Tech Talk: George FitzGerald (Electronic Beats TV) 

I could sit in the studio or dj booth and listen and learn from this dude all day!

I love his way of producing. Flaws are unique, they can bring a different dimension to a track. Bring your own flavour! Thats why we love you George.

Listening to this dude is very inspiring, and have just listened to his tunes, love them. Boom what a great find.

he's really really about his preamps

he speaks truth. not much has happened in synthesis these days other than rebranding vintage stuff. get jedi with what you have. whether its software or hardware. nice video.

Never been overly enamoured with his back catalogue, but I have to say, he seems like a lovely chap and I respect his approach to music production. Looking forward to hearing some of his new tunes.

Real talk.

What he's saying about preamps is spot on.

Great talk. Especially the part about getting to know your gear. Rather have less gear that you know in and out than and a lot that's gonna gather dust... this guy talks truth and I love his music. Thanks for sharing.

thank you to your guy's channel, i love this Telekom Electronic Beats.

He’s the man talks so much sense

I respect this man

Fantastic advice given in this video 👍

Anybody else notices that the music perfectly fits his talking at around 7:18 ? ..beautiful.

Many thanx m8 more pls

awesome advice on imperfections & preamps

This is the most informative vid I have watched on youtube in relation to hardware set ups. AD DA , importance of preamps and recording in one daw and then using another like pro tools ( using outboard gear im guessing ) to mix and solidify . Nice ! I would love to see more from this dude.

Man, that's eye opening if you're new to music production. Nice one :)

Brilliant :) interesting stuff and a mind opener, can't wait to see him Easter Sunday at Liquid Room Edinburgh with Alan Fitzpatrick and Green Velvet! What a bloody line up! Mon the techno khole sounds :D

Anyone know his audio interface and midi interface mentioned at start? Absolutely love the video watched like ten times. Love the album too George

EB needs to start adding track lists for people who don't know these artsts. These songs are fantastic. Wish I knew what they were called.

Absolutely very useful and inspiring videos.I am very sory to discover them just these days...

Brilliant video as always and George is a awesome guy ! Can you ask George about particular advice for stereo or mono chanell pre amp? Exact model for 1-2 K EUR max.

EB.TV #61 - 26.05.15 Slices gets behind the controls of George FitzGerald’s studio on this Tech Talk for Electronic Beats TV. Take a look into the environment and processes of a craftsmen who focuses on getting to know his hardware and making the most out of every moment. FitzGerald made a strong entry onto the world's dance floors through labels like Hotflush, Aus Music and his own ManMakeMusic, and then he threw away the rule book to deliver a stellar debut LP titled Fading Love on Double Six/Domino Recordings. Links: facebook.com/GeorgeFitzGeraldOfficial twitter.com/georgefitzmusic soundcloud.com/george-fitzgerald www.doublesixrecords.com/artists/george-fitzgerald Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly/1BwzEZM Find more SLICES videos here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-phj9bkCW3aw.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mNqdpZTOfl4.html Visit us on: facebook.com/Electronic-B… twitter.com/SlicesMagazine play.spotify.com/user/electro… soundcloud.com/electronic-bea… instagram.com/electronicbeats/ www.electronicbeats.net Electronic Beats is the international music program of Deutsche Telekom, which owns an innovative media portfolio and live events across Europe. At electronicbeats.net, as well as in the award-winning EB magazine, which comes out quarterly, the readers find pioneering music-journalism. Through EB.TV and EB.Radio, which can be used online and via app, users can discover the enjoyment of interviews, recordings of concerts and livestreams as well as the 24/7- radio channel.

brilliant lad!

Any preamp recommendations then? I run my hardware through an analogue Soundcraft desk then into Ableton via Apogee Element 88. I thought it sounded ok, but would be interested in hearing the difference with the introduction of a valve preamp. Not sure that would work with Elektron's Rytym mkll running straight into Ableton via Overbridge though.

