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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Microfiles: Electro-Voice 664, The Legendary “Buchanan Hammer”
Craig Leerman
04/26/12 11:10 AM,
My Baltimore-area high school theater was outfitted with the first quality PA system I ever worked with. It had JBL horns and cabinets in a center cluster, powered by Crown amplifiers, with a 6-channel TAPCO mixer in the sound booth…
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
A Conversation With Audio Pioneers, SynAudCon Founders Don & Carolyn Davis
Keith Clark
01/05/12 09:37 AM,
When noting the contributions of Don and Carolyn Davis to the professional audio industry, it’s hard to know where to even start. Their book, Sound System Engineering, originally published in 1973 (and since updated), remains a standard audio and systems…
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Friday, November 04, 2011
RE/P Files: The ‘Planet Waves’ Sessions - Recording Bob Dylan At The Village Recorder
Gary D. Davis
11/04/11 08:43 AM,
R-e/p: Dick, how did you choose an engineer for the Dylan album? Dick LaPalm: I left the decision up to Rob. I asked him who should do it. At the time we had 3 guys. Rob came back after a…
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
History Files: The Genesis Of Clair Bros To Today
PSW Staff
10/12/11 02:47 PM,
The story of Clair Brothers starts in 1954, when a grocer decided to purchase a PA system as a Christmas gift for his two sons, Gene and Roy Clair. “He had no knowledge of electronics or anything!” exclaimed Roy Clair…
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Friday, June 10, 2011
RE/P Files: Producing A Controllable Phasing Effect
Jerry Ferree
06/10/11 03:31 PM,
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Everyone who listens to pop music has at some time heard that weird swishing effect swooping down through a drum solo or a vocal group making them sound rather like a long-distance short wave broadcast. Most engineers will tell you…
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Friday, June 03, 2011
RE/P Files: Mixing Stereo Monophonically
Oliver Berliner
06/03/11 04:13 PM,
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A short while ago a mild furor was generated when AM radio stations began to receive stereophonic promotion records and discovered to their horror that the soloists were 3 dB or more too loud when the stereo discs were played…
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Video: Edison Wax Cylinder Recording Session
PSW Staff
04/05/11 10:25 AM,
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Recording to an original Edison Cylinder machine is an incredible experience to watch. Thanks to Gerald Fabris of the Edison Historic Site, Bruno Caruso (great grand nephew of Enrico), the Hot Tamale Brass Band, the AES, the Audio Program at…
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Friday, April 01, 2011
RE/P Files: Studio Design And Construction
Paul D. Lehrman
04/01/11 09:20 AM,
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“The most important piece of equipment in a recording studio is the control room,” says Phil Greene, chief engineer and part-owner of Normandy Sound, located in Warren, Rhode Island. It’s that kind of thinking that led Normandy, one of the…
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The Invention Of The Phonograph: From Early Recordings To Modern Time
Tom Lubin
03/30/11 09:35 AM,
This article is the third and final in a multipart series. Additional articles in the series are available here. Building On The Roots Throughout the 20th century, the records of blues, hillbilly and folk artists of earlier times have…
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Invention Of The Phonograph: Columbia Records & Berliner
Tom Lubin
03/22/11 09:25 AM,
This article is the second in a multipart series. Additional articles in the series are available here. Columbia Records Then the public began to buy phonographs. In general these playback applications required a ready supply of pre-recorded material and…
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Invention Of The Phonograph: A Foundation Of History
Tom Lubin
03/15/11 12:59 PM,
This article is the first in a multipart series. Additional articles in the series are available here. For the purposes of introduction, the gramophone and the phonograph have been considered a single invention since the former evolved out of…
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
History Files: James B. Lansing & The Creation Of JBL
John M. Eargle
01/26/11 02:32 PM,
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The Early Years James Bullough Lansing was born James Martini, 14 January 1902, in Macoupin County, Millwood Township, Illinois. His parents were Henry Martini, born in St. Louis, Missouri, and Grace Erbs Martini, born in Central City, Illinois. The elder…
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Glory Days Of Muscle Shoals
Bruce Borgerson
11/30/10 12:22 PM,
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This article is the first in a series on the historic Muscle Shoals studios. The second part is available here. Working at Muscle Shoals was by far the best period for me, from the middle sixties through the seventies. “I…
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Variable-D And Beyond: Classic EV Microphone Design & Evolution
Rick Chinn
06/25/10 05:14 PM,
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The Electro-Voice (EV) model 664 microphone, introduced in the mid-1950s, was designed for typical sound reinforcement applications of that era. EV employees with the company at the time recall that one of the reasons for the 664’s development was to…
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
A Conversation With Product & Technology Wizard Gerald Stanley Of Crown
Keith Clark
12/31/09 01:20 PM,
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Editor’s Note: This interview with Mr. Stanley was conducted in 2002. Also, you can learn more Crown history here. As Crown marks its 55th anniversary - celebrating a unique history marked by many notable contributions to the pro audio industry…
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Shure Timeline: Milestones From 1925 To 2000
Keith Clark
01/06/08 06:17 PM,
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1925: Shure Radio Company is founded on April 25 by Sidney N. Shure as a one-man company selling radio parts kits before factory-built radio sets were marketed. Office is located at 19 South Wells Street in downtown Chicago. 1926: A…
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Shure: A Long Journey That Continues To Pick Up Steam
Keith Clark
01/06/08 05:24 PM,
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Seventy-five years ago, a confident young entrepreneur in Chicago embarked on his career, combining an interest in sound with his work. On April 25, 1925, Sidney N. Shure rented a one-room office at 19 South Wells Street for five dollars…
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Interview With Michael Pettersen of Shure
Keith Clark
01/06/08 05:06 PM,
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Michael Pettersen has worn several hats since joining Shure in 1976. Currently he’s the driving force behind the company’s Application Engineering Department, which he founded in 1993. The excellence of this department in terms of its ability to support customers…
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Shure: A Classic Pro Audio Success Story
Keith Clark
01/06/08 02:56 PM,
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Certain things in “Americana” are indelibly classic: Coca-Cola, the ’57 Chevy, John Wayne, Route 66, Drive-In Movies, and the Golden Gate Bridge. And, it can be persuasively argued, Shure also belongs on that list. The company’s history exemplifies the much-documented…
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Hamilton Brosious: A Pro Audio Sales Pioneer
Harry Klane
01/06/08 02:28 PM,
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Knowledge is Power Before we first said hello, Hamilton had already investigated my background. He knew about some of my strengths and weaknesses and had thought out how they might fit within Audiotechniques’ business plan. His lifelong commitment to preparation…
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