,,,and today, perhaps unsurprisingly: some of the new kit unveiled in 1971 at the NYC AES show, also via DB mag. Of note: Auto-Tec, Scully, Ampex and 3M intro’d new 16-track machines, Neve made a push for a new console (would this have been the series 80?), AKG introduced the BX-20 reverb, Melcor showed its model 5001 electronic reverb (anyone???), and a new company called Eventide introduced a digital pitch-shift device! The Neumann U47-fet and Sennheiser MHK-815 mics were introduced, as were the Marantz 500 and Crown M2000 power amplifiers.
Click here to DL a pdf of the proceedings: AES_1971_DBmag
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2 replies on “Highlights from the 1971 AES Convention”
ahhh Reader Service Cards. The EV Mike Mouse! Oh my. The AKG Delay is a hoot. Never seen that. Thanks for sharing as usual Chris.
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Yeah. That was the time Audio trade shows were loaded with real pro-gear (for the era), and professionals that deploy them. I was never at the AES show, but there was another one in the UK called the APRS exhibition (wow) where one gets to see Neve, Calrec, Trident (owns one of those), young Soundcraft company, Studer/Revox, AKG, Neumann and Sennheisers in all their glory. Not no mention Allen & Heath, Brenell, Leevers-Rich…leading us to recording studios like Rockfield (Wales, UK), Abbey Road, Olympic, Trident…etc. I don’t go to audio trade shows any more….same old digi-junk from the year before, re-purposed, re-jigged, re-named, and re-sold to noobs and wanna-bes of the i-dance and i-stink modern recording era where supposedly mp3 sound better to their ears than real high-fidelity. My three Yamaha dmp-7s (cutting edge from 1987?), now function as door-stops….at least the spx-90s in them work sporadically….Thanks for the nostalgia..Cheers.