WEBVTT 00:00:00.590 --> 00:00:03.630 Welcome to the Mouse House. 00:00:03.630 --> 00:00:07.630 Joel Zimmerman, AKA Deadmau5, invited us out here 00:00:07.630 --> 00:00:11.050 to hang for the day and give you guys a peek 00:00:11.050 --> 00:00:14.630 at the tech setup of one of the world's most iconic 00:00:14.630 --> 00:00:16.430 electronic music artists. 00:00:16.430 --> 00:00:21.310 Spoiler alert, this guy is a big, huge nerd 00:00:21.310 --> 00:00:32.300 and this place is flippin' awesome. 00:00:32.300 --> 00:00:35.280 Okay, now I know everybody else setting foot 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:38.620 into this castle would start with the, you know, 00:00:38.620 --> 00:00:45.030 taxidermy, with, oh, I don't know, the taxidermy room 00:00:45.790 --> 00:00:49.570 or maybe the garage of supercars, but not me. 00:00:49.570 --> 00:00:52.690 I'm starting where the magic happens, 00:00:52.690 --> 00:00:55.110 if you know what I mean, the master bedroom. 00:00:55.110 --> 00:00:59.890 And that is an entirely appropriate thing in this case 00:00:59.890 --> 00:01:04.310 because Deadmau5 has turned it into one of the only 00:01:04.310 --> 00:01:09.310 Dolby Atmos mix studios outside of Dolby themselves. 00:01:09.310 --> 00:01:12.890 You actually need a special black box 00:01:12.890 --> 00:01:14.770 that he wouldn't tell me about 00:01:14.770 --> 00:01:19.770 in addition to the nine custom-made speakers from ATC 00:01:20.130 --> 00:01:22.590 that are perfectly positioned in the room 00:01:22.590 --> 00:01:26.050 in order to master audio in 3D space. 00:01:26.050 --> 00:01:30.150 Remember, Atmos can scale to hundreds of speakers 00:01:30.150 --> 00:01:32.090 surrounding the viewer. 00:01:32.090 --> 00:01:34.530 This room has actually been under construction 00:01:34.530 --> 00:01:37.530 for three years and it's still not quite done, but it is. 00:01:39.310 --> 00:01:40.970 It's really close. 00:01:40.970 --> 00:01:44.890 I mean, to be clear, slapping a MacBook on the table 00:01:44.890 --> 00:01:47.990 and chilling out to some sick jams in here is, 00:01:47.990 --> 00:01:50.810 as the kids say, dope AF, 00:01:50.810 --> 00:01:53.810 but it's about like playing CSGO on a supercomputer 00:01:53.810 --> 00:01:57.550 compared to what it will be capable of. 00:01:57.550 --> 00:01:58.590 And this is really cool. 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:01.490 So this entire room is actually suspended 00:02:01.490 --> 00:02:03.970 from what used to be a vaulted ceiling. 00:02:03.970 --> 00:02:05.450 This was done for a couple of reasons. 00:02:05.450 --> 00:02:09.090 Number one, for improved acoustics, and number two, 00:02:09.310 --> 00:02:11.890 that with access panels under the floor, 00:02:11.890 --> 00:02:16.010 the like 800 cables for these pad panels here, 00:02:16.010 --> 00:02:20.470 or the like banging optical DisplayPort cables 00:02:20.470 --> 00:02:23.130 for the monitors that are gonna be installed here 00:02:23.130 --> 00:02:25.430 can all be run without disturbing 00:02:25.430 --> 00:02:28.710 the room's otherwise pristine aesthetic. 00:02:28.710 --> 00:02:33.390 And the gear in here is freaking unreal. 00:02:33.390 --> 00:02:36.810 So the Neve analog console in the center here 00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:39.090 would run you about a half a million dollars. 00:02:39.310 --> 00:02:41.470 As configured. 00:02:41.470 --> 00:02:44.990 And honestly, that's just to take in the inputs, 00:02:44.990 --> 00:02:48.530 apply some EQ and compression, and adjust levels. 00:02:48.530 --> 00:02:50.250 And check out these walls. 00:02:50.250 --> 00:02:53.750 On the left and right of the center console 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:55.310 are different variations 00:02:55.310 --> 00:02:57.930 of what are called analog modular systems. 00:02:57.930 --> 00:03:01.170 Now, a lot of folks would produce electronic music 00:03:01.170 --> 00:03:04.310 exclusively on a computer through software these days, 00:03:04.310 --> 00:03:07.110 but you have to remember that those would be 00:03:07.110 --> 00:03:08.930 digital reproductions of what is inherently 00:03:08.930 --> 00:03:11.990 an analog thing. 00:03:11.990 --> 00:03:16.930 So this wall here is the culmination of over five years 00:03:16.930 --> 00:03:20.850 of curating and collecting tone generators, 00:03:20.850 --> 00:03:24.190 sequencers, filters, I mean, you name it. 00:03:24.190 --> 00:03:26.050 This one's called the Modulation Orgy. 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:27.650 How can you not get one of them? 00:03:27.650 --> 00:03:31.310 And Joel was kind enough to give us an in-person demo 00:03:31.310 --> 00:03:33.250 of how something like this works. 00:03:33.250 --> 00:03:35.610 So here's my hip, and I plug it into there, 00:03:35.610 --> 00:03:38.690 and then that's the input, and then we wanna go, 00:03:38.690 --> 00:03:41.930 maybe an 18 dB output for a filter. 00:03:41.930 --> 00:03:44.070 So I'm just going from one module to the other, 00:03:44.070 --> 00:03:44.910 if I just say. 00:03:44.910 --> 00:03:48.520 And oh, now I wanna change the pitch of it 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.300 to be like a tune, right? 00:03:50.300 --> 00:03:54.100 So this is a 1V oct, which means one volt per octave. 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:57.380 I can get these little nuances of turning these analog dials 00:03:57.380 --> 00:03:59.800 and creating these sounds that subconsciously 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.060 you probably know just aren't quite right, 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:03.760 you know, which is neat. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:06.720 Now, he obviously doesn't use that for everything. 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:08.820 I mean, it's the digital era. 00:04:08.820 --> 00:04:10.960 But from an artistic standpoint, 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.040 what's great is having options. 