Tag Archives: vintage outboard gear

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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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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Lang Audio of the 1960s

Posted on 02/18/2012 by chris

Download the six-page circa 1965 Lang Specialized Audio Equipment Catalog: DOWNLOAD: Lang_Audio_Electronics_catalog Products covered, with photos and text description, include: Lang LRP-1B tape recorder electronics (for Ampex 300 generation machines), LTP-1A tape playback amp, LRA-1C record/playback amp, LMX-4 and LMX-5 … Continue reading →

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Fairchild Kit Of The Early 1960s

Posted on 02/17/2012 by chris

Above: the Fairchild 661 Auto-ten (a noise gate, apparently), 740 Lathe, 602 and 600 Conax (de-essers, apparently), 670 stereo limiter, 663 Compact console channel compressor, and 666 compressor, which wants you to know that it is emphatically NOT a vari-mu … 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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AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) Broadcast Equipment

Posted on 02/06/2012 by chris

Download a 24pp pdf with schematics and technical information regarding all AWA-brand vacuum-tube broadcast audio amplifiers circa 1967: DOWNLOAD: ABCstudioEquipment Big thanks to PS dot com reader E. Lorden.  E. lives in Australia and has provided us with extensive schematics … Continue reading →

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Original EMI-modified Altec compressor on eBay: UPDATE

Posted on 12/16/2011 by chris

image source NOTE: the above unit eventually did sell on eBay for $35,000.  See below for scan… Here’s something that you don’t see everyday.  Courtesy of this eBay auction, an apparently original EMI-modified Altec 436B.  Buy it now for $55,000 … Continue reading →

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1980 (via Music Emporium)

Posted on 10/07/2011 by chris

Download 25pp of excerpts from the 1980 ‘Music Emporium’ mail-order catalog: synthesizers, keyboards; effects pedals; pro audio equipment: DOWNLOAD SYNTHS:Music_Emp_Keys_1980 DOWNLOAD EFFECTS PEDALS: Music_Emp_FX_1980 DOWNLOAD PRO AUDIO: Music_Emp_audio_1980 Keyboard instruments covered, with photos, text, and (often) pricing, include: ARP Axxe, … Continue reading →

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Altec 438A – Modified for modern music production use

Posted on 08/16/2011 by chris

As we discussed in previous posts, the Altec 438A is an audio compressor designed in the late 1950s primarily for use in public-address sound systems.  It has a microphone pre-amp built in, and an absolute minimum of controls:  one knob … Continue reading →

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Pro Audio hardware of the early 1950s

Posted on 05/18/2011 by chris

The General Electric (GE) BA-5-A Limiter Continuing our review of the first two years of AUDIO magazine, today we will look at some of the more interesting bits of pro audio kit in evidence during 1954/1955.  AUDIO magazine had just … Continue reading →

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