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Altec 438A – Modified for modern music production use

As we discussed in previous posts, the Altec 438A is an audio compressor designed in the late 1950s primarily for…

15 years ago

ARP Synthesizers Full-Line Catalog 1977

Download the twenty-page c.1977 ARP Instruments, Inc. catalog: DOWNLOAD: ARP_1977_Catalog Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: ARP Avatar…

15 years ago

Every House Has A Mic

Any old house, on any street; any house where a family lived, where life happened; deep in the basement, perhaps;…

15 years ago

In The Studio

Another day of live tracking at Gold Coast Recorders.  Vocal chain working great:  Neumann U47 fet into Neve console pre…

15 years ago

Leslie Rotating-Speaker Interface Unit – UPDATED

The Leslie Model 51 is a single-speed, large Leslie unit with 2 amps, a 15" woofer, a rotating horn, and…

15 years ago

In The Studio

Preservation Sound dot com will be less active this week because I have 7 days of back-to-back sessions booked at…

15 years ago

‘We Shape Our Tools, And Thereafter Our Tools Shape Us’: MM

(Image Source) As I wrote on day 1, the goal of this website is to investigate "the potential (of sound-altering…

15 years ago

Carvin Co. electric guitars of 1978

Continuing our series on Carvin Musical Instruments of the 1970s:  the complete Carvin electric guitar line-up of 1978.  Download a…

15 years ago

The American R331 Ribbon Microphone of 1950

A corollary to the theory that "an infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters will eventually…

15 years ago

Radio Communications Mics of the 1940s part 2

The Electrovoice Cardax Crystal Cardiod Microphone Today we'll look at some more microphones on offer to Radio Hams in the…

15 years ago