soundcraftsmen – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:57:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Studio Outboard Gear Odds & Ends ’71- ’73 https://www.preservationsound.com/studio-outboard-gear-odds-ends-71-73/ https://www.preservationsound.com/studio-outboard-gear-odds-ends-71-73/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:34:46 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=8157 Urei_1176_1970Today: just a few things that caught my eye from ’71 -’73:  the ‘new’ black-cosmetic version of the Urei 1176, plus some odd bits from Soundcraftsmen and Sansui (I had no idea that they had made pro audio products), and another forgotten Quad-Eight rack device (see here for our earlier coverage of their very obscure reverb unit).  Also something called the ‘OP Reverberation’ …. anyone?  ,,,and a few unusual items from Martin.  Wrapping it up is the annoucement ad for the original API 525C, which has become one of my favorite compressors for vocals since we got one at Gold Coast Recorders.  If any of y’all are using the Martin or Quad-Eight kit, let us know!

Soundcraftsmen_RP10-12_1972Above: The Soundcraftsmen RP10-12 equalizer

Sansui_QSE_1_1971Above: The Sansui QSE-1 Quadraphonic Encoder

Quad-Eight_Filter_1972 Quad_Eight_1972Above: The Quad-Eight Variable Filter, Auto-Mix 23B compressor, EQ 312 channel EQ, and RV10 Reverb unitParasound_reverb_1971 Martin_Console_1972 MArtin_1972_2Above: the Martin SLM-1020B mixer, PEQ500 rackmount program EQ, and varispeed 3B tape machine speed controller.  API_525_1972

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