Vaughn George is a music producer, artist development coach and a reviewer of piano, keyboard and synthesiser artists. The channel also covers in-depth music production and technical analysis known as "geek talk”.
You ever consider a career in southern law enforcement? 😎🌴🦩🐊
@VaughnGeorge40 минут бұрын
My application is pending!! VG :-)
@jeshkam32 минут бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge lol ;)
@ianhardcastle3506Сағат бұрын
Floods all about capturing a perfomance in the studio so it makes sence, give Dave the same mic he uses when singing live and a simillar enviroment no vocal booth. The result warants the method.
@ZebraandDonkey4 сағат бұрын
Share SM57 and SM58 or not cheap mics they’re just solidly built workhorse microphones. That’s the point of them, so I think there might be some confusion with what is a cheap mic and what these mics being solid work horse mics. If you comparing these to a vintage Telefunken or something that is different. In the end, the SM57 traditionally used as an instrument mike has done the work as a vocal mic in life situations very often because of the ability to cut down on feedback in a live situation with a vocalist who is moving around a lot
@VaughnGeorge2 сағат бұрын
I get your point but the fact remains that the sm57 is indeed cheap in comparison with "high end mics". Also for the purpose of the video title and thumbnail, it made sense to use this word because it's what was being discussed in the video. Also bear in mind that many of my subscribers are not music producers , so using the word "sm57" in the title would mean nothing to them. VG 😎🎹👍
@commodore748 сағат бұрын
Same here! well Dave is just a brilliant singer through any mic I suppose. Also, if I´m not mistaken Bob Marley recorded a few records with an SM57 too if I´m not mistaken.
@VaughnGeorge2 сағат бұрын
I believe that is true about Bob Marley ! VG 😎🎹👍
@michaelwilson234010 сағат бұрын
It has to be freeing to be able to play and sing at the same time? I certainly can't. Erasure reminds me of the good old 80's and very early 90's when keyboards ruled the world. Have you ever done an episode on Cabaret Voltaire? I'm interested on any views you may have on their career, the late Richard H. Kirk, and their switch to house/club music in 1990.
@VaughnGeorge2 сағат бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and for your video suggestion my friend ! VG 😎🎹👍
@nashf592511 сағат бұрын
Anything from that Harrari WEF guy should not to be taken seriously. Sorry but he is not humanity's friend and works for some very sinister people who feed off negative energies. Just my two cents, sorry.
@smellsak13 сағат бұрын
Alen Wilder is genius!
@CraigScottFrost14 сағат бұрын
I use the Pyle SM57 clone I got years ago for $10. Pop filter and you’re good. No room tone to deal with.
@ownedbymykitty27015 сағат бұрын
Great album but no, not the greatest electronic album ever. That would have to go to “music has the right to children” (1998) by Boards of Canada.
@VaughnGeorge15 сағат бұрын
Never heard of that but thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out ! VG 😎🎹👍
@ownedbymykitty27013 сағат бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge - It’s purely electronic. There’s no singer / songwriter / lyrics element to it. I’m surprised you’ve never heard if it. It’s not that obscure and has been an incredibly influential album for many electronic and post-rock (I.e. Radiohead) musicians since its release 26 years ago. The Scottish brother duo who made it are GenX-ers who reference material they grew up with in the late 70s and early 80s. So think old nature documentary VHS tapes combined with a sad & haunting children’s book. Happy listening! 👍🏼
@seldonplanB-2416 сағат бұрын
All true...I will add however, one thing that can ABSOLUTELY RUIN an album is a poor drum mix. I have heard excellent albums by up and coming bands that were SOOOO close to greatness, if the dang drums had only been mixed properly
@geevee782316 сағат бұрын
a.i. stands for "Anti Individual".
@SuperMax_____0.0_____17 сағат бұрын
The U87 is really not the mic you want to have as an example of a good mic. And 2.5k is cheap on the mic world. Try a C12 a U47 and check the prices
@VaughnGeorge16 сағат бұрын
Maybe so but I will stick to my guns by saying that the U87 is an outstanding mic and by you saying it's not is your opinion which you are entitled to of course. VG
@SuperMax_____0.0_____17 сағат бұрын
I got a 57 to record my vocoder now it will take my vocal takes 😂😂 or at least try and listen ❤
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS77717 сағат бұрын
if the range suits the recording you use what you need.
