More outboard gear of the early 60’s

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The Pultec range of 1961: the Pultec EQP-1S program equalizer, EQH-2 program equalizer, HLF-3C high and low pass filter set,…

Schoeps microphones of the early 1960s

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Above: Schoeps mics circa 1961.  Schoeps have a deserved reputation as being the most high-fidelity of any widely-available microphones. The…

A Seven-Foot-Long Microphone

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Above: the Electrovoice 643 super-directional microphone of 1961.  The 643 was apparently developed by the same engineer who created the…

Neumann Microphones of the early 1960s

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Above: the Neumann U-67 is announced.  The U67 was the 'bridge' between the earlier U47 and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous U-87.  Like…

Audio Mixing Consoles circa 1959

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Langevin stereo console circa 1959 Today: from the "Audio Cyclopedia," Howard Tremaine, 1959: a quick visual survey of professional mixing…

What is an audio engineer? c. 1961

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From an AES journal circa 1961.  It's interesting to see how the meaning of 'audio engineer' has shifted over the…

Lang Audio of the 1960s

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Download the six-page circa 1965 Lang Specialized Audio Equipment Catalog: DOWNLOAD: Lang_Audio_Electronics_catalog Products covered, with photos and text description, include:…

Fairchild Kit Of The Early 1960s

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Above: the Fairchild 661 Auto-ten (a noise gate, apparently), 740 Lathe, 602 and 600 Conax (de-essers, apparently), 670 stereo limiter,…

Here’s those EQs and Compressors you asked for. Now go F’ yrself.

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Above: 12x3 Audiofax mixing desk circa 1961. I was reading a 1961 AES journal when I came across this piece…

The Norelco/Phillips EL 6911 Studio Echo Machine c.1961

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Good lord take a look at this thing.  The Phillips EL 6911 echo machine.  Distributed in the US by Norelco,…