Above: the live room and control room of Capitol A, Los Angeles, circa late 1950's. Capitol Records Studio A, New…
Wow what a titan Bill Putnam was. Not only did the man create some of the greatest audio equipment ever…
The Pultec range of 1961: the Pultec EQP-1S program equalizer, EQH-2 program equalizer, HLF-3C high and low pass filter set,…
Above: Schoeps mics circa 1961. Schoeps have a deserved reputation as being the most high-fidelity of any widely-available microphones. The…
Above: the Electrovoice 643 super-directional microphone of 1961. The 643 was apparently developed by the same engineer who created the…
Above: the Neumann U-67 is announced. The U67 was the 'bridge' between the earlier U47 and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous U-87. Like…
Langevin stereo console circa 1959 Today: from the "Audio Cyclopedia," Howard Tremaine, 1959: a quick visual survey of professional mixing…
From an AES journal circa 1961. It's interesting to see how the meaning of 'audio engineer' has shifted over the…
Download the six-page circa 1965 Lang Specialized Audio Equipment Catalog: DOWNLOAD: Lang_Audio_Electronics_catalog Products covered, with photos and text description, include:…
Above: the Fairchild 661 Auto-ten (a noise gate, apparently), 740 Lathe, 602 and 600 Conax (de-essers, apparently), 670 stereo limiter,…