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Posted by Charles Tomaras on 04/21/06 15:33
"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
news:1145630431.192403.296860@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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> 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>
By the time I left my long term position as music director at that station
they were no longer doing live recordings and I saw the handwriting on the
wall as a number of the 1/4 reels I had recorded before we got the PCM gear
had allready been "reclaimed" to record NPR news feeds. I just grabbed every
tape I could, PCM or 1/4", and packed them in boxes keeping them out of the
reach of the clueless.
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>> 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.
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> 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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