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I once had a bunch of 1/2" tapes that had 8 tracks of music recorded in the '80s on an Otari. It had a very similar sound quality to this. Not crazy about that bass drum. It has all the dynamic range and charm of a programmed drum.

Rob.... sounds like you're hearing that fizzy sound I'm talking about... It comes on with the note, and decays with the note. Improper bias crossed my mind, but I believe this album was done at Western sound or or the Sound Factory which would lead one to believe they set up their machines...

I hear the hiss (either from the amp, electronics, or tape hiss, or combination thereof) but the sound I'm thinking about is a sort of "white noise" sounding out every time the guy strikes a note on the bass guitar. I thought it was an upright bass at first, but I think it's an electric bass...

I was checking out some recordings of the '60s and this Scott McKenzie song came up. In the first 10 seconds of the song there's a lone bass guitar in the right channel. Every time the player hits a note, a weird, fizzy noise on top accompanies it. Like a kind of distortion. The recording is...

Well you got a lot further than I did. Perhaps you guys can clarify this issue for me... I've always thought of transistors as heavily manipulated devices because the doping of a crystal with different materials is directly responsible for the conductive properties of the electrons in a transistor

Thank you for the information. When you really look at the inner workings of transistors you get an appreciation for how amazing they are. It's incredible to think people were smart enough back in the '40s/'50s to manipulate germanium and silicon atoms to create that band gap. I can only imagine...

I suppose now is the part where I should ask why these silicon transistors are encased in a metal can as opposed to their standard form we usually see? Hi there. I have a 1969 Sekova FA-II fuzz pedal that has two germanium transistors in it. It does sound really nice, and I have a deep respect...

Thanks a lot for the info. You win a gift certificate to Carson's Ribs lol I really can't believe I've never known about a metal can Si transistor. Wow.

Hello, and thank you for reading. I got curious the other day and unscrewed the top of an electret condenser microphone I have and found what looks to be a germanium transistor. I was confused and surprised. This microphone is from the early 1970s, I'm thinking 1970 to 1973 based on research...

You got a half inch machine now?

Hello! I've been fooling around with these Shure mixers for years. I've got 4 of them and they all work. I don't use them for their PA system function, but I use em for recording. I use the "To Tape Recorder" line out to feed into the tape machine, but I'm not satisfied with the signal. The...

It's quite funny to think that this organ was probably more expensive than a 200 in the '60s, and now you can hardly give them away. I've always thought the 200A was an awesome little design. Wonderful, gutsy little sound. When I play my friend's Wurly I can't even describe how it makes me feel...

James, thank you. I actually asked my friend if he had a DI....I left mine at home. That might be the next move. I never thought of running it out of the headphone out. I just assumed that would blow the wah up. I'm definitely sensitive to the EP sound...though I admit there are times when I...

Well I tried it today, and it sounded awful. It was a 200A....(as opposed to a regular 200) Lots of hum, grounding hum noise....just a mess. Looks like if I want to record this instrument I will have to put a mic on the onboard speaker because they sound fine. It sounded awesome with this...

Thanks for the help. I hadn't realized there was an aux out on the Wurlitzer. I've played the piano in question, and it's magical....it feels and sounds like it was made yesterday. I can't wait to record this thing! I'm not sure where the outputs are. I only used it with those onboard speakers...

My friend has a wurlitzer 200 piano. It was gone through by vintage vibe so I understand it's a dime. But my question is how do I run it through a wah wah pedal. I've always wondered how Richard Wright achieved that effect on the Dark Side of the Moon. Isn't the output of a wurlitzer too hot for...

Yeah it definitely sucks. I'm envious of anyone with a good mic complement, but I'm flat broke (now and in the foreseeable future) so that's pretty much the end of that.

I bought a sealed reel of 1/2" 203 from the early '70s back in 2006....it was beautiful, a wonder to behold, but the tape was full of drop-outs, NOS! Recorded a few songs on it. on the few 3 minutes patches that were useable. I think I've still kept the metal reel though.

The three mics would be 2 EV PL77 (overhead, snare) and a Shure 565SD on the bass drum. They're all pretty old, mid 1970s. The 12 tracks is just 3 a3340s synced together by backwinding the supply reel with three tapes and feeding them to three different machines

I tried the Glyn Johns setup a couple of times, and the problem I had was that I wasn't getting very much snare! The snare was always drowned out by the toms. Raymond, yes I'm sure you're right, it's just a provisional recording mix with more overdubs to add. Sometimes the hammond is in the...