https://www.preservationsound.com/microphone-hand-signals/ information and ideas about audio history Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.preservationsound.com/microphone-hand-signals/#comment-218708 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=445#comment-218708 Some TV stations still use these to signal to the on air persons in live productions. I’ve seen the lead in for KOMO where the production asst. points as the broadcast starts.

]]> https://www.preservationsound.com/microphone-hand-signals/#comment-84 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:41:53 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=445#comment-84 […] When i first brought into the shop, it powered up but it did not work.  After about 2 hours of socket cleaning, re-soldering some loose leads, replacing the 5881 tubes (they had become unmatched) , and oiling/cleaning the transport, I was making recordings.  My machine only came with the 7.5 ips capstan, which is unfortunate, as this limits the top end to 7500 hz rather than 15k.  Still, it sounds pretty righteous.  I made a recording of a solo finger-picked guitar performance with two identical EV 655c mics in the same overhead position (these mics are also circa 1950; see my earlier post on these early hi-end studio omnis). […]

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