So I have a couple options to get my MX-70 up and running 100%. 1. Send all 16 cards to Chicago to be repaired by a fellow named Soren Wittrup – This guy is a well-respected tech that was recommend to me by Otari. He was the head tech at Electrical Audio which is Steve [...]
Michael Joly is at it again! He has reduced the price of his Oktava Mods to an amazing $99 USD. Wow. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to the diffrenece his mods make take a listen here. I have a pair and I plan on getting the work done ASAP. ASAP – right [...]
PAS/CAL has updated their blog again. The beds are done and now they are going to overdub. They make beautiful music, I have their files in constant rotation in my player. No studio clock watching in the 21st century. Just creating. Hopefully they will post more photos of what they are doing.
Just got this book in the mail. Wow, it explains fairly complex procedures in a way that I can understand! Something the 300 + page manual for my Otari can’t do. I’m no book-learner but this one will come in handy. It is geared towards idiots / maniacs / weirdos / luddites like myself that have [...]
The lure of more tracks has driven me to diversion. In December of ’05 I purchased a Otari MX-70 1” 16 track. A wonderful piece of technology from the 1980’s, or so I thought…. When the machine was purchased I guess I wasn’t through enough in testing / evaluation of the deck. The heads looked [...]
So around 6 months ago my wife and I decided that we had to move out of the downtown of the city we live in (Ottawa), and up into the rolling hills north of the city. We moved to a lovely, low-impact house in the super-duper, quasi-bohemian town of Wakefield, QC. We love it up [...]
So I took a look at my Oktava’s this weekend and was happy to see that the logo had a little relief to it as opposed to being silk screened. They are the real deal! Thanks to Michael Joly for his informative article and correspondance. Though I was thinking… I like the sound of the microphones [...]
As I have mentioned before in a previous post (Fake Russian Microphones, Oh My!) I have a pair of Oktava 319 large diaphram condensers. I have corresponded with Michael Joly about getting these modified. Michael does some modifications to the microphones electronics and the actual body of the microphone. He has run some test and [...]
Holy crap! Soma Studios is selling their Neotek. If you don’t know who/what that is… they are a very influential studio out of Chicago. They main engineer / producer is a fellow named John McEntire. He also happens to play drums in a band called Tortise and has produced countless albums I listen to.Infact, I [...]
It seems the guitarist has flown to join the band for their sessions. http://pascalstudio.blogspot.com/ In one of the pictures you can see an old Gibson amp mic’ed up, and they mention using a Harmony hollowbody. I can attest to the breaking up sound they mention. It is one of the most lovely guitar sounds to [...]