Something to Talk About

The goal is to sketch out key moments when recording craft contributed notably to the final sound. Each entry could fit on a postcard – short and sweet and to the point. We needn’t obsess with exactly how they did it; we just want some ideas for how we might do something similar at our studio. Explore your own variations, inspired by these recordings.
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Real rooms and most artifial reverb programs decay gradually to silence. The kick reverb used here ‘un-decays,’ getting louder before abruptly cutting off. The AMS RMX-16 was used in this track. It inspired many others to offer a similar preset.
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Older Entries »First Use of Analog Tape in Professional Audio
Before tape was part of the consumer’s hi-fi system, and before tape was in the music recording studio, two German-made tape machines were put to use preparing Bing’s show for broadcast. Pick-up your Oct 1, 1947 issue of Variety and you’ll read, “Tests were made for Crosby by the Palmer Co. of San
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Real rooms and most artifial reverb programs decay gradually to silence. The kick reverb used here ‘un-decays,’ getting louder before abruptly cutting off. The AMS RMX-16 was used in this track. It inspired many others to offer a similar preset.
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Don't Do Me Like That
The Eventide H910 used on this Tom Petty track was the first digital pitch shifter made commercially available (1974). It made it’s first appearance in a record on David Bowie Low. Have a listen to the snare in Sound and Vision, and you’re hearing history.
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What’s in a name like the H910? Tony Agnello, the inventor of the Eventide H910 Harmonizer, shares his inspiration for naming the device. “I was and am a Beatles fan and a fan of John Lennon in particular. I was 15 years old and attending Brooklyn Technical High School when Revolver was
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Older Entries »Kiss
Real rooms and most artifial reverb programs decay gradually to silence. The kick reverb used here ‘un-decays,’ getting louder before abruptly cutting off. The AMS RMX-16 was used in this track. It inspired many others to offer a similar preset.
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First Use of Analog Tape in Professional Audio
Before tape was part of the consumer’s hi-fi system, and before tape was in the music recording studio, two German-made tape machines were put to use preparing Bing’s show for broadcast. ...
Older Entries »First Digital Pitch Shifter
What’s in a name like the H910? Tony Agnello, the inventor of the Eventide H910 Harmonizer, shares his inspiration for naming the device. “I was and am a Beatles fan...
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