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Hey there, I know what it's like to be totally excited about your first tape machine.... only to find out.... d'oh! it doesn't work. Been there, done that. Too many times! In the end, my advice for anyone wanting to own a tape machine: you will absolutely definitely need a tech to look at it when yo...

Welcome to the murky world of buying tubes on the net.... beware of shady vendors selling rubbish!

Good luck in your search

Nick

One Flight Up Recording Studios

Hi, I don't have a lot of experience with these, but my studio partner just bought a refurbed AKAI 4 track cassette / mixer w/ XLRs. I was blown away by how remarkably good it is! I'm kinda jealous - I want one for home demos! But the emphasis here is on the fact that this one was refurbished...... ...

Hi and thanks for the comment.

The story didn't end there..... because Valley people are back! (see "Valley Rising" box further down the page).

Nick

Hi everyone,

Here's part 2 of my recent article on the History of Allison Research and Valley People.

A History of Valley People

There's plenty of pics, pdfs to download and a little video too

Enjoy,

Nick

One Flight Up | Recording Studios Sydney

Thanks everyone!
It's always nice to get good feedback

Nick
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Hi all, I've written a new article about one of my favourite studio gear makers from the 1970's: Allison Research . The company was started by Paul Buff, who had worked with Frank Zappa in the 1960's at Pal Recording in California. Paul designed the Kepex expander/gate and the Gain Brain limiter. I'...