🎸 Get the UAD Sound City Studios plug-in here: bit.ly/3QSHlFE Massive thanks to Universal Audio for sponsoring this video, what an honour!

@Stefan-

8 ай бұрын

Is there any reason why all the sound samples in the middle of the video was mono, even the L and R guitars ? At the very end of the video there was a stereo mix.

@bluebook2681

8 ай бұрын

Well done for getting on UAD's radar! As you are now in the plug-in world, here's a question: have you ever sampled your voice? A sample pack of you doing the classic ahh, mmm and ooh sounds, especially in your lower register, would be quite something. Recording the sampling process and showing the results would make for a interesting KZread video too

One of the most elegantly integrated sponsor and product demo I've seen on KZread, well done

Non-musician here but I just watched every second of the video. Loved the storytelling aspect on top of the tech.

@DrVaticinator

8 ай бұрын

Me too, Mary is the best, found her because Rick Beato.

@davidtiessen7713

8 ай бұрын

same.

sounds great, love the natural reverbs and old console overtones from the vintage Neve. Sound City is just legendary, and UA is doing a great job continuing that legacy.

I love Universal Audio plugins, theres always something a bit more special about them.

I am not a recording musician, but loved the demos as well as the storytelling. Thanks a lot!

The British voice is one of the best sounding for narration, yours is stellar Mary, thanks! 👄👁👄

@shanepatrickward

8 ай бұрын

she really needs to do an audio book.

“Sound City” is one of the best music documentaries out there. Dave Grohl’s “Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways” not long after that is also a great one to watch about some of the most magical studios in the business. A similar and lesser known story and before Dave’s acquisition was Lenny Kravitz’s purchase of some of the original gear from Abbey Road Studios that he keeps the magic happening with.

That song! ❤❤

That was dramatic on a number of levels, truly a wonderful complement to Grohl's documentary

To say there is something special about SOUND CITY is an understatement. It is more than a console or a room. It is the spirit of music coming to life.

I think this was your best video ever. Well done.

IM OBSESSED WITH THIS PLUGIN! REALLY!!!

Nicely done. Just a heads-up that the locals pronounce it Van Eyes, California.

Excellent coverage of Sound City.

Mary this is like the best product demo video i’ve ever seen! Great work, UA owe you huge on this one. I had preordered this plugin so I was messing around with it already, it’s amazing! I’ve also watched a lot of other peoples demo videos that came out since the plugin came out but this is a work of art! The examples, the history, the cinematography… exceptional! Keep working hard! Cheers!

Love The REO Speedwagon title ..You Can Tune A Piano 🎹 But You Can't Tuna Fish 🐟 !

This❤. This is what you do better than so many others. I love this kind of content from you! Great stuff!

I love the way she pronounced Van nuys. It makes it sound sophisticated.

@michaeldorcey9305

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂Van Nuys, sophisticated?😂😂😂

I went by there today. This is my first ever visit to LA. What a great place for a music fan!!!

heyyy good timing on the release, cool to see your review so soon and that you're getting early access!

Beautiful! Amazing and inspiring work, Mary!

Another great video. I see that the uptick in videos is growing the channel. Thanks as always.

Wow. On the one hand, the story of that studio is *fascinating*, and I'm glad to see that it's gonna live on (and that Dave got that GORGEOUS console)... on the other, to replicate the "room" and be able to totally VR what you're doing in that virtual space and with that virtual console - to have something like that copied into cyberspace, if you will... I've been on the 'net since before there *was* a 'net, remember when 16-bit sound was hot stuff... and still, this kinda blows my mind. If, Universe forbid, the Big One hit LA tomorrow, we would not lose That Sound... we've forever embedded it in the virtual amber of a hard drive... wow.

I’m always learning from your channel, Mary. This is no exception ❤

Great video, Mary! I'm getting this. No need to think twice. Great demo!

Brilliant video!

That recording you play at the end sure has that Robin Ford sound which I love, great work .

I’ve been playing with this this afternoon. Unbelievably good. No idea how they did it but this is a game changer

@Drfresh1402

8 ай бұрын

100%. I can’t believe we have this.

