When they were young: introducing a few audio classics

12 years ago

Circa 1970: The API 512, Shure SM58, Neumann FET 47, and Urei LA-3A all have got something to prove to…

February is 70’s Month At Preservation Sound Dot Com

12 years ago

Ah the 1970s: that in-between-time which spanned the earthy-idealism and radical upheavals of the 1960s with the slick techno-consumerist-complacency of…

The Black Box

12 years ago

Let's just say hypothetically that you had to write+ record a tremendous amount of guitar-based music very quickly.  And even…

1970: The Sound Of Money

12 years ago

listen to the sound that money-making jingle Ampex tape machines Feel free to submit your own Haikus on this theme. …

UPDATED: The Audio Technica 813 Condensor Microphone c. 1977

12 years ago

(update at close of article) I was flipping thru a pile of old DB magazines and the above image caught…

1969: An American Visits Soviet Recording Studios

12 years ago

From DB magazine, Nov 1969: John Woram visits a few Russian recording studios, Moogs in tow. DOWNLOAD: db_Mag-6911-To_Russia_with_Worham Thanks to…

Live DJ Set Tonight Wednesday 1.16.13 @FIREHOUSE 12, New Haven CT

12 years ago

Tonight: I will again be joining JBW aka Sway behind the decks at Firehouse 12 in New Haven Connecticut.  We'll…

Pioneer SR101 ‘Reverbe’ Unit

12 years ago

I picked up the above-depicted Pioneer SR-101 all-tube Stereo Reverb unit for a few dollars at the final flea of…

Time to display that Microphone Collection

12 years ago

Just in case you're not quite ready to sell yr extensive microphone collection, Arthur Trauffer offers a novel way of…

King-Vibe Amplifier

12 years ago

As I mentioned on my Tumblr last year, I used the idle time during our annual Open Studios event to…