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Posted by Mike Rivers on 04/21/06 14:40
Charles Tomaras wrote:
> At the time back in 1984 - 1986 when I recorded this stuff I had the
> brilliant idea of going with a VHS HiFi deck and recording both the digital
> PCM bitstream and Hi Fi tracks on the same tape thinking I could use the hi
> fi tracks if need be without the processor.
I used to do that, sort of, with a Beta HiFi recorder, when recording a
live show that I was mixing. I'd record a stereo mix off the console
through the PCM adapter and a pair of mics out in the audience to the
HiFi channels. I always had it in mind that I'd use the mics for
ambience and use a delay if necessary to get them lined up in time.
Never did that, though, just used the PA mix.
> At the
> NPR station I was working at the time we had a great little mic collection
> with a bunch of U-87's, 414's, 421's, RE-20's and an AKG Stereo mic for
> crowd. So while the live to two track mixes may not be perfect, the
> recordings were very fine documents of those performances.
Ah, the days when NPR stations still did live production. They used a
lot of PCM gear in those days. But broadcast being broadcast, the
production was for the near term, and tape budgets usually meant
reclaiming the media. Nobody thought about archives then, besides all
those guys had records. <g>
> I suppose I could alternately just contact the artists
> and see if they have any interest in preserving them. I have no interest in
> peddling them, merely to have the record of my youthful recording endeavors.
That might be a good approach. In fact the artists may even have copies
on cassette. Or if they don't remember the show (or do) and are curious
as to how it sounded, they might be able to come up with some project
money from their labels to try to recover the recordings. Lots of stuff
like that is getting issued now that it's too expensive to make new
recordings.
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