Amazing early guide to recording in the field – which basically consisted of cutting the recordings onto wax media.
Archive for the 'Recording' Category
BBC news claims to have a recording of the oldest computer music, from a Ferranti Mark I. Can that be true?
01
Apr
08
FET Preamp Cable
Someone’s made a phantom-powered DI box and put it inside of a Neutrik 1/4″ connector.
The 10-second recording of a singer crooning the folk song “Au Clair de la Lune” was discovered earlier this month in an archive in Paris by a group of American audio historians. It was made, the researchers say, on April 9, 1860, on a phonautograph, a machine designed to record sounds visually, not to play them back.
Steven W. Smith’s The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing is available as a free download. Pretty dry stuff but could be useful if you are cooking stuff up in Max/MSP or whatnot.
26
Sep
07
Cayocosta’s DIY Pro Audio site
Welcome to Cayocosta’s DIY Pro Audio site. Here you can find schematics, wiring layouts, parts lists, chassis templates, photos and mp3 samples related to building your own classic recording studio equipment including the Pultec EQP-1a program equalizer, Teletronix La-2a compressor, MC76 (UREI 1176) limiter Kit, Fender Tweed Deluxe 5E3 amplifier and more. All DIY gear was built over the last three years and is currently in use in my home studio.
18
Sep
07
SC-1 Mic preamp kit
This preamp kit looks to be a good deal – supposedly very transparent. For $99, you almost can’t lose…
10
Sep
07
The basics of digital audio
An introductory guide from Thomas Hammer.
10
Sep
07
Rane’s Pro Audio Reference guide
Kind of a simple encyclopedia… not the final word, but a good start.
10
Sep
07
Audio FAQ from Bob Katz
This FAQ from Digido.com covers a wide range of topics but emphasizes high-quality sound processing and reproduction.
