WBS M1026

Posted on 20130218 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Bil Whitlock Mic Splitter white paper

Posted on 20130218 by Anthony P. Kuzub

a good read: http://www.jensen-transformers.com/an/an005.pdf

RENTALS – I’ve spent so much time with this stuff in the shop, it’s time to hit record!!

Posted on 20130213 by Anthony P. Kuzub

I’ve decided to open my racks up for rental in town and in at the studio

It’s VERY reasonably priced
http://www.WTFYW.ca/RENTALS

The whole thing started with Jägermeister. Kill Bennedy, may he rest in peace, said: “Every studio I go to has the best of the best, and sometimes it’s really just too good. Sometimes I need nasty, gritty and shitty”

I’ve tried to maintain a combination of both amazing and horrible. Some things I consider: “rack-mounted plugins without a computer”

Everything comes with Recall sheets and Mogami breakout snakes (XLR and TRS) Each rack has a EDAC90 on the back for quick connection. I’m working on LF and TT patchbays…

REVERB RACK

-AKG BX-5 – Spring Reverb
-PEAVEY Peavey Addverb III
-TC ELECTRONICS TC Electronics – FireworX
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX90 Reverb
-ROLAND Roland – SRE-3000 Reverb with delay trick
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX900 Reverb
-Warp Factory ELECTRIX – Flanger / Vocoder

DELAY RACK

LEXICON PCM42
LEXICON PCM42
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
TC ELECTRONICS D-Two
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON I ADM1020
LEXICON PCM41
IBANEZ HD1000 – Delay / Harmonizer
ROLAND Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

COMP RACK

VALLEY PEOPLE Valley People 610
TC ELECTRONICS FINALIZER
BSS DPR-402
BSS DPR-402
UREI UREI LA4 Compressors (STEREO PAIR)
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 900 – APHEX Aural Exciter
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX BBE 702

Sony MDR-7506 foam replacements

Posted on 20130206 by Anthony P. Kuzub

I’ve got (6) pairs of Sony 7506s and all of the foams are shot. I REALLY like these Beyer Dynamic Headphone Foams. TREW audio has a few sets of Beyer 942704 in stock and I highly recommend them to anyone who uses these headphones on a daily basis

WBS 880651 – 8 track monitor return section and overdub feature

Posted on 20130127 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Micro Delays

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I’m sure I’m not the only one to do this:

In an effort to avoid feedback and improve intelligibility, I push it back. It’s like giving the mic 2.5 feet extra away from the driver.

its un-noticeable to the audience and the poodles don’t start noticing it until 10ms (so don’t worry)

High Quality Recording and Reproducing of Music and Speech – 1926

Posted on 20130118 by Anthony P. Kuzub

From: http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/history/p20_4_1_3.html

High Quality Recording and Reproducing of Music and Speech
By J P Maxfield and H C Harrison (Bell Telephone Laboratories 1926). Introductory paragraphs by Roger Beardsley.

The age of electrical recording

In this time of incredible technical achievements in every field of scientific endeavour, it is perhaps hard to imagine the effect that Maxfield and Harrison’s work had on the recording industry. Nothing has matched it since. The change from LP to CD was marked by longer playing times and a reduction in already low ambient noise levels. Sound quality was much as before (or worse according to some). The change from 78 rpm discs to LP again brought playing time and noise benefits, but in terms of quality of reproduction, the change over to microgroove was often very marginal, and sometimes showed a loss.

However, the change from mechanical (acoustic) recording to electrical recording was very different. The new system compared to the old, really was a chalk and cheese affair. Not just a wider frequency range, and frequencies in correct and designed proportion, but for the first time, the whole ambience and feel of a performance and its surroundings was reproduced. The nearest analogy is that of hearing a performance of say an orchestra though a closed door and down a corridor, and then being brought into a box at the venue. Admittedly perhaps not at the front of the box, but the difference was astounding. Listen to the examples in “A brief history of recording” to hear what I mean.

Maxfield and Harrison came from a telephone engineering background – then the height of technology. Their work on equalisers and line transmission systems, together with additional work with high power audio amplifiers all came together by one of those happy chances. For the first time, recording (and reproduction) was subjected to a proper system of scientific research, as against the largely empirical developments of the mechanical recording system. The resulting Western Electric recording system was an elegant solution to the deficiencies of mechanical recording. And it worked, again and again.

PDF of original book

High Quality Recording and Reproducing of Music and Speech
By J P Maxfield and H C Harrison (Bell Telephone Laboratories 1926).