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I think you guys should do a Nils Frahm Creative Cribs episode now! :) His studio is amazing!

Way too many complainers on this video. Thanks Spitfire for flying all the way to Iceland and recording this interview. :)

I think I'm inspired equally as much, by his humility, and brilliance, as I am his music. So genuine, no BS. Great interview, Christian.

Wow... 35:22 onwards is particularly interesting, addressing Iceland's (musical) artistic evolution and uniqueness. MANY THANKS for this interview!! Can't believe it took me 3 years to soak it up.

This guy is an inspiration. Love his Spitfire Audio libraries. I am a massive fan.

wow. this quote a humbling experience watching this and listening to Olafur's philosophy on artistic creation and the process of making great art. Much to think about, process, and learn from.

I dig the setup! His vibe is dope too. Great interview/ studio tour

Super interesting and inspiring. Makes me wanna see HEAPS of interviews with different artists about their tools.

Great video! I love Olafur's accent. Thanks for posting this. :)

Such a great attitude. Even though he's showing off his gear you actually really can appreciate his process and reason for why this stuff is here in the first place.

great video, such a nice and laid back bloke!!

Grand! Its like my child imagination of spaceship. Thx

Very, very insightful.

amazing studio!!

Guy's a freaking genius.

woow! so escited about Olafur's stuff. thanks a lot, guys, for this amazing series! =)

Amen on the NS10's. I bought a pair in the 80's and used em for 2 days before taking em back and swapping for Tannoy PBM's and a Haefler Pro 2400 which I still use to this day.

the chair next to you must be super comfortable

Correction to make at 20:04 The Juno 106 actually used a different filter chip, so it did change. The chip used in the Juno 60 (as well as the Jupiter 8) was the IR3109, but in the Juno 106 they used a 80017A instead. This is the main difference in sound and explains why people tend to like the sound of the 60 more.

Great guy!

Thank you Olafur

Great stuff!

Great interview, inspired to get my Nagra up and running now :)

Love you Olafur 💚

I enjoyed this

"I drive the train" Olafur Arnalds (2016)

Thank God Olafur for addressing the NS10 hype. I have been saying the same since I started studying music production and it seems almost everyone is just brainwashed with the idea that the NS10's will give a better mix.

Uh uh yeah mmmm I understood some of those words! ... love his music though$

Most people I've meet that use NS-10's use them to listen to vocal mixes. Event monitors and KRKs I used for synth playback and recording.

1:35 Hey that's my passive EQ on PreSonus UC! I'm lovin Studio One

As an NS10 user, my answer would be that if it sounds good on NS10, it sounds good everywhere. The only thing is that you have to add a subwoofer to avoid bad surprises.

This video made prices on the junos go up soo much

For your information Olafur, those two 555 echo machines also have spring reverb and most importantly SOUND ON SOUND...

Although I`ve always monitored and mixed on NS10`s and prob always will I do know what he mean`s about them and why he dislikes them although they produce a good midrange sound and for a long time I`ve liked to use NS10s plus a much larger pair of good HI-FI speakers at the same time ( which glorify the Bass and treble of course ). Together I really like that sound and anything played through those sets of speakers together sounds really good. A bit unorthadox but it works for me

Spitfire: congrats for uploading this in 2016 at 480p max res

I went to Iceland on the way to France and Switzerland, in 1970s. I stayed in a hotel for a few days and heard American Army radio.

Mine was Roland E-10.

does your ex-assistant have a web page for selling his handmade gear?

Ahhh this makes me sad I had a KORG PS3100 among others that got destroyed in a fire in 1981. It could create some very out of this world sounds and it being polyphonic was great back in the day. I sure do miss this synth

Would be interested to get the name of his assistant who is making the Pultec clones. Anyone have any idea?

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I dont know how you can place speaker behind monitors (affects sound distribution drastically)

Think he needs to get a PS3300 too. That's THE Korg polysynth!

Very nice presentation/interview. Only thing it made me seasick. The camera kept tilting slightly left to right. Christian, love the idea. Might want to think about a tripod next time. Just sayin'.

Beyerdynamic dt990 Pro headphones for £105 give me good enough sound, general listening (RU-vid and live jams) through QT8 pa speakers. Grass roots production.

