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Gately IPM-8 Schematics
Years ago I bought the super-sweet Gately mixer system pictured above; it has long been sold-on (to a studio in TX IIRC) but wow really great kit. All UTC transformers, all discrete, modular, ETC.
You can learn more about Gately at these two earlier articles:
The system that I acquired and restored
Anyhow, reader M.Nathan has been so kind to scan some schematics of some of their later Series 8 kit. Nathan: “Here are three pics of the imp8 series 8 input module schematics. This section has the mic pre which, in isolation, is a pretty simple little thing.”
(this show was broadcast live on WPKN FM 89.5 on May 10, but you can listen to it at this archive link -click here)
Class Info “Out of Line” from The Minimal Wave Tapes, Vol. Two
Gary Numan “Me! I Disconnect from You” from Living Ornaments ‘79
Falco “auf der fluct” from auf der fluct
Polyrock “Romantic Me” from Polyrock
Nico and the Faction “My Heart is Empty” from Camera Obscura
Kate Bush “cloud busting” from cloud busting
Fleetwood Mac “Seven Wonders (Remastered)” from Tango In the Night (Remastered)
Au Pairs “Don’t Lie Back” from Sense and Sensuality
Sheila E. “The Glamorous Life” from The Glamorous Life
Orange Juice “Mud in Your Eye” from Coals to Newcastle
Allez Allez “Wrap Your Legs (Around Your Head)” from Allez Allez: Best of
The Style Council “All Gone Away” from Our Favourite Shop
Billy Ocean “African Queen” from African Queen – Single
The Human League “seconds” from Dare
Cameo “Word Up (Original 12″ Club Mix)” from Funk Essentials – The 12″ Collection and More: Cameo
Mechanical Servants “Problem What Problem” from Problem What Problem/Protecting – Single
Momus “The Hairstyle of the Devil” from single
New Order “Blue Monday (12″ Version)” from single
Martin Dupont “just because” from Lost and Late…
The Psychedelic Furs “Yes I Do (Merry-Go-Round)” from Forever Now
David Bowie “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” from Let’s Dance – Single
Jane Birkin “Baby Alone In Babylone” from Birkin / Gainsbourg : Le symphonique
World Party “Ship of Fools” from Private Revolution
Crowded House “Don’t dream it’s over” from Crowded House
Corey Hart “Never Surrender” from Corey Hart: The Singles
Yaz “iN MY ROOM” from Upstairs at Eric’s
Warp 9 “Light Years Away (Original)” from single
Depeche Mode “Stripped” from Black Celebration
Simple Minds “Book of Brilliant Things” from Sparkle in the Rain
The Sugarcubes “birthday” from Life’s Too Good
Public Image Ltd. “Rise” from Album
Squeeze “Take Me I’m Yours” from Squeeze
Mazarati “stroke” from single
Neil Young “Mr. Soul” from Trans
Material “Busting Out (feat. Nona Hendryx, Fred Maher, Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn)” from One Down
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark “Telegraph (2008 Remaster)” from Dazzle Ships
Tina Turner “better be good to me” from single
Missing Persons “Rock and Roll Suspension” from Spring Session M
Sharon “let the music play” from let the music play
Shannon “Let the Music Play” from Let the Music Play
Tears for Fears “Shout” from Songs From the Big Chair (Deluxe)
Hey y’all – if you’ve been reading this site for a while, you will know that I DJ regularly on WPKM FM 89.5 here in Bridgeport. WPKN is a listener-supported 10,000-watt FM station which has been here, totally non-commercial and free-form since 1963. It’s an incredible thing in this day and age. All of the DJs (myself included) are volunteers, as are 99% of the staff. Now, you know how much I love old janky sound equipment. But sometimes, new really is better, and we need a new transmitter to blast our weirdo music thru another half-century. Here’s how you can help. And yes WPKN is a legit non-profit corp so your donation is tax-deductible.
Click here to read more, and to donate. Thank you for listening!