@VaughnGeorge16 сағат бұрын
Perfectly said!! VG :-)
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS7773 сағат бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge Good job mister George.
@georgerobos657018 сағат бұрын
Both 57 and 58 soynd like shit! Never understood why they are used
@sandracole526519 сағат бұрын
This revelation did blow my mind, but it doesn't surprise me. When you got the goods, the vibe and the right people in the studio the magic comes together based on the level of talent and not the price tag of the equipment being used.
@Itsyaboy8819 сағат бұрын
Vaughn George is the man. He reminds me of my friend Gary I lost touched with.
@mrock82821 сағат бұрын
But most of Nicks parts have SO many layered parts that he can only play certain layers live. Fans have known this for decades.
@Mark-ec3lp22 сағат бұрын
Annie Lennox recorded Sweet Dreams using a Sure SM 58. This one again proves that you need a good idea, rather than good gear.
@swasle22 сағат бұрын
I'm a photographer which I think runs parallel to music production, as you said Vaughn it's not all about he expensive stuff, I don't use the most expensive camera and also sometimes use Auto (god forbid) in taking shots, it's all about the composition (of sound)🤣
@NeZversSounds22 сағат бұрын
57, 58 sm7b have the same capsules, different transistors.
@Itsyaboy8822 сағат бұрын
You should do more post punk history too
@Crossfire200323 сағат бұрын
You can make good music with anything, if you have great sound engineers.
@Itsyaboy8823 сағат бұрын
Demo mode after. Ultra they had a little bit of that fire under the belt but anything else, ehh aside from PTA.
@Itsyaboy8823 сағат бұрын
Billy corgans from smashing pumpkins for vocals. Bullet with butterfly wings vocals is recorded with one. Flood was great with phasing issues etc.
@allenalesnaКүн бұрын
The most expensive mic is not always the right mic for every project. I remember doing exactly that. We were laying down vocals using a large diagram mic, also in the same room, and for some reason it just didn't sit well. We took a break for like 30mins., then went back. I changed the mic, out of a whim and hit record. From the first line, we both knew we got it.
@allenalesnaКүн бұрын
5:08 it's the proximity effect. The mic will capture the loudest/nearest sound above anything else. That's why live recordings can be mixed just as well as overdubbed sessions.
@SugarMind99Күн бұрын
All good points you raise. I don't believe AI has a huge role to play in music and art - sure Ai can generate pictures and songs - but when you boil it down - it's a bit like taking a recording of a song and mashing it up to become something new - at the moment you can almost instantly spot an AI generated picture, song or speech made though generative AI - and then mind says Fake and rejects it. That bucket of AI generated art will likely become a genre in itself...but there are many other aspects to consider...coming from my background in technology(programming) and providing solutions to the LifeScience Industry as well as making music - I could probably write a book on the Topic of the good and bad with AI....but I waffle on...
@VaughnGeorgeКүн бұрын
And your "waffle" as you put it is well appreciated my friend. Thank you for your comment, it made a lot of sense. Cheers, VG :-)
@Byron101_Күн бұрын
pure YT nonsense.... for the "hobbyists good feeling" ^^ HINT: SM57/58 was only for fast sketches, performance improvisations and demo takes !!!! Most of Violator was recorded at Puk Studios in Denmark. They have a healthy collection of Neumanns at Puk -U47, U67, M49 - and these mics were often used for Dave Gahan´s voice! plus a biiiiig SSL console, expensive Neve preams, API stuff, Urei comps, etc.
@VaughnGeorgeКүн бұрын
"Pure YY nonsense" you say?? You are correct on these facts regarding the DM Violator gear etc. I was merely pointing out that there are countless examples of where great records have been produced using less than perfect gear in less than perfect environments. VG :-)
@latheofheavenКүн бұрын
Come on Sacrifice! Come on Exile! Come on Pure! (it's been 3 *F'n* years!) *SOON PLEASE!!!* 😁
@guntarss3165Күн бұрын
You right about gear, 1st is musician and inspiration, then gear what You have. Work with available gear and made best out of them.
