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Beyond Four Tracks

Posted on 07/05/2012 by chris

Sansui six-track cassette format c. 1989 Otari Compact 8-track 1/2″ format c. 1989.   Also, SECK mixer. Toa 8-track cassette format …and you better bet TASCAM made one too. Above: some short-lived “more-than-four” home-recording formats that were available between the 4-track … Continue reading →

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What is an audio engineer? c. 1961

Posted on 02/19/2012 by chris

From an AES journal circa 1961.  It’s interesting to see how the meaning of ‘audio engineer’ has shifted over the past half century.  An ‘Audio Engineer’ circa 1961 would almost certainly be called a ‘tech’ or a ‘broadcast engineer’ today, … Continue reading →

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Here’s those EQs and Compressors you asked for. Now go F’ yrself.

Posted on 02/15/2012 by chris

Above: 12×3 Audiofax mixing desk circa 1961. I was reading a 1961 AES journal when I came across this piece by Phillip Erhorn of Audiofax associates in which he details “New trends in stereo recording consoles.”  Erhorn will let you … Continue reading →

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This month at PS Dot Com: Pro Audio Equipment of the early 1960s

Posted on 02/14/2012 by chris

I do not trust you, microphone.  Yet.   The next few weeks at Preservation Sound: we bring you: in no particular order: some of the state-of-the-art in studio recording equipment of the early 1960s.  A period that I like to … Continue reading →

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Out-of-print Book Report: “Making 4-Track Music,” John Peel (TRACK pub., 1987)

Posted on 01/22/2012 by chris

Download a seven-page scan of some interesting hardware on offer in “Making 4-Track Music,” Track Publishing 1987: DOWNLOAD: 4trackMusic_JohnPeel Includes advertisements for Yamaha MT2X, DX100, and RX17 drum machine; Akai MG614 four-track machine, Tascam Porta2 4-track, Fostex 160, the Boss … Continue reading →

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Time (part one)

Posted on 10/07/2011 by chris

Have you ever entered a long-abandoned space; a time capsule? Not like a cave or a forest or a wood; those are natural places which exist independent of any time-keeping, in a vast seamless stretch. I am referring instead to … Continue reading →

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Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording (1950)

Posted on 09/23/2011 by chris

Download a four-page article from ‘Radio Electronics’ magazine 5/1950 entitled “Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording” (Richard H. Dorf): DOWNLOAD: Unusual_Techniques_Sound_Recording_Dorf_1950 The article is primarily concerned with studio-editing applications of the then-novel ‘magnetic tape recording’ technology, with some interesting bits regarding … Continue reading →

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