! I would describe it as Dreamy vintage with modern clarity. Would love to see a breakdown of your recording process.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jack! I’ll hopefully be doing more of that breakdown type video soon! :)

@jacksp8de Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits awesome! Can’t wait to see.

@lb2696 5 ай бұрын

It does sound a bit brighter than a vintage ampex 351 pre.

@SimoneLontano Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Simone! :)

@KenMoss-music 4 ай бұрын

Great sound...awsome song

@alecbrits 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@drewnwiseman 9 ай бұрын

Alec, nice review, but GREAT song! Hearing some John Mayer influences. Well done sir.

@alecbrits 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@Firetracks Жыл бұрын

Sounds good man! 🔥🔥

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@bendigiave Жыл бұрын

Love your music man.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. :)

@willierice2461 Жыл бұрын

It sounded great! Wow

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Really solid unit isn’t it? :)

@willierice2461 Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits 100%

@dspoet1 Жыл бұрын

This sounds so good.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

It’s a great unit for sure! :)

@hamanino Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@maxlambiel Жыл бұрын

Dude, I love your music, and I seriously love how suggested the drums are in this track. Of course the performance with the bundle sticks play a big role on that but did you approach this recording with that in mind when you used that beautiful ribbon mic as an overhead? Also, you can hear how oomphed everything gets with that monster of a pre, definitely a great piece of gear.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :) the AEA is my usually suspect when recording in the cabin control room as I don’t have much space. (As seen by the fact that it’s drilled into the wall 😂). The bundled sticks were the choice for this tune mostly by chance. I think this was the third take, initially meant to be replaced after writing the second verse with Ilana. I thought perhaps chorus 2 could have transitioned bigger with sticks and more definition. But as the three days of recording when on, I kinda just enjoyed the subdued nature of the grass sticks, so they stayed! :) The MPX really did a good job on the kit, specially with the overheads. Big fan.

@teashea1 Жыл бұрын

good video - well done

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Thomas! :)

@DavidMorley Жыл бұрын

I mean the gear is one thing, but that is some excellently recorded music. Respect!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much David! :)

@snoopywalker1881 Жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, Great walk around London Town . Much more interesting than sitting in the wonderful Cabin. As a subscriber I would like to see you post a Logic project or project stems for a song that we can remix, add some parts and send back. It would be fun, interactive and probably great for subscriber engagement. Have a good day

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a great idea! I’ll see what I can do to make that happen. :) thanks so much.

@CraigHlavka 11 ай бұрын

love your reviews! Also, that Tele sounds so good. I wonder what it is?

@alecbrits 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! :) it’s a 1958 telecaster.

@tylerwinter512 Жыл бұрын

Expert tone pulling man

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Tyler! :)

@JedBayes Жыл бұрын

Dang man, this pre sounds gorgeous. I’ll have to get one and test it out against my OG Ampex 350… from this example I may like the warm better which is saying a lot.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome Jed! :) they might compliment each other well.

@peterm3964 Жыл бұрын

It all sounds great , But that tele sounds awesome .

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Agreed! :D

@epade Жыл бұрын

great song man!

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@aidankeithlowe Жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff as always Alec! Never seen that acoustic guitar vertical mic pair setup before, how are you mixing those channels? ❤️

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aidan. :) they are mixed left and right. Seems to do the trick pretty well!

@aidankeithlowe Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits Sounds fantastic!

@jeffgriffithsmusic Жыл бұрын

Good review. But I mean, that's a hell of a nice song. I walked away from the computer for a minute and did a double-take when I saw it was the same review playing.... Well done. Followed.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jeff! :D that’s extremely kind. I really appreciate that.

@jemarmitchell5555 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jemar! :)

@chizzulwinduh1941 9 ай бұрын

Great Video Alec. Did you end up keeping the unit?

@alecbrits 9 ай бұрын

Sure did! :)

@FlavorMind 10 ай бұрын

Nice sound and nice song. Have you use it on Mix Bus ?

@alecbrits 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! :) I did not use it on the mix bus as it did not have stepped pots.

@nbl95 2 ай бұрын

The thing I don't understand about Warm audio is that they're supposed to emulate vintage gear, but literally none of their demos on YT sound "vintage". Quite the opposite, they sound really transparent and modern on every video testing warm gear.

@erikarabie 2 ай бұрын

I agree. I thought this one sounded quite sterile. I was expecting some overdriven 60s sounds

@aref7_ 8 ай бұрын

Can you explain your full chain? For example, you connected WA-MPX to a CL-1B, then conntected it through which Audio Interface? You get what I mean? I want this sound but I'm sure its not just WA MPX,, but its even saturators such as SSL Fusion for the master maybe? Can you please please give me the whole chain? Even your plugin chain if you don't mind . Only vocals

@alecbrits 8 ай бұрын

Sure thing! :) 1972 Neumann U87, WA-MPX, UAD Apollo X 16. Melodyne. Then on reverb it was the Seventh Heaven. My master buss processing is the UAD API 2500, waves L1 maximiser, and the Fabfilter pro L2. The vocal is automated a lot as I try my best to not use any other processing to showcase the products as purely as possible.

@12inchy12 Жыл бұрын

this song is beautiful man. is the full song on KZfaq?

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :) it’s not out yet.

@itzdapakkflippa 4 ай бұрын

I wanna hear this full song tbh

@alecbrits 4 ай бұрын

Working on it! :)

@TaiChiRehab 10 ай бұрын

How does the warm MPX stand up next to the Neve Newton for quality / tone? Yes - I know they are very different modules however, as you have demoed both I was wondering what your opinion is ??

@alecbrits 10 ай бұрын

They are super different to one another, both in tone and in functionality. The Newton is fast, open and incredibly detailed, with the option to add your harmonic choices in as you go. The WA-MPX has a very specific tone, with the ability to be driven and of course the lack of EQ and compression separates it from the Newton even more. I think they could work together in a rack, but they share very little tonally, each is great, depending what and how you are recording. Hope this helps. :)

@TaiChiRehab 10 ай бұрын

@@alecbrits thanks for the reply Yes very different things however, which one sounds better to your ears and which one would you buy for sound quality?? Asking as am considering which one to buy I know it's down to my taste and wallet but as you've had both to play with I wonder which you think is the better quality and by how much on e.g a percentage scale

@alecbrits 10 ай бұрын

@@TaiChiRehabnot sure I can honestly say which is better. They are very different tools for me. I like the Neve for more transient material and the warm for vocals and bass related instances.

@newman2374 Жыл бұрын

woww

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Newman! :)

@danielclifton3319 Жыл бұрын

I'm curious about which reverb you used?

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Seventh Heaven reverb by liquid sonics. :)

@danielclifton3319 Жыл бұрын

@@alecbrits Cool, sounds great! :)

@Deriolama Жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting….

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

It is! :)

@chrislink73 Жыл бұрын

the gear sounds good but the songwriting is fantastic

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Chris! :)

@teashea1 Жыл бұрын

A great song ----- we want to know where to listen to your songs ----- come on - they are too good to hide in a corner.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Thomas! :) first single will be coming soon!

@geoffreymerrifield5666 Жыл бұрын

Must be honest. I think the great sound is 90% Alec, 10% Behringer, I mean Warm Audio. It's great that WA, Behringer and others make classic gear affordable.

@alecbrits Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Geoffrey. :) I guess that math works for any gear that is being used.