@elissitdesignКүн бұрын
Shure SM 57, 58 are stage mics and can take a beating on the road. Definitely not a studio mic 🎤 I’m amazed. I do voiceover work on a cheap $250 capsule and get fantastic results.
@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaaКүн бұрын
Got goosebumps at 16:00. Excellent work Vaughn!
@everyonexistКүн бұрын
Great interview! You got us geeked out<3 -PREXENTS
@sciencelabvideosl7558Күн бұрын
My 76 year old mother and I listen to Violator when we do errands in the car. We never get tired of it. We used to listen to it in the 90s. We were saying we think it is one of the best records ever made. A long time ago, Another guy I sat next to on a plane told me that he and his crew used to listen to Violator as an album for background music as they would assemble stages for big music names .
@larsyxaКүн бұрын
Jarre Equinoxe 5. Base for all trance(all dance music 1978) tbh can you do Croc Theme on it? It's right up you ally after listining to your Crockett's theme. Its actually low 1977. Its perfect for your abilities.
@MeteotranceКүн бұрын
Im not surprise Dave have powerfull voice, in my case i always use the sm57 instead of my akg or rode mic for my personal vocal, why because i have a very powerfull voice as loud as a Trumpet , i add terrible experience with a very costly Neumann (the big tube one use for orchestra recording...) in real studio and this amazing mic have distorted and cannot handle the db of my voice , i finish the recording session at more than 2 meter away from the mic to keep the vocal performance at a reasonable SPL , we finaly decide to use the SM 57 as a proximity effect it was much better and more appropriate for me, so my condeser mic now is for my drums and guitar recording only.
@diegomayfield4751Күн бұрын
Great video ! It’s the honest truth , what makes a hit record is not the gear , it’s the songs and performance . Using the most basic gear will get you there .
@diegomayfield4751Күн бұрын
Glad you did the frequency charts of the two mics . They are different and don’t sound the same . Just know if flood produced it back in the day , he probably used a 58 or 57 on vocals . He used a mono 57 overhead on a U2 album for drums .
@dasczwoКүн бұрын
sm 57? i think bon iver.
@nicholasfaith8999Күн бұрын
57/58's are really good for rock/"loud" singers. I Love the sound of vintage tube, Ribbon mics, they have a great tone color with a great pre/eq. I used to run a small recording studio (early 00's- 2013) mackie 32×8 bus, a two huge 48 channel Protools TDM systems. My favorite mic I own is a matched pair of AKG c414 "the comb" from 69ish. But, Depending on the vocalist, Id use everything from weird homemade mics (a favorite was made from a 50s-60s headphone that had a transducer like a humbucker, with a metal plate over it. The fact it was the worst headphones Id ever heard/seen, I HAD to use it. Often, Id use a tube pre through a Kurzweil k2500rs VAST synthesis engine) but, back to the shure, Ive heard great results from the 57/58, especially with a performer who is used to his mic technique involving "working" the mic. They have a technique that can be hard to adjust for a condenser/velocity mic.. seeing that Gahan often is seen these days holding an sm7b, he has chosen a mic very similar to the sm57. Thanks for sharing this video, It's always great reading about the boys
@jamesdelrogers542Күн бұрын
These microphones are good for micing up drivers with synths , I use them with the ensoniq Mirage to get natural acoustic reflection are reverb in a room of the right dimension and hard surfaces, the electronic percussion is excellent but you need to bounce it around, it dose not come across the same recorded directly into the mixer .also use the roland srv-2000 ,these kind of tricks were used heavily on the construction time again album, these recordings are so much more interesting win you can hear into the room , and all the different contrast you get , daw based with software synths are so boring....they recorded this in Milan, of course , Alisa Milano ....... Violators of the order will be persecuted until death .......... It's in dogmas and morals by albert pike a 150 year old satanic god spelled backwards piece of excrement.
@MrGuitarmikegКүн бұрын
We are living in a World where a lot of consumers are listening to music in a compressed format, such as Mp3, from a phone speaker or mono Bluetooth speaker. I'm sure they would not be able to appreciate the clarity that a U87 could bring on audiophile equipment. Vibe wins every time. Bono has used SM58s for a lot of hits.
@user-jh1uj8dv3uКүн бұрын
I sang using Shure 5m57 during the rehearsals, and the only thing that I remembered before your video was that one was used by Gahan during the Some Great Reward tour...