Who is his assistant that made those clones!??

Micromain27 gen 2s in the thumbnail but gen1s in the video. But same sweater?

Yamaha NS10: $600 on ebay. Barefoot MM35: $7495 list. Hmm, I think I can understand why he likes the MM's better.

I like how dark and solemn your studio is... In contrast I've always had a dream of building a traveling studio with a big window behind the monitor... Imagine writing music to all the best views around the world... Feel free to steal my idea!

Wow I have the same chair as Olafur Arnalds has .... unfortunately that's all we have in common.

I believe the 6K limit on the Dept of Commerce unit is because it only dealt with voice communication. The didn't care about music.

So right what he says about plug ins if you need 8 plug ins the initial sound surely isn’t worth keeping

Can anyone say what model that Nagra might be? Thanks.

PS-3100 has ONLY 12 VCOs not 48 (polyphony is 48)

Great Channel, love these studio videos. The only thing I could recommend is put some of their Portfolio in the details section so we know who they are. I understand we can do out own research, but I'd imagine you don't want a reason for people to leave the channel to go digging for some quick info. Hope that helps.

Do a Hans Zimmer creative crib

480p ? Seriously?

So odd the video isn't higher quality.

When Olafur is talking about pad plugs at 10:00, does anyone know the exact piece of gear he is referencing?

Don't forget to go outside once in a while too. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

Ok i guess we dont need spitfire then ey olafur?

Those oblique strategies.... I wonder if he ever uses them!

what is he drinking in that

Heaven Shall Burn, guys?

"100 dB of gain can be... interesting"

Now here is a guy with some common sense.

Curious ratio of outboard to synth gear. I don't see the wisdom in custom made outboard when his tone generators are so sparse and originally designed to be for those on a budget.. I mean, I wouldn't own a Casio 101 and buy a Fairchild to limit it.

Don’t use lots of plugins - he says with a room full of out board effects!!

Goldmember???

15:10 should have been made out of coke bottle plastic

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When people are complaining about max 480p resolution and you never watch above 360p because of your shitty 3rd world internet.

Great video. The NS10 comment is nonsense, though. It's like saying I don't wear my glasses because I look like ridiculous. They are a tool for a job and have been used on A LOT of seminal music. Give me those over any of the Barefoot range.

"This sounds great, oh and these just sound great, oh and this right here? This is great. Oh and it cost a gazillion dollars and is the best unit you can buy so... yea it sounds good. Duh."

He’s not a mix Engineer that’s why he doesn’t like ns10s. They sound crappy on purpose. If you can get your mix to sound good on those you’ve got a good mix that will translate anywhere

I totally agree. NS10s are just dreadful.

At last! NS10’s really are stupid.

room is too big for the speaker, genius for sound

"You shouldn't need 8 plugins to make something sound good"... Well guess what OLAFUR... maybe a producer doesn't have two custom LA2A's or a 1178 to run audio through on the way in... I love having gear just like the rest, especially synths and amps. But as much as I love using my Odyssey, Minilogue XD or whatever... many times RetroSynth in the box is what works... Use wtf ever makes THE sound... simple. If a person knows HOW to use THE RIGHT plugins just like you know how to use your hardware then guess what... it's going to be a dope ass record either way. Biggest difference will be the electric bill, cost of gear and floor space. This is why listening to artists talking bout their process is painful. What works for one may not work for 1,000 others. Just know your gear.

I like him, but I feel like there's also a very privileged point of view if you can say "Well, I can afford paying $3000 on a sweet ass modular system, so I'm just going to go out and buy it". Not all of us can. Actually, most of us can't. It must be nice to do that whenever you can. Fuck people who think like that. If I want an ImpOSCar synth, I can either pay $179 for a software version or $4600 for a used synth. What do you think I'm going to pay for? Honestly, If you're going to haggle over the differences between a hardware and software version of a synth and which one is superior, you're not a musician, you're a whiner. A true musician will work with what they have. End of Story.

where are gold plated swimming pools filled with women in bikinis? Not the crib I expected.

I like you, Olafur but the NS 10 thing you said is pretty stupid.