Takin’ em to Church (with Altec)

14 years ago

Download the eight-page 1966 brochure "Altec Sound Systems for Houses of Worship": DOWNLOAD: Altec_Worship_1966 The text above is taken from…

Altec 438A – Modified for modern music production use

14 years ago

As we discussed in previous posts, the Altec 438A is an audio compressor designed in the late 1950s primarily for…

ARP Synthesizers Full-Line Catalog 1977

14 years ago

Download the twenty-page c.1977 ARP Instruments, Inc. catalog: DOWNLOAD: ARP_1977_Catalog Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: ARP Avatar…

Every House Has A Mic

14 years ago

Any old house, on any street; any house where a family lived, where life happened; deep in the basement, perhaps;…

In The Studio

14 years ago

Another day of live tracking at Gold Coast Recorders.  Vocal chain working great:  Neumann U47 fet into Neve console pre…

Leslie Rotating-Speaker Interface Unit – UPDATED

14 years ago

The Leslie Model 51 is a single-speed, large Leslie unit with 2 amps, a 15" woofer, a rotating horn, and…

In The Studio

14 years ago

Preservation Sound dot com will be less active this week because I have 7 days of back-to-back sessions booked at…

‘We Shape Our Tools, And Thereafter Our Tools Shape Us’: MM

14 years ago

(Image Source) As I wrote on day 1, the goal of this website is to investigate "the potential (of sound-altering…

Carvin Co. electric guitars of 1978

14 years ago

Continuing our series on Carvin Musical Instruments of the 1970s:  the complete Carvin electric guitar line-up of 1978.  Download a…

The American R331 Ribbon Microphone of 1950

14 years ago

A corollary to the theory that "an infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters will eventually…