Download the entire 16pp TERMINAL RADIO Recording and Hi-Fidelity Equipment catalog:
DOWNLOAD: Terminal_Radio_1949_Catalog
Products covered, with text, some specs, and photos, include: Brush Magnetic tape recorders BK414, 710B, 810, and 808 Twin-trak; hi-fi tube amps from Brooks (10C3, 12A3), Meissner 9-1093 tuner amp and 9-1091C, RJ-12A tuners; tuners from Browning, Many Stephens Tru-sonic speaker systems and drivers including P-63HF, P-52A, P-52LX, P-52HF; Hi fi amps including Scott 210-A, Fisher SA-1, Altec Lansing 323B, Newcomb HLP-14A, Bogen PX-15, Thordarson 31W10AX; Bell 2122, Masco MA-12EZand Rauland 1825; FM tuners from Espey, Meissner, Craftsmen, Howard; Customode hi-fi furniture and cabinetry; Altec drivers including the 603B, 600B, 400B; Jensen drivers incl. JRP40, HNP-51, JAP-60; Cinaudagraph speakers CIN-12A, 15B, 15C; and so, so, so much more.
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Earlier this year Nathan Halpern and I scored Nanfu Wang’s new film “I am another you.” The film debuts at the SXSW film festival this weekend, and INDIEWIRE just named it “one of 13 must-see films” at the fest. We previously worked with Nanfu on her Oscar-shortlisted doc Hooligan Sparrow , and I am another you will only strengthen her reputation as one of the freshest, boldest new filmmakers out there. I am v v proud of my work on this project; it’s a beautiful and fascinating film and i was able to use a lot of new techniques and sounds for the first time in a production.
Our live radio show broadcast on Wed Mar 8 is available to stream online now at this link. Check it out for 3 hrs of great deep cuts from the Clinton Era.
updated: the voyage is complete. you can stream the show from this link. CLICK HERE
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Apologies for the poor image quiality; these came from the research department of a long-gone British broadcast-gear-manufacturer via some dampish papers that I purchased recently from a rare-books-dealer in London. I had never heard of the Fairchild 627 ‘Variable Equalizer,’ even though I recently sold an example of its (even-more-rare) predecessor the model 540, which in retrospect seems to be the ‘boost’ sections of the 627 plus a mic preamp plus a 20-watt cutter-head power amp. Well shit. Now i wish I had measured the values of the triple-ganged frequency-select pots. Why? We will get to that in a minute.
A quick google search suggests that there are thought to be only 5 Fairchild 627 equalizers in existence. One seems to have sold on eBay recently in the $7000 region. The 627 is a line-level EQ with continuously variable low and high bell boost sections as well as high and low roll offs. Unlike a Pultec, though, it is an active EQ, and it uses some pretty unusual circuitry – especially the high-cut section, which I don’t comprehend at all.
One point to note: T2 should be wired to reverse phase. I was v excited to find this schematic, because it seems like a pretty easy piece to build – there is no mention of the proper B+ voltage, but 250 is generally a safe bet; there are no weird inductors (the UTC S-23 plate-load choke is an off-the shelf part, so we know its specs -5000ohm DC, 300 henries); the audio transformers don’t need to handle DC and the turns ratios are spec’d: BUT: But. Those triple-ganged pots. WTF do we do about them?
Can anyone crack this case? Any insights, pls let us know in the comments section.
On the plus-side: at very minimum, this schematic does reveal an excellent and easy way to implement a 6E5 seeing-eye tube simply paralleled to a grid in the audio path. So at very least, now i know how to use those v excellent things in my mic preamps. Way more evil than a VU meter.
Also: the 6SN7 output section is a neat little self-contained module; def worth trying it with a Hammond 156C choke and an Edcor 15K:600 1/2 watt. The 156C is the closest modern part to the S23 spec; it is rated 150h and 3.7K ohm, seems close enough? I used onna these on a hunch in my OP6-semi-clone and it worked just fine in that application, so I am guessing it may work fine here as well. 
Hey y’all – my synth group TABLES will be playing our 2nd-ever show at FIREHOUSE 12 in New Haven CT next Thursday 12.15.16.
Show starts at 9PM with drone duo HIKO MEN (Brooklyn) as the opening set.
Tickets are $10 at the door, and $8 at this link when you use the promo code TABLES.
Carlos from Safety Meeting Records will have copies of our debut 12″ LP for sale at the show.
Firehouse 12 is an amazing place to see a show; truly like no other venue.
