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Recording Studio History Television Sound

Reeves Sound Studio Television Operations circa 1962

Courtesy Tom and John Fine is this fascinating 14pp 1962 article on the then-state-of-the-art television operations at Reeves Sound Studio.

Download is in two parts due to file size:

DOWNLOAD PART 1: BroadcastNews _6205_ReevesTVstudios_PART1

DOWNLOAD PART 2: BroadcastNews_6205ReevesTVstudios_PART2

Tom Fine had earlier presented us with a history of Reeves Sound Studios NYC; click here to read that 2014 piece.  Today’s scan comes from what appears to be a promotional re-print of an article originally published in Broadcast News magazine.  Tom comments, “Aside from the interesting antique TV and film production facilities and equipment shown, we see a photo of audio engineer Jack Higgins, who made many Riverside jazz records.”

You can some read more of Tom’s contributions to P/S dot com, including much information on his own family’s storied studio operations, at the following pages:

Fine Recording INC, pioneers in hi-fidelity recording

Bob Fine’s Mobile Recording Truck, 1951-1966

WMGM Studio, NYC

Emory Cook, Binaural Recording Pioneer

 

 

 

 

 

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performances

First-ever live solo show THIS SATURDAY 9.29.18 New Haven CT

This Saturday September 29 2018 I will be performing live solo in a club for the first time…ever.  I will be at State House in New Haven CT opening for Steve Hauschildt and Brett Naucke.   I’ll be running a quadraphonic installation combining improvised electronics, tape, and singing bowls.  Pretty typical.  If you’re in the area, come on down and zone out/in w/us.  Door at 8PM.  Here’s a link to buy tix  + more info.  

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Uncategorized

“JUST ANOTHER FEELING” : New ULA RUTH single: out now

JUST ANOTHER FEELING, the new single from Ula Ruth, is available now on all major platforms.  Recorded and produced by yours truly at Gold Coast Recorders, mixed by Greg Giorgio.  Artwork by Aashna Shah.  Check it out – one of my all-time faves I had worked on with these guys.

JUST ANOTHER FEELING on Spotify

JUST ANOTHER FEELING iTunes

JUST ANOTHER FEELING on Soundcloud

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Reader submissions

Stereo Vacuum Tube Studio EQ based on 1955 Circuit

Many years ago I posted this schematic which I found in Audio magazine circa 1955:

I forgot all about it, probably because I quickly gave-up on finding dual 250k/500k pots.  PS do com reader Alekos Gavriilidis from Thessaloniki Greece went ahead and built it anyway, using separate pots instead of dual-gang pots , and found this to yield useful results.  Alekos writes:

… i’ve just finished the project (EQ TUBES 6SL7). Im sending you photos of this project. I used 4 tubes 2 in parallel for every channel.  Now the sound is incredible!!!!!!!  P.S. I had a little noise from the filaments so i changed the voltage from AC to DC volt. Soon it will be in a studio”

Here’s his notes on the schematic:

Here’s a quick diary of his build:

…and here’s the layout that Alekos used for the panel:

He also provided plots of the action of the various controls:

Thanks very much for sharing this with us Alekos!  If you’ve had success building one of the circuits that I’ve posted here over the years, please let us know about it… your success might encourage others to do the same.

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Mixtapes Pro Audio Archive

1981 ADM Custom Film Mixing Console For Glen Glenn Sound

Tom Chrapkiewicz,  former engineer for ADM Technology (Audio Designs and Mfg) sent us some information on this extremely sophisticated console that they designed in 1981 for Glen Glenn Sound.

Tom tells us, ‘above is a scan of a sales photo/document for one of the Consoles we made at ADM circa 1981 for Glen Glenn Sound (later Todd AO) Hollywood.  The application was for Dialogue, Effects and Music production for film.  Countless films in the mid to late 1980s were done on these consoles. This is an early automated, digitally controlled analog audio console. The mixing control was via multiple 6502 microprocessors – one per each of the 65 inputs.  These multiple microprocessors were networked together to a (I believe 8080/CP/M system.  The analog path was controlled via dbx2001 VCA within each input strip.’

