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Thursday, April 05, 2012
John Gibson 04/05/12 03:41 PM,jg - The first question is about your use of baffles. B.H.- My use of baffles? I don’t use them. Using directional characteristics of the microphones, you can get just as good separation as you can using baffles. You have to remember that sound travels… the example that is most often used is that if you drop a pebble in still water, it makes concentric circles spreading out, and that’s what happens to sound. If you put a baffle up,… 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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