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DIY Tube Broadcast Console c. 1964

From BROADCAST ENGINEERING Mag, circa 1964, plans by one Robert Tiffany on the design and construction of a low-cost 'standby'…

11 years ago

These Dudes Get It

I know there's not too much value in my 're-tweeting' (it's safe to use that verb as a generic descriptor…

11 years ago

Symphonic Recording Primer c. 1964

Download a five-page article from Broadcast Engineering mag regarding "Live Music Pickup" for broadcast.  This article seems to be primarily…

11 years ago

UPDATED: Compressor Roundup c. 1963

Today on PS dot come: a short but v v informative piece from BROADCAST ENGINEERING , July 1963, which gives…

11 years ago

Suicide Manual

In NYC in the mid-seventies, an electronic-based band arose amongst all the guitar punks, a band that was known as…

11 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machines of the Early 1960s

There is a lot of Magnecord material on PS dot com...  I didn't plan it, it just kinda happened.  Which…

11 years ago

Early Solid-State Gates Audio Mixers

Above: GATES Attache 70, Dynamote 70, Courier 70, and Unimote 70 solid-state remote amplifiers circa 1965.  I somehow ended up…

11 years ago

Not Urei

Above: circa 1963 announcements for the Bauer model 920 "Peak Master" (appears to be a UREI model 175) and the…

11 years ago

EMI Redd 47 Mic Preamp build

So I was flipping through Recording The Beatles recently and I was reminded that I had yet to make one…

11 years ago

RCA microphones circa 1963 – 1965

Above: RCA 77, BK1, BK5, and a slew of others, all referred to by their 'alternate' MA-designations: the MA-2311, 2313,…

11 years ago