kind of blue the session tapes
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Great historical document, thanks for posting.
Totally gonna pick this one up, ships from GB, not a bad price for 180g vinyl.
pucho812
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One of the first engineers I ever worked with told me when he started the studio he was working for at the time was a 3track studio. When he asked the owner about getting a 4 track he was told if you can’t record it in 3, it can’t be done.
Ricardus
WILL SOLDER FOR FOOD
Lots of Sinatra was recorded 3-track.
Orchestra L & R, and Frank.
Orchestra L & R, and Frank.
ruffrecords
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Apparently 3 track was originally created for the movie business. One track dialogue, one track music and one track effects.
Cheers
Ian
Cheers
Ian
Those high end 50's recordings by Sinatra and other jazz/blues greats I'm not sure were ever bettered to my ears .
Its big chunky transformer cores ,ribbon mics ,and a good dose of tape saturation which adds a nice punch on the peaks.
Davis's honks and hoots have an elephantine quality sometimes , brass and orchestra hits back then seemed to have so much more bite and attack .
I found Davis's 'On the corner' extended sessions on flac, its one of my bench marks for drums and percussion .
Its big chunky transformer cores ,ribbon mics ,and a good dose of tape saturation which adds a nice punch on the peaks.
Davis's honks and hoots have an elephantine quality sometimes , brass and orchestra hits back then seemed to have so much more bite and attack .
I found Davis's 'On the corner' extended sessions on flac, its one of my bench marks for drums and percussion .
I posted a while back about the Roberts 770 tube tape recorder I picked up for $40.00 a few months ago...I actually bought another tape machine that was needing repair because it came with a box of reel to reel tapes...old stuff...one tape of nothing but sound effects...Ringling Barnum Bailey reel included...several Ray Charles tapes...about 15 reels (with recorder another $40.00)...
There is just something about those tubes and transformers and the tape...granted the speakers are sub-par...it does have phono line outs...once I get rid of the hum...but even with a little hum its on another plane of pleasant...
I have state of the art A/D converters from Apogee to Prism, but between the vinyl and the tape its a different world.
There is just something about those tubes and transformers and the tape...granted the speakers are sub-par...it does have phono line outs...once I get rid of the hum...but even with a little hum its on another plane of pleasant...
I have state of the art A/D converters from Apogee to Prism, but between the vinyl and the tape its a different world.
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