Wesley harpsichord record
Historical Harpsichord Recording Collection Available
Harpsichord expert Wesley Kuhnle left behind a legacy of teachings and recordings of authentic 18th century harpsichords.
He built instruments with the original tunings of the day and proved this is the correct way to re create that period’s music.
Here is a quote:
"I am trying to do as much as I can to reconstruct the performance of pre-19th century music in a stylistically correct manner, on stylistically correct instruments tuned in the manner of its own time."
–Wesley Kuhnle
His son, Paul Kuhnle, assembled some of those recordings made in 1961 into CDs and created a website to distribute them.
The website is not active now and we don’t know if any cds were distributed from it.
The master tapes of those recordings have been preserved along with additional tapes of live music concerts apparently recorded by Wesley.
And there are a large quantity of 12 and 16 inch acetate records with Wesley’s harpsichord recordings on them.
It is supposed that the records were made from the late 1940’s through the 1950’s and that the tapes date from the late 50’s onward to 1962.
These recordings are available as a package and we are looking for the right person or institution of learning to purchase them.
The 633 Salt Shaker Mic compared to the SM57
The 633 Salt Shaker Mic...I had one of these in my hands recently and I started remembering when I first used one.
It was the standard snare mic at the studio, along with EV666 for the kick and usually a Neumann U47 overhead, or perhaps a Syncron S-10.
All mixed to one track of the Scully 8 track one inch deck.
The 633 wasn't the sole source for the snare; the overhead mic got most everything and the salt shaker was a spot mic to make the snare as present as needed.
And as I said, all mixed on the spot to one track of the Scully, through a custom built Electrodyne mixer with 12 channels.
The 633 started life with Western Electric in 1937 and became Altec branded when Altec took over some of W.E.(a long story that I won't get into here…)
There's also a 632 mic that is a little smaller in depth and has a slightly different response.
See below the Western Electric promo pictures from the 30's and... the men and ladies hairstyles!
In this video I compare a 633 to the SM57.
Cheers!
Rich
Altec 1567 Mixer Demo
The Altec 1567 tube mixer: Green
The Altec 1567 tube mixer was first designed and made about 1958, according to the documents drawn by Altec engineer Ed Golka.
It appears to be the first all-in-one ready to go "portable"Altec mixer, the previous Altec mixers being very large and bulky. No doubt competing units from Bogen, Pentron, Ampex and others helped push Altec to produce these. They were probably made until the early 1970s, when the Altec 1592A transistor mixers appeared.
These are such classic preamps. I remember one of the first live shows I ever saw that was being mixed with 2 of these coupled together. That might have been Frank Zappa at Woolsey Hall.
It has a real vibe to the sound, with very rich harmonics. Push the channel level up and the master down for crunch. Use the line input for re-processing your DAW tracks. Mix up to 4 mics and EQ the result with classic Baxandall-type hi and low boost and cut EQ.
It is capable of very low noise and hum, with good tubes installed, and the capacitors have very long life.
I have seen 2 units come through with original caps and they are very quiet.
The first 4 channels are loaded with the Peerless 4722 green input transformers and input 5 is unbalanced line in. The output has the Peerless 15095 red transformer.
12AX7 and 6FQ7/6CG7 tubes are used for the gain and mixing stages. The power supply has a solid state rectifier.
There was an optional back panel with XLR connectors.
Pictures of Motown Studios with Chief engineer Russ Terrana show this mixer in the racks above the 4 very rare "Motown Equalizers".
The Black Keys use 3 of them in their studio, custom mounted.
Matt Wallace is a 1567 user too.
Check out this short video!
Also, for fans of the 4722 transformers, check out the picture of the 3 vintage I have run across https://goo.gl/vNcpes
Orban 424 Limiter Compressor Audio Demo
Orban 424 Limiter Compressor Audio Demo
Orban 424 Limiter Compressor Operating Controls
Orban 424 Limiter Compressor Operating Controls
Trident console with moving faders
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Rupert Neve Discrete Mixer
At the Namm show, here is the Rupert Neve Booth, showing his fully discrete analogue mixer, and some other rack mount gear of his. I like the shape and design of the desk and the rack space provided. I wish I had one!
