Μία συνοπτική ματιά των μαγνητοφώνων αναλογικής ταινίας του παρελθόντος  

Great documentary about sampling made by an Aussie T.V station back in 1988 before the laws we’re changed to regulate the practice.

Vinyl Rip using Shure White Label cartridge, Vestax PMC05II dj mixer, Yamaha 03D digital console, RME Hammerfall soundcard, Wavelab. Video shot with Canon 5D markII, 1080p 24fps, edited on Avid Media Composer 5, uploaded 720p 24fps.

Two videos I found about bad sound and good music.

The year is 1982. The song is “Billie Jean”. The sonic image of Michael Jacksons’ “Billie Jean” is a perfect example of what happened, when I sat around dreaming awhile, about combining different recording techniques to produce a unique musical canvas with a tremendous ‘sonic personality’. Of course I was comfortably ensconsed in Westlake Audio’s [...]

Take a brief tour of United Record Pressing plant in Nashville, Tennessee where (former) company President, Cris Ashworth, explains how “music gets put onto a round piece of plastic.”

Tweet Το νέο drum machine από τον Dave Smith σε συνεργασία με τον Roger Linn. Αρχικά θα κατασκευαζόταν από την Roger Linn Design, θα λεγόταν BoomChick και θα ήταν sampler, sequencer και analog drum synthesizer. Δηλαδή ένα MPC με προσθήκη αναλογικών drums. Λίγο αργότερα ονομάστηκε σε LinnDrum II. Το LinnDrum II έμεινε στον σχεδιασμό του και [...]

RIP… Jobs setups up computer and turns it on to show the ease of setup, demostrate the speed, and “insanely great” display. Specs: – $2,495 – Introduces the 32-bit 68000 CPU – Memory: 192k – ROM 64k – RAM: 128k – Introduces the 3.5″ (400k) floppy disc as the “disc of teh 80s” – RS232, [...]

UBK runs a lot of sounds thru the UBK Fatso, and yammers on at length about the many desirable qualities that he feels ought to motivate any self-respecting engineer to buy one… or get their classic Fatso modded!