UAD Sound City Studios + the Mutt Lange TRICK!!

The “Mutt Lange” trick wasn’t originated by Mutt Lange. Keith Olsen, who was the original chief engineer at Sound City - he designed the rooms/equipment, etc. - and was involved with them getting the first Neve console in LA used that trick. First with the original 3 rack Dolby 201 (with the Lo and Lo Mid cards pulled.) Keith used Dolby Catt 22 cards in the 361 unit, after physically modding the circuit board of the Cat22 cards to (again) bypass the Lo and Lo-Mids. Keith personally modded a few CAT’s for me (and later showed me the mod.) Now KEITH, got this trick from George Martin…. Because the Beatles fri d everything and discovered/used this technique. I am not saying that Mutt Didn’t use it… but i’d risk some cash that Keith Had it way before…. and from George Martin.

Yep - I love how the Mutt Lange trick pushed the vocals slightly forward, hyped the top end, and then glued the whole thing together 😎

I’ve tracked drums at Sound City on two different records and this sounds insanely accurate.

Awesome vid, man! Also, if you didn't know, the Dolby unit already exists from both Overloud and Slate. The former has way more options on it and sounds insane! Cheers, dude!

Wow I actually own a Dolby unit, and UA really nailed the sound 😯

I’ve been eyeing the Dolby processing units on Reverb. I couldn’t agree more. Having that stand-alone encoding would be slick! Great plug-in and an immediate purchase.

IK Multimedia did a very similar thing with their reverb series. Fame and Sunset Sound. Truly awesome they are

If I remember , you can do the " ENCODE " thing with the U-he " SATIN " plugin . You have the compander section and then use it to your advantage and make the " ENCODE " top end sound . Use the A-Type Mode on the " Encoder " section and put the " NONE " option on the " Decoder " section , then you have it . Simply use the MIX knob and compress it with a 1176 for better results .

I feel like you can come close to that Mutt Lange trick with FF Saturn2. You'd have to split off the top end bands and boost the saturation on them way way WAY more than you'd typically be comfortable doing. Do it in a parallel aux send like the Schepps trick w/ a compressor after, and blend it back in w/ the fader.

I love the content that you make, but the suspense you’re creating for the atmos room is on another level. Every time I get a notification about a new video, my heart races wanting to see your big reveal.

Dude what?? That verb is crazy. When you were laughing so was I. And then I was laughing that we both were laughing. I’m loosing it right now. Needless to say I’m getting that.

The Dolby 740 Spectral Processor brings a lot of that vocal depth to an affordable piece of hardware. I just sold my perfect, as-new unit - s/n 24 - to some lucky buyer as I prefer staying in the box with my work. What you played leads me to believe my dream of getting that piece in the box might come true.

the most impressive plugin I’ve ever purchased

Helpful walkthrough. Tverb from Eventide is beautiful too but this is a whole world of fun. Thanks!

Hi from down under i got this plug in 4 days ago and I’m just starting to experiment with it so far it’s pretty good i also bought a sphere microphone and the combination is insane for vocals i have been using the luna daw and that just makes it all sound great keep up the good work Colt

Outstanding Tutorial Of The UAD Sound City Studios Plugin, That Mutt Lange Trick Is Caaaaazy!

Just used it yesterday on a mix and it is amazing, I am gobsmacked, just stunning on drums, holy wow.

Colt, I've watched several videos on this, and I've gotta say again -- I dont' know why I watch any other channel, your takes are so contextually accurate and nuanced. Bravo, keep it up.

You mentioned not using the “align” function with the mics but I’ve found that function useful if I want to gain control of how much pre delay I have in the reverb mode. Align eliminates the time delay that naturally happens b/w the source and mic. When I hit align, I’m in control of how much pre delay occurs in the signal (either shorter or longer). I find this most useful tho when I’m only using one mic signal in a plug-in like this or Ocean Way.

I Hope They Do Make It Into A Standalone Plugin, Damn It's Sick. When Are We Getting Another POV Mixing Video...?