Tom can be reached at tchrapkiewicz (at) gmail (dot) com

For earlier ADM posts on PS dot com, click here… and here.

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Film Scores

MINDING THE GAP with original score by Halpern and Ruggiero in theaters now

Late last year Nathan Halpern and I scored this excellent film by director Bing Lui and it is now in theaters and streaming online via Hulu. “Minding The Gap” debuted at Sundance this year, winning the ‘Breakthrough Filmmaking Award,’ and it is an exceptionally bold and honest American coming-of-age story. The critical response has been exceptionally strong, with many critics making special note of our score:

“…the music and mood attain a melancholy perfection” (The Wall Street Journal)
“The score by Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero is sparse and beautiful and perfect” (Chicago Sun-Times)
“an odyssey… cut to Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero’s achingly beautiful score”  (Vulture)
“… owes its goose-bump-inducing power in part to Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero’s swirling piano score” (Variety)
Watching the men skate during the opening credits sequence, propelled by Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero’s wistful piano score, the act of skating transforms into a liberating art form” (Forbes)

Our original score is available to hear now on Spotify, Apple music, and all the other usual digital platforms.

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Radio Shows

Preservation Sound Radio 080818: LINK TO LISTEN NOW

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has aired, but you can stream the program at this link until September 9th 2018.  Solo show this month; typical 1967 – 1982 rock, new-wave,  soul, and psych sorta LPs that I usually play but the show is ALL-NEW this month,,, been a good month for crate digging.  Please note that there is a skip at the beginning of the stream, so the first track (Stratford’s own EPITOME, 1977 Dolls-esque punk cover of “Transistor Sister”)  was lost… also several other random skips in the stream… the station had server issues that night apparently…

Setlist:

  1. Epitome TRANSISTOR SISTER (missing)
  2. sniff n the tears DRIVERS SEAT
  3. the psychedelic furs FOREVER NOW
  4. automatic man PEARL
  5. Jim carroll LORRAINE

(set break)

6. atomic rooster TOMORROW NIGHT (stream damaged)

7. uriah heep DREAMIN  (stream damaged)

8. the witch BLACK TEARS

9. hal Atkinson UNTIL YOUVE BEEN ON A HARLEY DAVIDSON

10. circuit rider HOW LONG

(set break)

11. rick danko BRAIN WASH

12. Gary wright TWO FACED MAN

13. John Lennon MIND GAMES

14. bernie schwartz CANT GO ON

(set break)

15. terry reid SEED OF MEMORY

16. marcus GRAINS OF SAND

17. hackamore brick GOT A GAL NAMES WILMA

18. cat mother TRACK IN A

19. kyle I THINK IM GONNA RAIN

(set break)

20. bonnie koloc ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY

21.roy harper SHES THE ONE

22. nicky hopkins DOLLY

23. michael kamen HOT AS THE SUN

24. ricki illonga STOP DREAMING MR D

(set break)

25. faith FREEDOM

26. gil scott heron THE BOTTLE

27. brother to brother I WISH IT WOULD RAIN

28. millie jackson TELL HER ITS OVER

29. mystic moods orchestra MIDNIGHT SNACK

(set break)

30. wee AEROPLANE (REPRISE)

31. clearlight symphony SIDE 1 EXCERPT

32. lord buckley MARQUIS DE SADE (EXCERPT)

33. cromagnon CALEDONIA

34. csny OHIO (Live NJ 1970)

(set break)

35. airport convention TIME WILL SHOW THE WISER

36. kevin john agosti OREGON

37. brethren SUCCESS BRAND OIL

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Radio Shows

Preservation Sound Radio: THE 80s PART 2 w/ Special Guests: ARCHIVE STREAMING NOW

Dave Zamboni, Emily Illsa and Masa Funiculaire joined me in the WPKN-FM studio for a second three-hour all-80s vinyl show.  As usual the emphasis is on new wave and post punk sounds.  The show has been archived and available for streaming until August 12 2018s, so don’t snooze!  Here’s the link. Safari seems to work best.  The setlist:

