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Multi-use vacuum-tube audio mixer circa 1960

Download a three-page article from Electronics World "Hi Fi Annual & Audio Handbook 1960" which details the construction of a…

13 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machine from Film Sound Studio circa 1955

Trolling eBay today in the wake of 'tropical storm' irene...   came across this very serious-looking gentleman at-work with a pretty…

13 years ago

Not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer.

There's a chance that Gold Coast Recorders will soon have a Crumar DS-2 in our synth collection/pile;  researching this Italo-Moog…

13 years ago

Out-of-Print-Book-Report: “The Guitars Friend” 1977

Download a thirteen-page excerpt from "The Guitars Friend" (no author credited), Quick Fox publishers, ISBN# 0-8256-3072-X: DOWNLOAD: GuitarsFriend_Elec   Billed…

13 years ago

Takin’ em to Church (with Altec)

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

13 years ago

Altec 438A – Modified for modern music production use

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

13 years ago

ARP Synthesizers Full-Line Catalog 1977

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

13 years ago

Every House Has A Mic

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

13 years ago

In The Studio

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

13 years ago

Leslie Rotating-Speaker Interface Unit – UPDATED

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

13 years ago