I need to get a Zoom L8 to multitrack my playing and be able to modulate some things afterwards. Currently recording just to stereo and usually something comes in too intensely, all I need is a little mixing afterwards.

He says you gotta get your hands on hardware and I like the idea, it surely must be more intuitive and fun ...but really it is a huge and risky investment. That's why people start with computers and go on from there, it doesn't mean they're afraid..

very good lad

Apparently I should buy some preamps. Seems like his perspective is that transparent preamps are bad, which is not true. That’s what you want on an audio interface

Very cool guy

I think i'll buy a preamp... never thought about that.

Nice

"All preamps in all interfaces are s@#t" - He has just earned my respect. Edit: Wise words!

absolutely true you see a lot of these studios that are so over the top with easily 1000's of dollars worth of gear that maybe was used once or barley ever ..... well said

@ElectronicBeatsTV @6:11 Why is he talking about preamps in the context of synths? As i know all the synths have line outputs. Was he talking about pluging a line level synth into a preamp? Or he started to talk about mics and the mics part of the video was edited out. Am I missing something in the regard of preamps use? Looking forward for your reply. Thanks in advance!

Pretty much sums it up at 7:31

i wish there was a way to use synths as effects like Halion, Falcon, Omnisphere for their filters. But lucky you can record and import into the synths. But you can with the real moog right? Can you use a moog as an effect? record your synths and import them into the synths vst i mentioned because of their filters.

Elektron Monomachine!

What studio monitors does George use in this video ?

I dont het why you should "pre-amp" synths. Is it just the colour you ad? Why not going with a saturation?

What is the instrument he's using at 4:15 through 5:03?

Track id in 05.30 thx

7:10 what's the 4 channel preamp he is referring to?

Is it easier to bounce everything to another daw, instead of doing it in ableton?

which synth ( and which pedals ) did he use to make that leadmelodie at 1:17 ?

fuck hes talented.

What preamp did George recommend on 7:09 ? Just can't understand, I am not a native speaker

anyone can advice what is the difference between mic pre amp and pre amp?

What is that preamp he talks about?

6:59 “The great river things... I mean I’m gonna get some great river things”. Anyone know what he’s talking about?

tracklist??

Everything he says is true.

Ha, exactly. Push those synths to the limit and back again. I'm well Jealous now. Please let me come and sample / Jam with you.. I'll bring a costa or two :D

Piton!

909 sounds crap. Definitely I felt exactly the same about my Moog Sub 37 until it went through an effects chain. Good on you!

I'm perfectly happy with my UA Apollo twin thank you maybe if i had $10,000 to spend i will buy a pre amp but right now i have to pay bills. Wonder how George paid for his studio..

These poor kids!

If a clean tr909 won t het the crowd moving, what will…

I know a decent amount about Ableton but not as much as this lad

he's actually a genius

I & my girlfriend love you !!!!

Preamps in interfaces don't sound like shit. They don't sound like anything. That's the point. You shouldn't rely on preamps to make your tone and music interesting. They add some color, but they don't have as big of an effect as stuff like using an analog console (or channel strip plugin), using analog compressors, analog eq's (especially), using tape machines etc. A preamp on synths is really a double edges sword, because what you do is basically add noise AND some tone/saturation. As the line output of most synths is already high enough for recording, you need to turn it down first, meaning you raise the noise floor too. Sure you can talk about "quality preamps" like everything else is shit, but a "quality preamp" starts at $1000, not something many people can afford for just simply adding some tone which you can do later in various ways. Spend your money on a quality interface first, THEN get some good plugins. Forget Waves or Slate, get Acustica or UAD.

Lol

i was so disappointed to go and hear his music and it doesn't sound as interesting and homegrown and electronically organic as he expressed it in this video..but that being said his music is still very nice i just was expecting it to be as honest as he expressed it his music sounds good but unfortunately it DOES sound like everything else in that style of popular electronic music…IMO

the result is all that matter.... and bass guitar is way more powerful than a mono synth

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