Monthly Archives: March 2012

Altec Theatre Equipment 1955

Posted on 03/29/2012 by chris

Download the four-page 1955 ‘Altec Stereophonic Sound Equipment for Theatres’ brochure: DOWNLOAD:altec-vott_cat_1955 Units discussed, with text, specs, and images, include: A150-C 4-channel preamplifier; 1530T power amp; 1520T amp; 625 and 629A speaker systems. The Altec ‘Voice of the Theatre’ (VOTT) … Continue reading →

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Spring 2012

Posted on 03/27/2012 by chris

Bad Vibes is one of my favorite places to find out about new music, posting significant new tracks as well as exclusive interviews with recording artists.   The guys who run it also have really good taste in movies so … Continue reading →

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Pultec 1977 Full-Line Catalog

Posted on 03/25/2012 by chris

Download the complete twelve-page 1977 Pultec outboard audio equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Pultec-1977_catalog Units covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Pultec EQH-2, EQP-1A3, and MEQ-5 equalizers; Pultec HLF-3c and HLF-26 filters; Pultec SP3 and MH4 mixers. Until I saw this … Continue reading →

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Tape!

Posted on 03/23/2012 by chris

I have an upcoming session with an artist who wants to keep the album all live, very raw.  I am expecting it will be a fun session.  The material has a classic RnB/blues vibe, so I am considering running some … Continue reading →

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Scott Laboratory Tube Amplifiers of the early 1960s

Posted on 03/21/2012 by chris

Flipping through some circa 1960AES journals I came across this pair: The Scott 140B preamplifier and 250B fifty-watt power amp.  The 140B pre claims a response of 1hz to 3.5Mhz.  This is absurdly good performance for a vacuum tube amplifier.  … Continue reading →

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Visual Culture

Posted on 03/21/2012 by chris

Feeling a bit of an 80s thing right now.  Jesus Christ you baby boomers.  You grew up in the 1950s, all industry and productivity and abundance (and unchecked racism, sexism,  and cold war terror), and THEN you got the 1960s, … Continue reading →

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My girl is cool. She digs the old records.

Posted on 03/20/2012 by chris

A mere 10 years after Bridgeport-based Columbia Records introduced the LP record, we see evidence that record collecting was already a well-entrenched hobby/sport/folly.  At left is the cover of “Record Research” Vol . 2, No, 6, Issue 18, dated July … Continue reading →

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State of the Art Sound Reinforcement c. 1961

Posted on 03/19/2012 by chris

I had a live-sound mixing job this past weekend.  The system that was hired was quite nice which made the job pretty easy.  Thanks to hypercardiod microphones, graphic EQs, and stage monitors, feedback is not really a problem with concert … Continue reading →

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Misc Electric Guitar bits c. 1966

Posted on 03/15/2012 by chris

Above: Tony Mottola with a Gibson ES -355 in 1966. Misc Fender guitars circa 1966: a Coronado 2, an acoustic (perhaps a Villager?), a Jaguar, and the humble Musicmaster. Above: the very rare Gretsch Fury Amp circa 1966.  This is … Continue reading →

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East Bridgeport, CT

Posted on 03/14/2012 by chris

Above: the view along Crescent ave from the intersection of Crescent and Bunnell, where a later Scully Recording Instruments Corp. plant once stood. Last weekend I stopped by 305 Knowlton, a gallery/artist-studio-building nearby my studio Gold Coast Recorders; there was … Continue reading →

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