1. theme from ‘forbidden world’ SUSAN JUSTIN

2. that summer feeling JONATHAN RICHMAN

3. good friend THE VIOLENT FEMMES

4. the telephone always rings FUN BOY THREE

5. reap the wild wind ULTRAVOX

6. nice ago YMO

(set break)

7. everybody wants you BILLY SQIER

8. touch and go THE CARS

9. head-on THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

10. i got you SPLIT ENZ

11. india THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

(set break)

12. mad at you JOE JACKSON

13. love +1 HAIRCUT 100

14. only a lad OINGO BOINGO

15. don’t go YAZOO

16. e=mc2 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE

(set break)

17. waiting (if i had a photograph) FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

18. moonshine STEREO

19. o superman LAURIE ANDERSON

20. cry baby cry THROWING MUSES

21. brass neck THE WEDDING PRESENT

(set break)

22. 7 minutes to midnight WAH

23. paint a vulgur picture THE SMITHS

24. better things THE KINKS

25. happy hour THE HOUSE MARTINS

26. julie loves johnny THE EASTERN DARK

(set break)

27. my city was gone THE PRETENDERS

28. she pays the rent THE LYRES

29. flip your wig HUSKER DU

30. no looking back BLUE ORCHIDS

31. my dreams THE GUN CLUB

(set break)

32. the rainy season HOWARD DEVOTO

33. haunted LOVE AND ROCKETS

34. this is your life GLAXO BABIES

35. fragile TOM VERLAINE

(set break)

36. two guitars YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS

37. fall on me REM

38. circles CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN

39. wuthering heights (1986 vocal) KATE BUSH

40. vanishing girl DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR

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Gold Coast Recorders

THE CITY new single from ULA RUTH available now

Ula Ruth‘s new single THE CITY is available now for streaming at purchase at all major digital outlets including Spotify and iTunes/Apple Music. The full record will be released soon; it’s one of the last albums that was tracked at Gold Coast Recorders and I am so excited for y’all to have a chance to hear it all soon…

Recorded at Gold Coast Recorders
Produced and Recorded by Chris Ruggiero
Mixed and Master by Greg Giorgio
Art/Design by Aashna Shah

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Radio Shows

Preservation Sound Radio : June 12 2018 : NOW STREAMING

you can stream the complete 3hr 6.13.2018 WPKN FM show at this link ///click here/// link will be active for 30 days, so don’t snooze, some very rare numbers here…

SETLIST

1. alan price LUCKY MAN

2. terry reid SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YR PEACE

3. fluff YOU MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL

4. catmando TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR LIFE

5. five man electrical band SIGNS

(mic break)

6. frijid pink A SONG FOR FREEDOM

7. elephant’s memory MONGOOSE

8. kongos HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN

9. john entwhistle I WONDER

10 . mike wilhelm GOING TO CANADA / STYROFOAM

11. fusion GOIN UP TO CARSDALE

(mic break)

12. blue cheer SANDWICH

13. alexander gradsky ROMANCE FOR LOVES (EXCERPT)

14. pink floyd ASTRONOMY DOMINE

15. amsterdam INDIAN PIPE

16. quicksilver messenger service CODINE

(mic break)

17. tranquility COULDNT POSSIBLY BE

18. king crimson EPITAPH

19. pelican GOLDEN PROMISES

20. manfred mann SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT

21. thin lizzy SPIRIT SLIPS AWAY

22. rolling stones NO USE IN CRYING

(mic break)

23. spooky tooth I AM THE WALRUS

24. tin tin SPIRITS ON THE STARBOARD

25.  sammy johns CHEVY VAN

26. gallery I BELIEVE IN MUSIC

27. jim dawson THE GOOD EARTH

28. the great grizzly bear hunt I DREAMED I SAW ST AUGUSTINE

(mic break)

29. black pearl PEOPLE GET READY

30. the sopwith camel DANCIN WIZARD

31. mike yanoska SONG

32. fairport convention EASTERN RAIN

(mic break)

33. country joe and the fish WHO AM I

34. yes YESTERDAY & TODAY

35. john prine ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY