The Coalface - NEW STUDIO TOUR with ANDY GRAY
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
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Andy Gray is a legendary music maker. Gray became one half of the Perfecto remix team with Paul Oakenfold to replace Steve Osborne, and they went on to remix Moby's "Natural Blues" and U2's "Beautiful Day" and compose the theme music for Big Brother UK under the name Elementfour.
In this, the first of a new series in which Crow Hill ventures to other music-maker's places of work to tour us through gear and their experiences at the coalface. Andy Gray tells us of a terrible disaster he suffered and how he and his family pulled through it and ended up in a place that was more productive and more creative and better insured!!!
To watch the full un-edited version of this session go here: thecrowhillcompany.com/hub/
To help us out by buying some merch (and getting yourself some handsome swag) go here: merch.thecrowhillcompany.com/
If you'd like to hear more from Andy, check out his CZcams channel @AndyGrayedout
Please put any questions you may have for us down in the comments down below (that is, after you have called your insurance company).
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - Part 1: The Tour
07:58 - Part 2: The Fire
13:03 - Part 3: New DAW (cubase) - Hudba
I almost cry when I saw this man wiping his tears. I´m glad he left the fire behind and now have a wonderful studio. Love from Argentina.
It’s quite admirable that he’s been able to recover from such a nightmare.
he'd done 2 smart things, good insurance coverage and didn't go wild on repurchasing all that was lost
He simply moved on :
Cheers 🥂
Always enjoyed the Creative Cribs series you did. Seeing this makes me glad.
Andy Gray is amazing. The Remix he did for Gary Numan for his track " A Prayer For The Unborn" is one of the best remixes ever
thanks for the golden tip..listening now...wow! :)))
Probably the very best remix of a Numan track.
Thanks man:) 👌
@@AndyGrayedout what are the Cubase Macro buttons being displayed on? Looks like some kind of small touchscreen LED display. Your “anything playable at anytime without opening a DAW” is very similar to my setup. I use MOTU interfaces connected with AVB though. Really heartbreaking to see all that vintage gear fried but at least it was only things.
It's ok but has been played live too often and the bleepy intro is irritating.
Fabulous video. Thanks both. I died a little Inside when Andy told us about the fire. Good lesson re insurance.
Sorry this happened to your studio! In October 2006 one morning I got a call from the singer of the band I was in at the time asking "Did you have any gear in the studio? because it's burned up." The rehearsal building we were in burned down due to a carpet factory next door going up in flames. We were lucky because we were on the ground floor and only had smoke and water damage from the fire fighters blasting hoses into the small window we had in the room. Only one amp didn't make it and that was solely because it was turned on before it hadn't dried out. All the other musicians in the building were affected. Most lost everything. It was horrible. One of them said how he lost his masters and his back ups. and that, has always made me think to keep them in separate places from then on!
As Cubase user - I just took a huge step forward. I did not know any of this, after being on Cubase since an Atari 520 in black and white!
I started on Cubase 3.1 about 25 years ago, then had Logic Gold on PC. Hmmm, got back into sound design & composing in 2020 via the free trial of Cubase Elements 10 onto Artist, then Pro11 and never looked back! Just upgraded to rock solid Cubase 13pro. Nothing I’ve used has come close to this amazing DAW. So user focussed and is an absolute beast in many ways!
Sheesh….epic recovery and what a champ….that would break most of us! Kia kaha as we say here in Aotearoa NZ……dam…. JPMusic
thanks to both of you very inspiring!!! my god what's the size, and brand of this front monitor!! seems to be curved too... WOW!!
Thank you, Christian and Andy; your video was an exercise in top-of-the-line vintage gear, streamlined workflow, and tech mania. Over the years, I've gone from Digital Performer to Logic (before it was logical - pre-Apple) and have landed using Protools for the past X years. Knowing that Cuebase has the depth needed for heavy lifting, I still can't bring myself to sit down and learn it. All this stands small compared to what I saw in the two of you, and that was the humble strength and love for creating you both have-well Done!
take a 30 day demo and have a good , if you have the time or a project your not up against it .. Have to say I'm still blown away daily by the power of Cubase
Great interview! thanks for showing the un-edited version as well, I quite like all the extra bits and don't mind any rough edges. Please include more of these in the future!
Every musician's (perhaps person's too) worst nightmare, but I love Andy's new studio.
Losing important 'stuff' is hard; but he really had the right attitude and seems to have come through stronger. Brilliant!
Hats off to Andy. How do you cope mentally after such a nightmare? A beautiful set up he’s got again. Great crib video. Cheers.
Love studio tours like this.
wow….that hit hard as well as truly uplifting…..don’t know if Andy was getting misty eyed, but my heart goes out to him, but super inspired by his attitude ❤ Chris wonderful video, Thank You 👍
I'm lost for words at the pictures of the fire, but I'll tell you one thing, I've learned to take fire seriously.
Great to see Andy's new studio. My mate Pete was helping Andy at his furniture business and saw some posts about the fire. Heartbreaking, but wow what a bounce back!! Cheers Christian.
