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  • Monday, February 11, 2013
    Analog Tape Essentials: Cleaning, Alignment, Archiving, And More
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    David Miles Huber & Robert E. Runstein 02/11/13 04:50 PM,
    Go here for the first installment of this article. The Magnetic Tape Head Most professional analog recorders use three magnetic tape heads, each of which performs a specialized task: —Record—Reproduce—Erase The function of a record head (Figure 1) is to electromagnetically transform analog electrical signals into corresponding magnetic fields that can be permanently stored onto magnetic tape. In short, the input current flows through coils of wire that are wrapped around the head’s magnetic pole pieces. Since the theory of… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Production • Audio • Analog • Education • Engineer • Signal • Studio • System • Technician

  • Wednesday, June 13, 2012
    The Analog Tape Recorder: An Introduction
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    David Miles Huber & Robert E. Runstein 06/13/12 09:26 AM,
    This article is the first half in our series on the analog tape recorder, excerpted from Huber & Runstein’s book Modern Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition. For the second half, click here. From its inception in Germany in the late 1920s and its American introduction by Jack Mullin in 1945 (Figure 1), the analog tape recorder (or ATR) had steadily increased in quality and universal acceptance to the point that professional and personal studios had totally relied upon   magnetic media… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Analog • Signal • Studio • System • Audio

  • Thursday, May 20, 2010
    Ashly DSP Chosen For Palace Theatre Revitalization
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    PSW Staff 05/20/10 07:35 AM, 0 Comments
    The Palace Theatre for the Performing Arts, part of the Kings Point complex in Tamarac, Florida, serves a community of some 8,000 over-55 residents just north of Fort Lauderdale. The performance season at Palace runs from November to March, complementing the residents yearly migration from points too cold for comfortable living in those months. The theatre books A-list acts such as Tony Orlando, Peter Nero, and Pat Cooper and seats 1,000 people in a fully accessible environment. While the theatre… View this story
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