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:17.040 An applied voltage on a stepless dial 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.160 provides, practically speaking, infinite options, 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.820 which I guess leads us into why there are 00:04:23.820 --> 00:04:27.260 over a dozen synthesizers in this room. 00:04:27.260 --> 00:04:29.400 Now, to the stupid layperson, 00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:32.500 one middle C equals another middle C, 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:34.300 but that is not the case. 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:36.940 All of these have different tonal properties, 00:04:36.940 --> 00:04:38.220 and many of them have 00:04:38.820 --> 00:04:40.000 multiple stories. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.860 This Juno 106 worth about 1500 bucks, 00:04:42.860 --> 00:04:45.420 he got for $20 at a pawn shop 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:47.340 from some guy who didn't know what it was. 00:04:47.340 --> 00:04:50.360 This Jupiter 8 and this Prophet 10 down here, 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:54.940 these are really, really hard to get your hands on today 00:04:54.940 --> 00:04:58.980 because they were built in the 70s using components 00:04:58.980 --> 00:05:01.500 that even if the manufacturer wanted to, 00:05:01.500 --> 00:05:02.840 they couldn't build this stuff again 00:05:02.840 --> 00:05:05.700 because that stuff's not available today. 00:05:05.700 --> 00:05:08.460 And they have this unique retro tonality 00:05:08.460 --> 00:05:09.860 that like, for example, 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:11.840 when they went to do Stranger Things, 00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:14.220 they had to use this equipment 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:16.600 because we still don't have the capability 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.180 to emulate what these sound like electronically. 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:21.220 Like these guys would have gone 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:23.640 for a couple hundred bucks in the 70s. 00:05:23.640 --> 00:05:27.240 Now they're worth tens of thousands of dollars. 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.760 This one that folds up in a briefcase right here, 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:32.300 this is R2D2. 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:35.520 I don't mean this is the same model that was R2D2. 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:37.080 This was R2D2. 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:38.320 It still works. 00:05:38.460 --> 00:05:42.100 And to say this place sounds freaking amazing 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:43.200 would be selling it short. 00:05:43.200 --> 00:05:46.980 I mean, I only even got to listen to a couple of tracks 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:51.980 on the stereo speakers, but my God, 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:54.540 it is an audio listening experience 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:58.500 the likes of which I have never come even close to. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:01.420 And all of that, that's just the surface level. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:05.260 Let's head down to the dungeon of this modern day castle. 00:06:05.260 --> 00:06:08.080 First up is the Land Center, 00:06:08.460 --> 00:06:11.240 why wouldn't you need a Land Center in your basement? 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.220 This is about as tricked out as it gets. 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:18.280 Five small form factor custom built machines from NVIDIA 00:06:18.280 --> 00:06:22.640 with the cases customized by PC Junkie Mods to match, 00:06:22.640 --> 00:06:26.600 get this, to match Joel's cars. 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.140 Every single one of them is also running 00:06:29.140 --> 00:06:33.800 a Blackmagic Micro 4K camera for game streaming. 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.900 And the capture machine for his game streaming setup here 00:06:36.900 --> 00:06:38.100 is actually running under this. 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:43.100 This like center pentagram console thing that I'm standing on 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:46.420 and it's hooked into their 10 gigabit 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:48.160 home networking solution. 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:49.160 You heard me right. 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.980 I found the only other person in Canada 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:55.880 with a server room in his freaking house. 00:06:55.880 --> 00:06:58.600 And I couldn't be more excited to tell you 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:00.460 that it's actually quite a little bit, 00:07:00.460 --> 00:07:02.320 maybe quite a bit better than mine. 00:07:02.320 --> 00:07:05.360 Not that it's a competition, not that I'm upset. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.920 It's just that that is where the two, 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.440 gigabit internet connection comes in 00:07:10.440 --> 00:07:14.860 from the 103 foot tower with ubiquity fricking dishes 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:16.940 on the top out in the yard. 00:07:16.940 --> 00:07:18.420 This one right here, 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:23.420 this is a custom box with 16 NVIDIA Teslas in it 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.520 that sounds like a freaking jet taking off. 00:07:28.520 --> 00:07:30.260 And this guy right here, 00:07:30.260 --> 00:07:34.220 this 45 drive Storinator is actually the reason. 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:37.680 This was the springboard for this whole collab, 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.880 because Joel reached out to me about a year ago now 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:42.680 asking for some NAS advice. 