Here is a great site. I have found much information about some of the microphones I use like the Electro-Voice 635 and Electro-Voice 664. The site offers great descriptions of the microphones, sound clips of the microphones, technical specs and even sales-type sheets. The creator of the site (S. O. Coutant) has put alot of effort into [...]
If you have spent anytime recently in the ‘pro-audio community’ you must be aware of Chinese microphones manufactuers….. like this and this The mics are manufactured in China and sold in the West by various different firms. The designs and quality vary from quality to crap. If my memory serves me correctly, the phenomenon may have been [...]
I still haven’t gotten my Oktava’s mod’ed as I am waiting for the repairs of my Otari MX-70 to be completed but I’m even more anxious to get the work done. Michael Joly has added a new feature to his standard 319 mod. He gets rid of the ‘boink’! I have experienced this sound and have mention [...]
So on my last recording, before my Otari MX-70 I/O cards went south, I made a great discover!! A DI, a pedal compressor and a SM-57 make my Fender P-Bass and Ampeg B-15N sing. I had mostly been miking my amp with bass specific mics or just straight DI. This time I used my Radial DI (which was recommended [...]
This web site, Recording Consoles of the 20th Century, is a spot on the old innerweeb where if you are a geek like me you could spend hours. Multi-track tape recorders galore, recording consoles of every shape and size, outboard gear from a-z, etc… It isn’t updated frequently and it isn’t as comprehensive as it could be, [...]
I came across this blog awhile back. Very cool stuff. Lots of links / post about analogue gear and it’s updated reguarily. Some of the set-ups he lists under Hard Core Gear Porn Fridays are amazing…..
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 [...]
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 [...]