@vincentini1Күн бұрын
Was a live sound tech in the 80's, and your breakdown of the mic's was perfect. Yeah, blew my mind that the 57 was used on that record.
@bmwbrassКүн бұрын
One question, why?
@gloraditch6915Күн бұрын
Surprised. Sm-58 was always the standard when we did worship music vocals. The 57 was used sparingly on percussion for the live drums.
@anonymouzzz4307Күн бұрын
I always hated all those 80's arrangements in his songs, and I think they're one of the reasons he failed commercially. The song on solo piano sounds so much better
@avmilenkКүн бұрын
Windscreens for SM57 - A2WS and A81WS - are somewhat large. They may change it sound to be much less alike SM58. That's why many vocal performers choose SM57 over SM58.
@subculture-recordsКүн бұрын
Interesting and evocative. Though, Julia by The Eurythmics is much more enchanting.
@VaughnGeorgeКүн бұрын
Thanks, but it's not a competition. VG 🙂
@subculture-recordsКүн бұрын
@@VaughnGeorge It is if you release EPs. Your competition is every other musician who releases EPs, singles, etc. by the same method. Few, as they may be, at this level. 🙂
@AnalogsoupКүн бұрын
Hi VG, Really enjoyed this video! I hope you get the opportunity to someday Interview Tim Simenon ( ULTRA producer) I think ultra may be one of Depeche Mode’s greatest albums. Cheers!
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You ever consider a career in southern law enforcement? 😎🌴🦩🐊
My application is pending!! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge lol ;)
Floods all about capturing a perfomance in the studio so it makes sence, give Dave the same mic he uses when singing live and a simillar enviroment no vocal booth. The result warants the method.
Share SM57 and SM58 or not cheap mics they’re just solidly built workhorse microphones. That’s the point of them, so I think there might be some confusion with what is a cheap mic and what these mics being solid work horse mics. If you comparing these to a vintage Telefunken or something that is different. In the end, the SM57 traditionally used as an instrument mike has done the work as a vocal mic in life situations very often because of the ability to cut down on feedback in a live situation with a vocalist who is moving around a lot
I get your point but the fact remains that the sm57 is indeed cheap in comparison with "high end mics". Also for the purpose of the video title and thumbnail, it made sense to use this word because it's what was being discussed in the video. Also bear in mind that many of my subscribers are not music producers , so using the word "sm57" in the title would mean nothing to them. VG 😎🎹👍
Same here! well Dave is just a brilliant singer through any mic I suppose. Also, if I´m not mistaken Bob Marley recorded a few records with an SM57 too if I´m not mistaken.
I believe that is true about Bob Marley ! VG 😎🎹👍
It has to be freeing to be able to play and sing at the same time? I certainly can't. Erasure reminds me of the good old 80's and very early 90's when keyboards ruled the world. Have you ever done an episode on Cabaret Voltaire? I'm interested on any views you may have on their career, the late Richard H. Kirk, and their switch to house/club music in 1990.
Thank you for your kind words and for your video suggestion my friend ! VG 😎🎹👍
Anything from that Harrari WEF guy should not to be taken seriously. Sorry but he is not humanity's friend and works for some very sinister people who feed off negative energies. Just my two cents, sorry.
Alen Wilder is genius!
I use the Pyle SM57 clone I got years ago for $10. Pop filter and you’re good. No room tone to deal with.
Great album but no, not the greatest electronic album ever. That would have to go to “music has the right to children” (1998) by Boards of Canada.
Never heard of that but thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out ! VG 😎🎹👍
@@VaughnGeorge - It’s purely electronic. There’s no singer / songwriter / lyrics element to it. I’m surprised you’ve never heard if it. It’s not that obscure and has been an incredibly influential album for many electronic and post-rock (I.e. Radiohead) musicians since its release 26 years ago. The Scottish brother duo who made it are GenX-ers who reference material they grew up with in the late 70s and early 80s. So think old nature documentary VHS tapes combined with a sad & haunting children’s book. Happy listening! 👍🏼
All true...I will add however, one thing that can ABSOLUTELY RUIN an album is a poor drum mix. I have heard excellent albums by up and coming bands that were SOOOO close to greatness, if the dang drums had only been mixed properly
a.i. stands for "Anti Individual".
