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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Craig Leerman 05/24/12 04:16 PM,If you were a musician in the 1970s or are a fan of vintage gear, the name Univox should be familiar. Merson Musical Products, a musical instrument division of Unicord Incorporated, made and marketed a wide range of products with the Univox brand, including guitars, keyboards and cool-looking blue Tolex-covered guitar and bass amps. In addition, Merson Musical Products was the U.S. importer of Marshall amps, Korg keyboards and other lines including Tempro brand drums (my first kit). Some big… View this story
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Mike Clark 05/09/12 03:58 PM,Although a relative newcomer to the pro audio world, Faital, headquartered in San Donato, a suburb of Italy’s business capital Milan, has more than half a century of loudspeaker driver manufacturing to its credit. In 2006, the family-run concern launched FaitalPRO, a division of the company targeting the international pro audio market, which has grown by leaps and bounds since inception, as explained by FaitalPRO overseas sales manager Flavio Naggi, grandson of the company’s founder. “Although my father is company… View this story
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Tom Lubin 05/01/12 11:41 AM,Somewhere in its early years, the coin operated record player acquired the name “Jukebox”. There are several theories about the origin. The most accepted is that the word “juke” is a corruption of the word “jook”, an African American slang term for dancing. The source of the music for this dancing would have been called a “jookbox”. A second version is that “jook” meant “sex” which may have made sense since brothels were some of the first establishments to install… View this story
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Monday, April 09, 2012
Paul Watson 04/09/12 04:10 PM,The D.A.S. Audio journey began more than 40 years ago, when a new enterprise named “Dynamic and Sound” was created by Juan Alberola in Valencia, Spain in 1971. Alberola, with a serious passion for audio, began designing and manufacturing his own loudspeakers and components, initially for studio monitoring and home listening, and all built in-house. Just a few years later, that focus also included producing larger loudspeakers for Spain’s thriving dance club, fueled by the country’s reputation as a European… View this story
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Rick Chinn 04/04/12 06:19 PM,The Altec Lansing 639A/B microphone made its debut in the early 1940s, and was originally sold by Western Electric (WECO) under the same model number. When the U.S. government forced the breakup of WECO in 1947, Altec spun off to continue manufacturing the WECO sound reinforcement and related products, and they continued to make/offer the 639 for many years afterward. The microphone earned the nickname of “birdcage” because of its size and body design. It’s an early unidirectional microphone, and… View this story
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Craig Leerman 03/05/12 12:38 PM,I started collecting microphones long ago, when at a large flea market, I spotted an Electro-Voice 664. The chrome was pitted, the windscreen was dented, and the guy selling it didn’t know if it even worked. But it was only a few dollars and it reminded me of my years working tech theater in high school, so I bought it. From then on, I looked for old mics everywhere, and pretty soon had built a sizable collection. They’re really interesting,… View this story
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Wayne Yentis 02/20/12 02:23 PM,Oh, what an interesting time it was! Concert sound reinforcement was in the early stages of moving to where we are today. This article originally appeared in the June 1974 issue of Recording Engineer Producer (REP) magazine, and Live Sound also ran a text-only version many years ago. It is presented here in its full glory, without editing and much as it originally appeared, to provide a fuller understanding and appreciation of that time and place and the people behind… View this story
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Chris Huston 02/06/12 06:56 AM,As a complete oversimplification, a microphone is an instrument which measures differences in air pressure. It is not surprising that somebody would, in light of the interest in Quadraphonic sound, experiment and perfect an instrument which would measure and transduce the differences in air pressure around a full 360 degrees - to effectively create a quadraphonic microphone. Figure 1 (click to enlarge) Such a truly Quadraphonic device, developed by engineer Carl Countryman and producer Brad Miller, is in external appearance… View this story
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
George Koch 07/14/11 09:31 AM, 0 CommentsThe door of Studio B at A&M in Hollywood sports a sing which reads, “CLOSED SESSION - NO ADMITTANCE PLEASE.” Inside, Carole King, looking much more like a friend that the superstar she is these days, is recording her third album. At this writing here last album, “Tapestry,” has been #1 on the charts for twenty weeks. The sign on the door is indicative of a refreshing professionalism going on in the studio. The people in there are working. Doing… View this story
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Robert Carr 04/28/11 01:50 PM, 0 CommentsWith inflation spiraling ever upwards, not many groups can afford to tour extensively, and fill the large arena so popular a few years back. Bruce Springsteen is one of those superstars who can sell out 16,000-plus seat venues for four nights in L.A.,and still turn many thousands more away. Springsteen’s music is hard to reproduce live, especially at an in-the-round venue such as the Los Angeles Sports Arena. He layers his instruments, but many overlap into the same areas. On… View this story
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