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my favorite reverb is a biamp MR-140. late '70s/early '80s, USA-made. spring, but has some kind of limiter in it, so it doesn't sound too "boing"-y, kind of plate-like. it also has full EQ control and a "drive" as well. they don't come up TOO often, but they go for real cheap when they do because no...

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Steve is a stand up guy, and this is exactly what he does.

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Hello iamthe.... No I didn't plot the 7.5 ips curves, as I would never use this in a real recording situation. Even Frank and Elvis worked on 15 ips. The only time I've ever used 7.5 ips was for jingle dubs to AM radio stations 1976 - 1980. Hello kinger Yes I know about this website. I just put up ...

the 545 i have (mid-'70s?) has more depth than the 57s i've used, maybe less "spikey"? the beach boys used 545s for some of their vocals in the '60s (no, not the special "hand-selected" 546, just a regular 545!). it even appears on the back of PET SOUNDS (lower left corner, in front of Dennis Wilson...

especially if you are working in analog. I'd say especially when you're working in digital and you don't have tape to pull things together. WELL, in a creative sense, sure, fine, whatever (it's all creativity, neither is more neccessary than the other); from a technical standpoint, there are a few ...

ah yeh, gregg is right on ... don't let anyone tell you that you can't do all kinds of cool stuff on that thing. it might sound great, or it might sound like shit, but it could be the exact shit that you're looking for.

yeh, it's hard to tell, hopefully it takes 7" reels and runs 7.5 ips, lots more flexibility. i also found a few different "concord 220" photos, some look much larger than others. send us some pictures of yours.

without being familiar with that specific machine, most home-type units from the '60s used a low-output tape, such as Scotch 111. your machine was likely designed around that tape and quite possibly has no ability to bias properly to other tapes. so, if i wanted to use that machine, i would go on eB...

if you are compressing the mix buss for creative effect, and you like the way it sounds, then by all means, do it ! i can think of countless reasons why this makes sense, especially if you are working in analog. as mentioned above, you might mix differently depending on how everything sounds togethe...

here is the problem with your method: you idealized a certain approach and "planned" to take that approach, but you did not actually take that approach at the time you made these creative decisions. if i understand your situation correctly, during your recording process, you thought that you would b...

good luck on the hunt, BUT ... easier to find and cheaper than 456 is 406, also quicker to saturate. this is a +3 tape. the lower the output, the quicker it will saturate. but you might want to find out what operating level your deck is set at. most people set +9 for atr (i think?) and use the extra...

i have access to a reel of AMPEX 467 while i try to track down some atr master tape. will this be comparable at all? no, that is not suitable for anything except some kind of digital nagra recorder. you might want to keep in mind that ATR is something like a +12 tape, which basically means you have...

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i don't recall it being mentioned in this article, but i think he used a 1" studer in the recent past.

a lot of people are after the "old" sound because they resonate with the immediacy, emotion and spontanious nature of recordings made in the classic era, when musicians, engineers and producers were flying by the seat of their pants with no blueprint for what things were "supposed" to sound like. so...