anyone have this Plessey? I need (3) for a console refurb.
Plessey needed
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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)
Show up to work
I show up to work and there’s a new console. It’s amazing how fast things can change when you look away for a few days.
Not the biggest proponent of digital desks, but this desk vs the M7CL it replaced is a HUGE improvement in sound quality. Now only if someone did a touchscreen Mod and software upgrade…
Hold ALT and Click
A helpful trick for the multiple interface user
Studer A820 – 1″ 8 track
2006 – Microphone Case
Les Fabian and I designed this case for a store front and his brother Don built it for us, I wonder what happened to it when Larry and Moe bought it…
2008 – Microphone Stand Cart
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I knew I had some pictures of this cart somewhere… it eventually got painted and looked much better but as my grandfather always said “Functionality first”
It was nice for medium sized stands, clips and round basses. Cost me about $30 hahaha
2008 – Drum Set Carts
I was in a pinch for moving drum kits and tools in and out of a shared studio space.
we needed to so something fast so I came up with the idea of these work boxes on simple caster.
I think this was made out of 10 sheets of plywood cost less than $200 for all three.
The Blank Canvas…
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In recording I see an idle speaker as a blank canvas
BBC studios 1932 – via http://www.orbem.co.uk/
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Doing a Major Archive – 3TB drive $169
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I never thought I’d be buying a 3tb hard drive…
never imagined being able to fill two
Sound And The Story
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High Quality Recording and Reproducing of Music and Speech – 1926
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.
High Quality Recording and Reproducing of Music and Speech
By J P Maxfield and H C Harrison (Bell Telephone Laboratories 1926).
Two Notes Torpedo Live – now in a new home!
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Finally got it in a rack! Two Notes Torpedo amplifier load box with cabinate / microphone simulation
Jack added a speaker input on the producers desk for easy connection
I said when I first heard about it that “This piece is basically an Iso Booth in one rack space.” and in a small to mid sized studio without a booth or collection of amps it’s a huge asset! 
downside: I wanted to put the line in and line out on the Patchbay in addition to the speaker in and through-put on the panel (everything hooked up all the time). When you have a jack in the “line in” it overrides the speaker “load box”
Drawings and notes
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Having a “Change is bad” moment
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Having a “Change is bad” moment.
iTunes 11
I have long file names and there’s no way to change the width of columns…
Worth a Listen
I admire this man. And I must say: SM58
From http://www.coutant.org/allmics/index.html
Here is the sound file of many of the microphones on this site. This provides a means of comparing them. To keep the comparison equitable, no processing was used during recordings nor in post. Audio console EQ settings were centered.
Please bear in mind that these samples were recorded over a three-year period in various acoustic environments, most of them favorable. There are a couple of samples that contain echoes. One sample includes the sound of a fan in the background. At least two samples contain small amounts of AC hum. Apologies are offered.
Finally, some listeners will argue correctly that MPEGs are not the best format for evaluating the quality of a sound. This was done to conserve loading time. One could just as easily argue that unless all mics are recorded in the same acoustic environment, the comparison is invalid. Again I concur. Perhaps we can agree that this sampling at least proves that not all microphones sound alike.
Thank you for your interest. From the beginning this web site has been, and continues to be, an interesting undertaking.
—Prof. S. O. Coutant, retired
Electrovoice 668
I had this show up… I’ve never seen one then I found this in its boot. I wonder how similar it is to an RE20 design. Looking for manual now.
http://www.coutant.org/ev668/index.html
http://www.coutant.org/ev668/index.html
http://www.coutant.org/ev668/index.html
Neve for Air Studios
Engineer requests and future predictions. Not too far off for these guys of air Studios.
Ward-Beck Systems announces 1 vershok – (32) Channel MADI Meter
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Ward-Beck Systems announces a 1 vershok (32) channel MADI Meter using their high visibility LED meter ballistic system. This give you a quick glance at what’s happening in your audio stream. PERFECT for a stage box, or remote recording rig using MADI.
Toggle over to “cue” the channels and listen on a set of headphones OR a set of outputs. This is an exciting venture into MADI for WBS and the start of something spectacular.
