C. Robert Fine and Wilma Cozart Fine c.1961 (Source: T. Fine) Today at Preservation Sound dot com we are pleased to present a special guest: T. Fine, son of high-fidelity recording pioneers C.R Fine and W.C. Fine. The elder Fines were active studio owners/engineers in the early days of stereophonic LP recording and their efforts […]
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In the account of his folk’s FINE RECORDING, INC., operation, Tom Fine mentioned the custom ADM console that was installed at the end of the 1960s. I stumbled across a period trade-ad announcing this installation and add it here to the stack. For the telling of the whole F.R.I. story, click here.
Download a 7pp article from AUDIO ENGINEERING magazine March 1949 on the subject of WMGM NYC. Author is one M. E. Gunn. DOWNLOAD: Audio_Engineering-4903-WMGM_(later_Fine_Sound)-2018_scan Thanks to Tom Fine for the scan, and for this context: Here’s a look at WMGM, at 711 Fifth Avenue NYC (now the Coca-Cola building). My father’s first company was called […]
In a previous article, we offered a thorough treatment of Fine Recording, INC. (hf. “FRI”), the NYC recording studio that pioneered high-fidelity music recording in the 1950s and 60s. FRI principal Bob Fine also built and maintained a high-fidelity remote recording truck beginning in 1951. This recording truck was used to create master recordings for […]
Emory Cook records Long Island Sound at Shippen Point, Stamford CT (with two mics, of course): 1954. He is using a Modified Magnecorder. This, and all other reproduced materials in this article are courtesy T.Fine. ***UPDATE: I’ve added a variety of links to relevant Cook-resources at the end of the piece. *** Thanks again to […]
A client recently asked me to service an antique piece of audio equipment: an Altec 438A. This device belongs to the category of audio equipment called ‘compressors.’ Compressors are devices that even-out the variation in level (IE quiet vs loud) in an audio signal. The applications of compressors are great and varied, and the use […]
Courtesy Tom and John Fine is this fascinating 14pp 1962 article on the then-state-of-the-art television operations at Reeves Sound Studio. Download is in two parts due to file size: DOWNLOAD PART 1: BroadcastNews _6205_ReevesTVstudios_PART1 DOWNLOAD PART 2: BroadcastNews_6205ReevesTVstudios_PART2 Tom Fine had earlier presented us with a history of Reeves Sound Studios NYC; click here to read that […]
This is my first post using this intensely frustrating new WordPress “Blocks” authoring structure so it will brief/awkwardly formatted. Why TF they would change this platform so drastically after all these years is beyond me but I guess there is no shortage of bad ideas in the world. OK got that out of the way. […]
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Magnecord History: The Book: circa 1950
Magnecord, along with Ampex, was one of the first manufacturers of professional 15ips hi-fidelity tape machines in the world. While not remembered as clearly as their rival, Magnecord built a tremendous number of machines, and many of them have survived to this day. We have two at Gold Coast Recorders and after minimal repairs they […]
Note: I performed extensive frequency, level, and actual studio tests on the 864 clone today, and several interesting details were revealed. Text has been edited to reflect that. From 1954 through at least 1963, the Federal Television Corporation built an audio limiter called the AM 864/u for the US Air Force and US Army. The […]