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ADAT Transfers

ADAT Transfers

by Stewart Adam | Feb 18, 2021 | ADAT Transfers, Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, History

The Alesis ADAT digital multi-track tape recorder is an iconic piece of early 1990s audio recording equipment. ADATs used consumer S-VHS videotape to record up to 8 tracks of digital audio. They were modular, meaning that each machine could be synced with up to 15...
Mullard – The Blackburn Vacuum Tubes Factory

Mullard – The Blackburn Vacuum Tubes Factory

by Stewart Adam | Jan 26, 2021 | Equipment, History, Studio History, Uncategorized

This great documentary about the manufacturing of thermionic valves was made by Mullard at the Blackburn factory in Great Britain. The plant was closed in the early ’80s due to the decrease in demand for this kind of device. The story begins in 1919 with the collapse...
The Thrill is Gone, Goodbye to the dynamic gentlemen of the blues.

The Thrill is Gone, Goodbye to the dynamic gentlemen of the blues.

by Stewart Adam | May 15, 2015 | History, Location Audio Recording, Studio History, test

In 1979 I was working for Fedco Audio Labs in Providence, RI. Fedco was a 24 track audio remote truck recording live concerts for release on vinyl. The truck had a 22-foot box that was converted to a control room with 2 MCI 24 track recorders, an API console serial...
There was a time when the only portable music for your car was an AM radio.

There was a time when the only portable music for your car was an AM radio.

by Stewart Adam | Mar 8, 2013 | Equipment, History

Just because you’re driving in your car, it doesn’t mean that you can’t take your hi-fi music with you. Here’s a Chrysler innovation: a phonograph for your car. In 1956 Chrysler teamed with CBS to create the “Highway Hi-Fi”  an...
“SOLID MUSIC” Three-Dimensional Sounds Created

“SOLID MUSIC” Three-Dimensional Sounds Created

by Stewart Adam | Feb 25, 2013 | History, test

Like pictures on a screen, the best of public-address amplification and loudspeaker reproduction hitherto available has lacked reality. It is not that the instruments are defective in their reproduction of pitch and volume, but the ear is a fairly selective...
The Marconi-Stille magnetic recorder-reproducer.

The Marconi-Stille magnetic recorder-reproducer.

by Stewart Adam | Oct 18, 2012 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, Equipment, History, Studio History

On Christmas Day 1932 the British Broadcasting Corporation first used a tape recorder for their broadcasts. The device used was a Marconi-Stille recorder, a huge tape machine that used steel razor tape 3mm wide and 0.08mm thick. In order to reproduce the higher audio...
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