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.260 So I got him hooked up with the guys at Unraid 00:07:45.260 --> 00:07:48.880 and now he's all set up with 70 terabytes of, 00:07:48.880 --> 00:07:52.260 of course, highly expandable storage for all of his music. 00:07:52.260 --> 00:07:55.140 And actually now come to think of it, 00:07:55.140 --> 00:07:57.400 do music files really take up that much space? 00:07:57.400 --> 00:07:59.560 What do you even know? 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:00.820 No, of course they don't. 00:08:00.820 --> 00:08:05.140 But the answer, the real answer is really freaking cool. 00:08:05.140 --> 00:08:07.400 Now I have to confess, I never really gave a, 00:08:07.400 --> 00:08:10.240 gave a lot of thought to, well, 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.600 how do the graphics on the cube or the helmet 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:14.980 sync with the music? 00:08:14.980 --> 00:08:17.400 I just assumed that it was farmed out 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:20.860 to some expensive Hollywood production house 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:23.960 and that it was just kind of done by magic. 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:27.880 But no, Joel and his team actually build 00:08:27.880 --> 00:08:31.000 a lot of these tools and effects in house, 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.520 including 3D modeling. 00:08:34.520 --> 00:08:34.600 So most of those gaming machines over there, like, 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:34.620 So most of those gaming machines over there, like, 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:35.720 So most of those gaming machines over there, like, 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:36.460 So most of those gaming machines over there, like, 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:37.400 So most of those gaming machines over there, like, 00:08:37.400 --> 00:08:40.740 when there are no friends over playing Rocket League, 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:43.720 are actually being used as render nodes. 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:48.720 And this is in addition to the Teslas in the server room. 00:08:49.160 --> 00:08:50.140 There are a total, 00:08:50.140 --> 00:08:53.880 and I think it's 43 NVIDIA GPUs in this house 00:08:53.880 --> 00:08:56.320 that are all used for rendering. 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:59.580 So one of the animations for the cube that Joel showed us 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:02.480 was actually recorded using motion cap 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:04.920 from like his Microsoft Connect. 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:06.940 Then he used a model 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:10.380 from non-stop night, redid the head, 00:09:10.380 --> 00:09:12.780 and animated it using Cinema 4D, 00:09:12.780 --> 00:09:14.960 then rendered it out using Octane. 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.680 And the visualizations and the synchronization 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:20.700 to like the head, which by the way, 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:22.920 I absolutely did get to wear, 00:09:22.920 --> 00:09:24.920 there is exactly as much sweat in there 00:09:24.920 --> 00:09:26.160 as you would imagine, 00:09:26.160 --> 00:09:28.940 were designed by him and his crew as well. 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:30.680 And if you're a networking nerd, 00:09:30.680 --> 00:09:33.740 this is where it gets even cooler. 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:36.480 So this massive touchscreen, 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.920 that's a relic of Microsoft's acquisition 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:40.360 of perceptive pixel, 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.380 there are only four in the world by the way, 00:09:42.380 --> 00:09:44.800 can be used through the network 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:48.620 and some custom software that Tim and his team developed 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:51.360 to allow audio effects and animations 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:55.240 to be controlled in real time on a massive touchscreen. 00:09:55.240 --> 00:10:00.240 So pretty much the entire show can be run out of this box 00:10:00.380 --> 00:10:04.040 with a couple of Mac Pros with this nifty mount on it, 00:10:04.040 --> 00:10:05.760 and this front house mirror. 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:13.160 And this is the whole mixer. 00:10:13.160 --> 00:10:18.280 Well, I hope that this whole thing has been 00:10:18.280 --> 00:10:21.680 at least 30% as fun for you guys as it has been for me, 00:10:21.680 --> 00:10:24.620 because that means it's been pretty fun. 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:26.320 Thank you to you guys for watching. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:28.660 Thank you so much to, 00:10:28.660 --> 00:10:31.340 oh, he's standing out in the driveway over there, 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:33.060 but he's waving. 00:10:33.060 --> 00:10:35.500 I definitely had permission to do all of this. 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:38.280 Thanks to Joel for allowing us to hang out here for the day. 00:10:38.280 --> 00:10:40.800 And I guess that's pretty much it. 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:41.400 If you liked this video, 00:10:41.400 --> 00:10:42.580 hit that like button. 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:44.440 If you really liked it, get subscribed. 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.020 Maybe consider checking out our merch store, 00:10:46.020 --> 00:10:47.560 which has cool shirts like this one, 00:10:47.560 --> 00:10:50.280 and our community forum, which you should totally join.