This takes me back seeing the reverb room. When I worked at NorthWestern Motion Pictures, and Sound Recording Studio, Inc. (NWI) Portland, Oregon ( ORY-GUN ) ours was on the third floor. Always loved what you could do with a room with solid floor, walls, ceiling, high-end monitor speaker, and microphone.

I bought the signature edition plugin pack a few weeks ago and just saw this was in my download list. What a pleasant surprise.

Love the variety of content on your channel. Awesome

Love this, Mary. Thanks for making your work and your thoughts around music so accessible. It’s getting to know the magician and still being captivated by the magician’s tricks.

Great video Mary

Been using it for the past few days and it really is great. Works best if you minimise/remove any ambient reverb on original tracks. Love it on drums.

Another non musician here , excellent story telling . Don’t stop …..😊❤. We can miss so much of the back story in music and technology history , this is very timely.

Very much enjoyed the mix knowledge, facts, and sound examples of your music. Excellent work.

This was so interesting, I really enjoyed the history and the way you presented it.

Years ago I took a guitar to Eric's Guitar Shop in Van Nuys. I recalled it was in a weird place and a strange property. Some time later i watched Dave Grohl's "Sound City" documentary. I qickly sat up and said, "I know where that place is! Cool!" The history of that place is anazing. Thanks for the journey.

Sounding good!

My go to room sound. Amazing that we can get this in a plugin.

That's sounds like it's give you the chills.

Hey Mary I gotta say whenever you’re talking about something whatever it may be you’ve done your homework and your knowledge is on point rock on ms spender

Now I am *really* curious if they ever reached out to Dave to see if they could use that console, *the* SCS console, used on all these famous albums mentioned. Btw (someone correct me if I'm wrong), the Nevermind album was recorded there, but later mixed on an SSL 4000 "G" console.

very nice!

Your vibrato is absolutely beautiful

To UA and you: 👏👏👏👏👏

Great idea!!

Dave Grohl has the console and a bunch of the hardware out of there, as well as has built some really good rooms at the Foo Fighters studio IIRC

6:05 Thanks Marry for the new word - eponymous 😃. KZread's closed captions translated it "anonymous" (LOL), so I had a time trying to figure out the spelling of the word for which the Webster dictionary would return a result. I just purchased the plugin on sale for a massive price reduction. By far the midi drums I put through it absolutely brought them to life, even for quantized tracks. Did you know you can edit the text in the KZread closed caption auto generator after the fact to fix errors? Handy feature.

Merci Mary , très belle voix en plus 😊

We hear thousand of great songs and know about thousand of great artists but so little about the people and studio behind them which I think is a big factor on each song we hear. We need more videos like these...HISTORY...ANALOG... specially this era with AI creeping in. Wonderful content! ❤

I love the key choices you use in this track, especially in the guitar.

Fascinating...that story comes full circle...nice for the Skeeter family. Glad your plant is back but it looks pale?

Mary, I Appreciate Your Cool and Detailed Insights into SOUND CITY and a Sweet Piece of UA Tech. Well Stated Cheers AAA

Whatever else you are, you are a very good narrator.

That Buckingham Nicks record has always been one of my faves of all time. I wish they never would have joined Mac. Mick knew what he was doing by buying Lindsey's talents. So what I gather, this is basically just another reverb.

I love IR of real studios! I'm gonna buy this plugin lol. This awesome video worked. Good watch too!

Brilliant all around.

I recommend watching the Sound City: Real To Reel documentary and listening to the soundtrack featuring some cool original songs with killer features such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Josh Homme and Dave Grohl all over the place.

Didn't even mention one very important artist from the late 70's and early 80's.....the legendary Rick Springfield....he cut Jesse's Girl amongst many other songs there. JS

Will never get bored of ur voice.

Is this video a 10 minute commercial for UA SCS plugin? Nevertheless it's a subtle, tasty and classy docummercial.

Ive got Daves "Sound City" movie in my movie library. Great movie!

Now I feel like listening to REO and Cheap Trick

I thought Sound City was long gone after Dave Grohl bought the Neve desk - glad to see it’s still going.