The U87 is really not the mic you want to have as an example of a good mic. And 2.5k is cheap on the mic world. Try a C12 a U47 and check the prices
Maybe so but I will stick to my guns by saying that the U87 is an outstanding mic and by you saying it's not is your opinion which you are entitled to of course. VG
I got a 57 to record my vocoder now it will take my vocal takes 😂😂 or at least try and listen ❤
if the range suits the recording you use what you need.
Perfectly said!! VG :-)
@@VaughnGeorge Good job mister George.
Both 57 and 58 soynd like shit! Never understood why they are used
This revelation did blow my mind, but it doesn't surprise me. When you got the goods, the vibe and the right people in the studio the magic comes together based on the level of talent and not the price tag of the equipment being used.
Vaughn George is the man. He reminds me of my friend Gary I lost touched with.
But most of Nicks parts have SO many layered parts that he can only play certain layers live. Fans have known this for decades.
Annie Lennox recorded Sweet Dreams using a Sure SM 58. This one again proves that you need a good idea, rather than good gear.
I'm a photographer which I think runs parallel to music production, as you said Vaughn it's not all about he expensive stuff, I don't use the most expensive camera and also sometimes use Auto (god forbid) in taking shots, it's all about the composition (of sound)🤣
57, 58 sm7b have the same capsules, different transistors.
You should do more post punk history too
You can make good music with anything, if you have great sound engineers.
Demo mode after. Ultra they had a little bit of that fire under the belt but anything else, ehh aside from PTA.
Billy corgans from smashing pumpkins for vocals. Bullet with butterfly wings vocals is recorded with one. Flood was great with phasing issues etc.
The most expensive mic is not always the right mic for every project. I remember doing exactly that. We were laying down vocals using a large diagram mic, also in the same room, and for some reason it just didn't sit well. We took a break for like 30mins., then went back. I changed the mic, out of a whim and hit record. From the first line, we both knew we got it.
5:08 it's the proximity effect. The mic will capture the loudest/nearest sound above anything else. That's why live recordings can be mixed just as well as overdubbed sessions.
All good points you raise. I don't believe AI has a huge role to play in music and art - sure Ai can generate pictures and songs - but when you boil it down - it's a bit like taking a recording of a song and mashing it up to become something new - at the moment you can almost instantly spot an AI generated picture, song or speech made though generative AI - and then mind says Fake and rejects it. That bucket of AI generated art will likely become a genre in itself...but there are many other aspects to consider...coming from my background in technology(programming) and providing solutions to the LifeScience Industry as well as making music - I could probably write a book on the Topic of the good and bad with AI....but I waffle on...
And your "waffle" as you put it is well appreciated my friend. Thank you for your comment, it made a lot of sense. Cheers, VG :-)
pure YT nonsense.... for the "hobbyists good feeling" ^^ HINT: SM57/58 was only for fast sketches, performance improvisations and demo takes !!!! Most of Violator was recorded at Puk Studios in Denmark. They have a healthy collection of Neumanns at Puk -U47, U67, M49 - and these mics were often used for Dave Gahan´s voice! plus a biiiiig SSL console, expensive Neve preams, API stuff, Urei comps, etc.
"Pure YY nonsense" you say?? You are correct on these facts regarding the DM Violator gear etc. I was merely pointing out that there are countless examples of where great records have been produced using less than perfect gear in less than perfect environments. VG :-)
Come on Sacrifice! Come on Exile! Come on Pure! (it's been 3 *F'n* years!) *SOON PLEASE!!!* 😁
You right about gear, 1st is musician and inspiration, then gear what You have. Work with available gear and made best out of them.
Shure SM 57, 58 are stage mics and can take a beating on the road. Definitely not a studio mic 🎤 I’m amazed. I do voiceover work on a cheap $250 capsule and get fantastic results.
Got goosebumps at 16:00. Excellent work Vaughn!
Great interview! You got us geeked out<3 -PREXENTS
My 76 year old mother and I listen to Violator when we do errands in the car. We never get tired of it. We used to listen to it in the 90s. We were saying we think it is one of the best records ever made. A long time ago, Another guy I sat next to on a plane told me that he and his crew used to listen to Violator as an album for background music as they would assemble stages for big music names .