Wow, what a story. I am happy that he had the strength to continue after this catastrphe! Thank you for the educational video! (Also it was very interesting to watch the Cubase vs Logic part.)
amazing
I can't even tell you how excited I am to see this studio tour. I've been a big fan of Andy's work for decades and the tour of his last studio was my favorite of the other series. Thank you for this.
Awesome video!! And wow, that bit about the Halion Sampler feature ... I'd never used it like that. I've definitely gotta get up to speed with that
Ditto, thanks so much Andy for englighting us on features for Cubase that I'd never seen demonstrated so simply before.
thanks man -:) @@starquakey1
I didn't think it possible, but your content is getting even more exciting as you go. Simply mindblowing stuff! 🙏
stunning interview + studio. very well done Christian !!
Amazing space and Dream Collection, Andy.
Loveliest MICs I’ve seen! ❤
I wish you could take it you!
Now THAT’S a come back!! A highly inspiring viddi to watch top o the year! ✨
Cool video, thanks! The extended version is even better, I love the way you're pretty much just having a chat in a lovely studio, while at the same time we're finding out loads about Andy's workflow and methology. More please!
Christian, glad to see you back at it. Will definitely order some swag, and catch the entire video...happy I am not the only one that values Cubase!
love it, and what an advertisement for pelican :D
That is not only a super impressive space, but an object lesson on the value of building and designing your own setup and scripts that fit your workflow. It would be nice though if there were a longer edit of this video. It just left me wanting so much more. All the best!
He said at the beginning there is a link below for the full uncut video!
@@mdoerkse I may have been momentarily distracted...
Wow! So glad it all ended up okay!
I procrastinated on watching this because I was traumatized by hearing his story on that SFA stream you all did, but seems like he risen from the ashes... :)
An Incredible, inspirational documentary; making the point that out of something so destructive and devastating comes a paradigm shift that allows for new and greater creativity.
And thank you Christian for bringing your vision and generosity to the community with ‘Crow Hill’. Long may in continue!
god, that was so moving to see him wipe away the tears. you can't imagine the heartbreak of losing everything. so happy to see him forging ahead and what a lovely space he has there now.
Andy is such a badass! Thanks for sharing CH, so glad to have "Cribs" back
Unbelievable resilience there. I've watched the first Creative Cribs a number of times over the past few years and it must have been heartbreaking. Nice to see he's got the mic's, he's doing good and got another Xpander.
Nice christian ,, I enjoy this studio tours , hope you'll make more , its fun to see , Thx and loooks like you having fun as well !
Wow! I really don't know what to say? what a man Much peace and love Gary
thank you :)
Loved the bit about Cubase too. It's very well put: "it's all about the flow." When I'm in Cubase, I'm not doing IT, I'm making music.
Nothing but admiration for Andy and his attitude!
Awesome video full credit to you both great work many thanks.
I can't seem to find the long unedited version of this video via the link
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Andy is awesome. Cubase rules.
Love to Andy. A fire of that magnitude is a game changer. He's clearly found some zen space. Inspirational!
I have not used Cubase over 20 years and seeing this I should look into more...
There’s a free 30 day trail give it a shot it’s really changed the way I work
Great to see a 'cribs' on the Crow Hill channel. Heartbreaking story. Inspiring. More please!
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
I loved this video but it did make me feel a bit minimalist. Im a pro, making music and sound for TV and Film, day in - day out... I use a half size USB midi keyboard and a 2015 iMac. At least I don't have to worry about fires.
Wow! What a space!
And oh, it's so satisfying to see a composer discovering Cubase again! Been using it for 20 years, and I'm still discovering some crazy helpful things!
Poor Andy what an horrendous experience.
Thx 🙏
Thx 🙏
Great video and lovely to see you Andy!
What an incredible, story, studio, CV and most of all thoroughly lovely guy
A beautiful space, light and airy.
Andy's xpander looks like it's in mint condition. Beautiful sounds and remarkably easy to program. It had quite snappy envelopes, so maybe it's one of the later ones that Gibson built when they acquired oberheim. The ones I've used were great for pads and complex modular drones, as they had less snappy envelopes. It's 6 part multi timbral, 6 voice (with 6 outputs), with c/v & gate AND MIDI . Basically They're half a matrix 12 sans keyboard.
Thank you for uploading 👍
I remember, Phil Oaky , telling me that my matrix 12 wasn't as hard edged, sounding as an expander. I listen to him, and that's when I switched from a 12 to an expander, never look back.
Great interview!!
Great interview and studio! All on a MacBook Pro...impressive!
awesome space... and love how Andy talks about RME / TotalMix like some hidden gem.
Very enjoyable vid.keep up the good work you are doing
Excellent interview!
Ooh i loved the creative cribs serie ! Please, we want more ....again :)
Incredible insight 🎛️🎚️🎛️
first of all that fire story was just insane!! So happy that Andy mentally and spiritually recovered and that the mics survived!! I'd love to know more about synching Pro-Tools to Cubase and how to get that set up. I'm starting to get into a position where pro-tools is just a must for the mixing and delievery but I'm stumped on how to get that synched with Cubase!
That was some beautiful journalism.
Ever since Ive gone RME, I've never turned back.... and I literally just bought the Mic 12 Dante.
