Here is a site with great pictures of CBS studios with Altec A-7 , 9844, 604 with 612 cabs.
Here is the quad recording room with 9844.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc.../2010/10/7.jpg
Photos From Some Vintage Sessions...
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Here is a site with great pictures of CBS studios with Altec A-7 , 9844, 604 with 612 cabs.
Here is the quad recording room with 9844.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc.../2010/10/7.jpg
Photos From Some Vintage Sessions...
Nice assortment of vintage gear/Altecs--love the photo of Paul McCartney during the recording of the "Ram" album (great album!).......
Cool photos! Here is the same console from the other side.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2010/10/32.jpg
Was it custom made? I remember running a Gates console that had those same big, black knobs. Hard to miss.
They look big enough to me to be 9845........Regardless, I remember the four wall mounted A7-500s from one of Frank Sinatra's albums. At the time, I thought they were customs since I'd seen no literature for a 500 Hz A7, so when I finally got to clone some 825 cabs, it was this 511 horn-in-vent configuration I initially chose since I didn't/don't like the look of an exposed sectoral horn (at least without a baffle board), though after some experimentation I switched them over for its better overall performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by LICORNE
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You'r right. They are 9845 . I took the reference from Reeves current web site which say's 9844 for 2010.Quote:
Originally Posted by GM
The CBS studios also had 4 A-7 in the grand studio andthe mixer was custom made by CBS.
Yes the 511 inside the 825 look better in an open setting.
The CBS studios and Columbia where the same then purchased by Sony. The sony studios in New York are in a big building almost 30 storey high.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2010/10/33.jpg
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Mastering Lab Current photo of Doug Dax with his tube console and original Altec Lansing monitors.
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http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc.../2011/01/2.jpg
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Theres another control room with Altec Big Red and one with 5.1 ATC.
As an audio recording engineer with a passion for vintage recording equipment and classic Altec products, these pictures really capture my imagination. That link has just found its way into my bookmarks. Thanks for sharing.
Here is a current photo of probably 6 ALTEC A4 at OCEANWAY RECORDING studio B : Click studio B wait for second photo to appear.
OCEAN WAY RECORDING
I saw this web on Altec 620 brand new cabinet made here with new 604 and old XO. This is for a local studio and not CBS.
I'l try to find out who makes those cabinets with grill.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc.../2012/07/5.jpg
Thanks for sharing gentlemen!!!
If you're referring to the cabs in the upper portion of the photo, they look like 846A's (Valencia's), but the bases say (not literally) A7-500W's, with less than ideal photo depth perception. Note Altec logo's on bottom right of each.Quote:
Originally Posted by LICORNE
My eyes say A7,,,too tall for width to be Valencia...
Could they be Magnificent's ? The grill's are curved like these.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2012/07/13.jpg
Yup that's what the A7-500W is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADYv...yer_detailpage
http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/vint.../A7-500W-1.pdf
Recording dtudios started in early 1920's with the advent of sound on film. The scoring stage an adaptation of a movie sound stage were the first to actually put down the standars of what orchestral recording should sound like.
Here is a video of Eastwood scoring stage performing . The quality would be even greater if it were not for digital compressing not to be confused with dynamic range compression.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDpjaAsK5cU&feature=player_detailpage
Thanks for posting that link! That is fantastic to see!! :)
LOL! Boom-boom! Boom-boom! Bass drum players are getting a lot of work these days.
Every movie trailer these days is nothing but Bang, boom! Boom, bang! More bass drum! Slam!
Too bad they never even show the percussion section in the video.
In this sequence at 1 minute 4 seconds you will see the drummer in a drum booth ,tympanies are on a ochestra riser with protective glass , electric guitar player behind acoustic panel. This is how we record music.Quote:
Originally Posted by Panomaniac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imFLK28huG0&feature=player_detailpage
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How about Europe They must have scoring stages. One of the most famous besides Abbey road and Air studios is TELDEX STUDIOS in Berlin .
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2012/11/17.jpg
Mixer SSL 9000.
Mic list
Neumann M49, M50, U47, U48, U47fet, U67, U87, U89, M149, TLM50, TLM170, SM2, SM69, KM54, KM56, KM83, KM84, KM130, KM140, KM143, GFM132
Sennheiser MKH20, MKH40, MKH60, MD441, MD431II, MD214N
Schoeps CMC5/MK2, CMC5/Mk2s, CMC5/Mk3, CMC5/MK4, CMC5/MK21, CMTS501
Bruel&Kjaer 4006
AKG C414, C422, D202, D112
Coles 4038
Shure SM57
Electrovoice RE20
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2012/11/18.jpg
They din't post the number of each mic . It must be impressive.
Main Monitors PMC BB5
http://www.pmc-speakers.com/products...ssional/active
90 % of scoring is done live with little post production.
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Here are some other mentions of Altec in studios, including modern studios with Model 19's for playback monitors.
Howard Albert's 9844s
Tore Johansson's Tambourine Studios Model 19 monitors
Tore Johansson's Gula Studio Model 19 monitors
Really Nice. A dual woofer setup has always been my first choice.
Interesting read all the way.
This paragraph from the text really got my attention.
"Considerable care was taken to build an enclosure for the horn assembly
and properly isolate the TAD driver from the horn bell and align the
opening perfectly at the horn/driver intersect."
Has anyone here isolated their driver from the horn?
I could suspect the reasoning............
Here is a photo of MCI studio which was also a manufacturing co.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2013/02/11.jpg
THe mixer and the tape machine were MCI.
Yes, Art, kinda odd the way he worded it. I suspect he is thinking of the driver/horn combo having a resonant frequency...I would likely have approached the problem with mass, he does not detail what he did.
Video of Steve Hacket sitting in front of Altec Urei monitor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiCrhTw4L24&feature=player_detailpage