Jarre Equinoxe 5. Base for all trance(all dance music 1978) tbh can you do Croc Theme on it? It's right up you ally after listining to your Crockett's theme. Its actually low 1977. Its perfect for your abilities.
Im not surprise Dave have powerfull voice, in my case i always use the sm57 instead of my akg or rode mic for my personal vocal, why because i have a very powerfull voice as loud as a Trumpet , i add terrible experience with a very costly Neumann (the big tube one use for orchestra recording...) in real studio and this amazing mic have distorted and cannot handle the db of my voice , i finish the recording session at more than 2 meter away from the mic to keep the vocal performance at a reasonable SPL , we finaly decide to use the SM 57 as a proximity effect it was much better and more appropriate for me, so my condeser mic now is for my drums and guitar recording only.
Great video ! It’s the honest truth , what makes a hit record is not the gear , it’s the songs and performance . Using the most basic gear will get you there .
Glad you did the frequency charts of the two mics . They are different and don’t sound the same . Just know if flood produced it back in the day , he probably used a 58 or 57 on vocals . He used a mono 57 overhead on a U2 album for drums .
sm 57? i think bon iver.
57/58's are really good for rock/"loud" singers. I Love the sound of vintage tube, Ribbon mics, they have a great tone color with a great pre/eq. I used to run a small recording studio (early 00's- 2013) mackie 32×8 bus, a two huge 48 channel Protools TDM systems. My favorite mic I own is a matched pair of AKG c414 "the comb" from 69ish. But, Depending on the vocalist, Id use everything from weird homemade mics (a favorite was made from a 50s-60s headphone that had a transducer like a humbucker, with a metal plate over it. The fact it was the worst headphones Id ever heard/seen, I HAD to use it. Often, Id use a tube pre through a Kurzweil k2500rs VAST synthesis engine) but, back to the shure, Ive heard great results from the 57/58, especially with a performer who is used to his mic technique involving "working" the mic. They have a technique that can be hard to adjust for a condenser/velocity mic.. seeing that Gahan often is seen these days holding an sm7b, he has chosen a mic very similar to the sm57. Thanks for sharing this video, It's always great reading about the boys
These microphones are good for micing up drivers with synths , I use them with the ensoniq Mirage to get natural acoustic reflection are reverb in a room of the right dimension and hard surfaces, the electronic percussion is excellent but you need to bounce it around, it dose not come across the same recorded directly into the mixer .also use the roland srv-2000 ,these kind of tricks were used heavily on the construction time again album, these recordings are so much more interesting win you can hear into the room , and all the different contrast you get , daw based with software synths are so boring....they recorded this in Milan, of course , Alisa Milano ....... Violators of the order will be persecuted until death .......... It's in dogmas and morals by albert pike a 150 year old satanic god spelled backwards piece of excrement.
We are living in a World where a lot of consumers are listening to music in a compressed format, such as Mp3, from a phone speaker or mono Bluetooth speaker. I'm sure they would not be able to appreciate the clarity that a U87 could bring on audiophile equipment. Vibe wins every time. Bono has used SM58s for a lot of hits.
I sang using Shure 5m57 during the rehearsals, and the only thing that I remembered before your video was that one was used by Gahan during the Some Great Reward tour...
Was a live sound tech in the 80's, and your breakdown of the mic's was perfect. Yeah, blew my mind that the 57 was used on that record.
One question, why?
Surprised. Sm-58 was always the standard when we did worship music vocals. The 57 was used sparingly on percussion for the live drums.
I always hated all those 80's arrangements in his songs, and I think they're one of the reasons he failed commercially. The song on solo piano sounds so much better
Windscreens for SM57 - A2WS and A81WS - are somewhat large. They may change it sound to be much less alike SM58. That's why many vocal performers choose SM57 over SM58.
Interesting and evocative. Though, Julia by The Eurythmics is much more enchanting.
Thanks, but it's not a competition. VG 🙂
@@VaughnGeorge It is if you release EPs. Your competition is every other musician who releases EPs, singles, etc. by the same method. Few, as they may be, at this level. 🙂
Hi VG, Really enjoyed this video! I hope you get the opportunity to someday Interview Tim Simenon ( ULTRA producer) I think ultra may be one of Depeche Mode’s greatest albums. Cheers!