Absolutely rock solid drivers, amazing build quality and the total mix is the best accompanying software out there.
I really enjoyed this..👍
Wonderful video! Glad you're bringing studio content back. The stories behind the gear is much more interesting than the gear themselves. Cheers! Also Christian, will you be planning on being at NAMM? If not this year in the near future?
Watching a Building On Fire (Grayed Out Mix)
lol. Forgot that one 😂
Just WOW! On pretty much every level
Really impressive rebuild with a lot of smart working decisions.
I find the bit about missing EXS24 curious. I'd use Logic myself as a preferred sequencer but for the lack of a comprehensive sampler, that is, EXS24/Logic Sampler can only apply Filters and LFOs to the entire program, not on a sample or zone level. When they updated EXS24 into the newer Sampler I was most surprised to see they still had this limitation. If you use Kontakt, Falcon, MPC or Ableton's sampler, moving to Logic's built in Sampler presents you with a huge sound design limitation in that sense. It's funny how in 2024 we still have tools with peculiar limitations, for example the MPC hardware/software cannot use a free-running LFO so basically every LFO you use is retriggering with every key or pad press. Note to Akai - that's called an envelope where I come from 🤦♂
That's a great working space and Andy has made me want to make use of Halion that's been sitting in my DAW unused.
Very cool set up!
I cannot believe that beautiful space I watched several times with Christian burned down! How heartbreaking! Glad to see he rose above ! Can only hope he got the full value of that irreplaceable setup in insurance
Mindblowing!!!!!!❤
FANTASTIC STORY great info at the end. I posted it on the Avid duc.
That's one lovely looking space!
(And Cubase's logical editor is indeed a very powerful tool if one finds time to learn about it)
I'm devastated seeing those photos and that's not even my gear!
awesome video indeed, and how cool I have the same set up (less all the synths of course and mics,) so its great to know the real super guys are doing the same :) inspiration to try even harder lol
Studio looks serious bro!! would love to hear some trap beats or hip hop beats coming out of there!!🔥🔥🔥
The worst nightmare happened. Glad he's made the best of it and somehow taken it in his stride.
Going back some years I had all my gear in a studio building and the roof was ripped off in a heavy storm, but nothing inside was damaged amazingly. That was scary enough and I lost nothing. I can't imagine looking at flames and knowing what that means.
Also, ace to see Andy on Cubase. It's a monster.
Please excuse my prior silly remarks. Andy.
I thought you were just a guy with gear, not necessarily a pro movie soundtrack man.
I too, went through the fire-everything electronic destroyed, mostly by fire hose water applied.
2 years later, F4 Tornado, right through my living room. 1905 House l, picked up like and toy, twisted and shredded and reduce to rubble-with me in it. Bad might.
It’s really wonderful to see how you’ve recovered and landed in such a nice place,
Speaks volumes about your nature and determination.
Happy for you.
Incredible to see Andy's new studio. As a Cubase user myself, I absolutely loved seeing his enthusiasm using it & i even learned some new tricks. If anybody knows how i can setup the programming in Cubase similar to Andy, please let me know!
I cannot imagine the trauma of going through such a disaster. Full marks to Andy for bouncing back from that - and in such style!
thank you mate !
Brilliant.
Great video!
Great to see Cribs back!!
Nice studio Andy!
the fade from fire damage to the current state is both terrifying and inspirational at the same time. Quite the dichotomy...
crazy
Would probably work on an M1 MacBook Pro as well with the RME interface. I’ve not had a single crash or glitch even running 32 samples at 0.5-4ms tracking when aggregated with an ES9 in Eurorack. He mentioned the RME mixer software which is amazing, especially with the ARC controller I noticed on his desk. It can route anything to anywhere. Not cheap but will last 20 years with excellent driver support.
That Halion thing I just saw is blowing my mental health
Fantastic setup, I'm so glad that he managed to rebuild and no one got hurt in that fire. As a Cubase user what are the apps he is using on the iPads, I'm very intrigued..
Would love to know that too!
Amazing guy
Hard to loose it all but having been insured makes the difference ! get right back on it .
Glad to see you rebuild and keep on keepin' on! Awful story
Funnily enough, instability issues were the reason I switched from logic, then to cubase, and finally to Reaper. Always cracks me up hearing about people's different systems.
That Peli case warranty is why their cases are so expensive…I’ve used it a lot 😇
The phoenix rises once more 🙏🏿👍🎶
Those cases were air tight so the fire had no fuel to burn. Similar to what happened with the Malibu studio you visited. I am going to invest in some air tight cases for drives now.
Oh this makes me feel ill. Good advice on insuring for actual cost to replace, as well.
Only watching this because… well… I’m Andy Gray (no… seriously…. I am… obviously not the same as this Andy Gray.Bit of a dream to one day meet this Andy). 😂 subbed
Wonderfull video and studio. Does anyone know the model of the main screen/monitor?
Great video! What ipad software is he using?
I think I remember hearing about Andy's story a couple of years ago. Maybe it was in a SA video, maybe somewhere else. Either way it's quite a rebirth from such horrific circumstances.