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08/27/2025

Transferring a batch of old sea shanties today from late-1980s ADAT tapes — it’s like opening a time capsule of salt, wind, and voices long past. Some real treasures in here. What’s your favorite sea shanty?

08/24/2025

Back in 1979 — or thereabouts — I was working for FEDCO Audio, a 24-track remote recording truck with an API board. FEDCO had been hired to record two shows for Joan Armatrading’s live album Steppin’ Out, which came out the following year. The first show was in Hamilton, Ontario, and the second in Toronto. Glyn Johns was producing.

There was supposed to be a third date, but FEDCO couldn’t commit to it. If I recall correctly, Glyn ended up using the RCA remote truck, which had a Neve console. I remember him asking specifically what board the RCA truck had — and when he heard it was a Neve, he let out a very loud, very British “F*!**” Apparently, he wasn’t a fan of Neve boards at the time. Maybe his tastes have changed since then.

I never actually knew which shows made it onto the final release, but for me, it was an incredible experience.

Fast-forward about twenty years: I was freelancing as a production sound mixer for film and video. One day, I found myself at Blue Jay Recording Studio in Carlisle, MA, working on a promo session for Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, with none other than Tom Dowd producing. At some point, I mentioned to Tom that I’d worked with Glyn on Joan’s live album.

Tom gave me a bit of a look — I guess there had been some tension between him and Glyn when they were both involved with the Eagles album — though I never knew the full story. This was around 1999 or 2000, when the internet was still in its early days, so information wasn’t as easy to come by.

Anyway, Tom told me that Glyn had passed away a few years earlier. Turns out, that wasn’t true — good to know he’s still around and working.

In this episode I finally have a a chance to sit down with legendary engineer and producer Glyn Johns. Johns had a heavy hand in some of rock's most classic ...

08/19/2025

Quality matters to us. Creative Audio Works offers superior audio tape transfer services of analog reel-to-reel, cassette tape, and digital tape using state-of-the-art equipment. Our machines go under thorough and frequent quality checks to ensure we are consistently delivering our customers, the highest quality tape transfers – without exception.

The Sony PCM-F1 was introduced around 1982. The PCM-F1 recorder was a portable system that could run on a 12-volt battery. In addition to the PCM-F1, the PCM-501, PCM-601ES, and PCM-701 AC-operated processors from Sony and the PCM-100 from Nakamichi. The PCM-601ES had a SPDIF output on an RCA jack. The digital data could be recorded on a VHS, Betamax, or ¾” video recorder.

Audio files are recorded the original resolution they were recorded at. It is not necessary to record at a higher sampling resolution there is nothing gained.

This recording is the group Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, a live performance at the North Shore Music Theatre on September 18,1987 recorded on a Sony PCM 501 modified with Apogee ADDA converters.

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Sony PCM F1, 501, 601, 710, and Nakamichi DMP-100 Transfer ServiceThis recording is the group Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, a live performance at the North Shor...

08/08/2025

Quality matters to us. Creative Audio Works offers superior audio tape transfer services of analog reel-to-reel, cassette tape, and digital tape using state-of-the-art equipment. Our machines go under thorough and frequent quality checks to ensure we are consistently delivering our customers, the highest quality tape transfers – without exception.

We support Fostex ¼” inch, 15ips 8 track reel-to-reel recordings made on R8, and M80 decks, and Tascam 388 reel-to-reel running at 7.5ips. DBX and Dolby C are supported.

Our highly modified Fostex M80 is equipped to run at 7.5ips and 15ips. Audio files are recorded at 96khz/24bit resolution unless otherwise requested.

Originally recorded in the 1980s, this recording was transferred from 1/4" Fostex in the summer of 2020.

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Quality matters to us. Creative Audio Works offers superior audio tape transfer services of analog reel-to-reel, cassette tape, and digital tape using state-...

07/08/2025

Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels | The Midnight Special
October 12, 1973

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07/06/2025

The future of audio archiving.

This article was originally published by Paul Scherrer Institute and in AAA Magazine. Copper has an exchange program with selected magazines, where we share articles, including this one, between publications. Following is an article about digitizing audio tapes...using x-rays. Researchers at the Pau...

07/04/2025

My former life.

Also available, Mr. Fishpole, Mr. Lavalier, Mr. Floor Model, and Mr. Dish Mic.Follow the Second City on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/...

06/18/2025

Pink Floyd pioneered live surround sound as long ago as the early ’70s. Chris Hewitt has tracked down the groundbreaking PA systems they used at Pompeii and on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour, and rebuilt the custom quad console operated by Alan Parsons.

Pink Floyd pioneered live surround sound as long ago as the early ’70s. Chris Hewitt has tracked down the groundbreaking PA systems they used at Pompeii and ...

06/09/2025

We lost one of the greatest today.

The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.

01/28/2025

Marshall is moving.

Marshall Group has officially sold a majority interest to HongShan Capital Group (HSG) at an almost $1.2 billion valuation.

01/22/2025

It's Cold Outside!

Provided to YouTube by StarVista MusicCold Outside · Lowen & NavarroCarry On Together℗ 2006 AIX RecordsBass: Brett SimonsDrums: Dan MarfisiGuitar, Vocals: Da...

01/12/2025

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