Tag Archives: reverb

The Black Box

Posted on 01/31/2013 by chris

Let’s just say hypothetically that you had to write+ record a tremendous amount of guitar-based music very quickly.  And even though you work at a recording studio filled with numerous custom and vintage-modified tube amps and great microphones, this music … Continue reading →

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Pioneer SR101 ‘Reverbe’ Unit

Posted on 01/08/2013 by chris

I picked up the above-depicted Pioneer SR-101 all-tube Stereo Reverb unit for a few dollars at the final flea of ’12.  It worked after some minor repairs and I am happy to report that it’s actually a pretty fine lil … Continue reading →

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More outboard gear of the early 60′s

Posted on 02/24/2012 by chris

The Pultec range of 1961: the Pultec EQP-1S program equalizer, EQH-2 program equalizer, HLF-3C high and low pass filter set, MB-1 mic and booster amp, and Mavec micpre/EQ unit. Pultec equalizers have enjoyed fifty-plus years of popularity among recording professionals.  … Continue reading →

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The Norelco/Phillips EL 6911 Studio Echo Machine c.1961

Posted on 02/15/2012 by chris

Good lord take a look at this thing.  The Phillips EL 6911 echo machine.  Distributed in the US by Norelco, who also distro’d AKG mics in the 1960s.  You can find much more information on this monster at this website.  … Continue reading →

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Sound Workshop Reverbs of the 1980s

Posted on 03/16/2011 by chris

Download the four-page catalog for the Sound Workshop 242C and 262 stereo reverberation devices: DOWNLOAD: SoundworkshopReverbs I’ve been using a 242C in the studio for years; it’s ok for signals that don’t need much high or low end.  It’s pretty … Continue reading →

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Orban Audio Processors of the 1980s

Posted on 03/12/2011 by chris

Download the four-page circa 1984 Orban ‘condensed catalog’: DOWNLOAD: OrbanCondCatalog Photos and descriptions (no specs) of the following models: Orban 111B reverberation; 245F stereo synthesizer; 418A stereo compressor/limiter; 424A Gated compressor/limiter/De-Esser (i.e.,  ‘make-it-as-loud-as-the-FCC-will-allow’ box); 516EC 3-channel De-Esser; 526A De-esser; 622B … Continue reading →

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Fostex ‘Personal’ Outboard Equipment of the 1980s

Posted on 02/28/2011 by chris

Download fourteen-pages of original product information regarding FOSTEX’ “Personal Multitrack” outboard-equipment line of the 1980s: DOWNLOAD: Fostex_Outboard_Gear_1986 Included in this download:  “Echo Buss Vol II, Take 1,” a FOSTEX newsletter to pro-sumer users of the 80s.  Plus 2-side product sheets … Continue reading →

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Lexicon Digital Audio Processors of the 1980s

Posted on 01/24/2011 by chris

Download twenty-one pages of original Lexicon catalogs and sales materials from the mid 1980s. DOWNLOAD: LexiconProcessors1980s Full details, photos, and specs on: Lexicon Model 97 Super Prime Time programmable digital delay; Prime Time II; PCM-42 delay unit; PCM-70 effects processor; … Continue reading →

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AKG Acoustics Full-Line Catalog c. 1981 – Microphones Reverbs Headphones

Posted on 01/17/2011 by chris

Download the thirty-two (32) page 1981 AKG Acoustics catalog (9.8mb file): DOWNLOAD: AKG_Acoustics_FullLine_Catalog_1981 Models covered, in text and photo (no specs), include: AKG C-422 stereo condenser microphone; C-33 and C-34 stereo mics; C-414EB. C-414E1 and C-414EM/p48 condensers plus S-421E1 control … Continue reading →

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