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A Seven-Foot-Long Microphone

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

13 years ago

What is an audio engineer? c. 1961

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

13 years ago

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

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

13 years ago

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

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

13 years ago

Audio Manipulation Technologies c. 1956: Radio SFX

From Radio And Television News, 2/56: a short article concerning the creation of sound effects for use in radio commercials,…

13 years ago

The Tascam Series 40 tape machines of the 1980s

Download the complete twelve-page Tascam Series 40 catalog, c. 1984: DOWNLOAD: Tascam40series1984 Products covered, with extensive text, specs, and photos,…

13 years ago

The Williamson Amp, part one

The original Williamson hi-fi amplifier schematic as published in "Wireless World" magazine (UK) May 1947.   The Williamson amplifier is…

13 years ago

Christmas 2011

Despite the hectic nature of the holiday-season, I am inevitably able to produce one piece each year as a gift…

13 years ago

Sound Practices Zine Archive Available on CDR

I was checking out this bro's blog (or bros' blog? lots of chick pics) recently and I came across an…

13 years ago

The BRDCSTR

Above: The BRDCSTR, a two-stage vacuum-tube microphone preamp inspired by classic 1940s broadcast audio preamps.  Single-ended design with a 6SJ7…

13 years ago