Immense thank you for education work done here. The crowd (here in user land )is varied but your way to explain hits that variety with enough prowess, and a very light touch, to get through to almost all of us. I too did not know what the “plug-in” plugged into but assumed it was recording software. Not a problem. The history of where several of my favourite albums came from was worth twice the price of admission. that being watching till the end. And then watching again. I agree that a companion video would be Muscle Shoals, or perhaps Abbey Road.

0:04 For me that album was recorded in Abbey Road Studios. Still, interesting indeed to hear the plug-in at work!

A few years ago I watched the Sound City movie( I highly recommend it) and then checked online and they had a store so I bought a Sound City Tshirt. I'm not sure if they are still available because it was years ago.

wow! One of my fave youtube musicians working with UAD! Locked and loaded with Complete 2, including this gem of a plug in. LOVED this video, thanks a million! Congrats Miss Mary!

The unique thing about music today is that you don’t need a fancy record label behind you, I would argue that it’s better not to have one. More often than not, they bend you over. You’ll make more $$$ doing it yourself.

i want this plugin so bad ,its amazing

Awesome Video :)

Informative, entertaining, and perfectly presented. Boom.

Hell yeah! This is the best plugin UAD has released in ages! definitely on my list, can't afford it right now but sooon... Also I'm super excited about all their native plugins and that this is one of them (though a DSP version and unison pre version would be amazing!). By far the best in the industry!

@onoesmurlocs

8 ай бұрын

I think if you have never used UADspark before you can get 3months trial for $1 currently , just thought I'd mention it.

U2 just recorded Atomic City there.

Great videos you're making. Out of interest, what are your thoughts on The Libertines?

Hi Mary I recently added the Kevin Gray 45rpm versions of those 2 Fleetwood Mac albums. The sound quality is sublime and your video goes a long way to explaining why. Great story, thank you.

Buckingham Nicks, baby! :-D

If you use it moderately on most things it's natural. If you got crazy you can go into full sound design.

As great as they are...i still prefer Alice in chains all day

@davidellis5141

8 ай бұрын

Nutshell ! 👍

The difference is amazing.

Unless it was recorded at Muscle Shoals. 😊

That's awesome, what a wonderful time to be alive.

I tested the UA Sound City plugin, I watched the Sound City film from Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) - and it's a wonderfull room for drummer. And I like this dry sound. The Neve Console is part of this famous sound, but for my personal taste, the Neve Console sounds better with all other instruments in another room. IMHO

@davidgardell

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a bit misleading mentioning all these hit records, recorded on a Neve, when the plugin is modelled after Helios...

hmmm ... I'm kinda curious to try it as someones whos spent alot of time there.

Interesting. I wonder if Apple Studios will be a future plugin.

Legends

dave grohl bought the recording board that nirvana recorded on its in the foo fighters studio

Very cool 😎

Sun Studios is one of the other iconic places, Abbey Road too. These places are constructed differently to your average bedroom

I just LOVE your voice, speaking & singing, just beautiful, & of course your pretty too 😉

Never stops toiling, toiling away Posting new content most every day Listen to the words that make up her songs Lend a critical ear; you’ll be a fan before long Her music’s proof positive; she’s true to her art Written by pen, but flows from her heart Wears many hats, playing every facet of the music Creativity first, but then the business behind it I always wondered why Dave Grohl didn't buy the whole enchilada, building and all.

I love the DVD by Dave Grohl - Sound City - Real to Reel

Ep. Of 'Spender in the class:' how goth learned how to stand on grunges head. 💀

It's pronounced Van Nize. Although Van Noise ain't bad, especially if you've been anywhere near Van Nuys Blvd when the hot rods are parading up and down ad nauseum.

@MarySpender

8 ай бұрын

I did my best being a Brit. My Van Nize and Van Noise are remarkably close.

@terenzo50

8 ай бұрын

I could listen to your mispronunciations for hours on end. I'm quite serious about the mellifluous quality of your speaking voice as I've said previously.@@MarySpender

Sound City is the holy land

some new tools for Drummer and Bassist to use

One word: Analog

I have given up on this plug-in due to phasing issues. Great idea though and it sounds great until you mix it in and all body and punch disappears.