The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Brian and Kevin Ryan will be be back in the room in the studio at Abbey Road in London this August. A few spots are left for those crossing the zebra walk. Hopefully their book Recording the Beatles will be back in print sooner than later. https://www.seetickets.com/tour/abbey-road-lectures?aff=id1u...

On facebook LIVE answering your questions from Masterdisk in NY.



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Deadline is June 16 for your free pass to the AES convention in NYC October 2017

http://www.aes.org/events/143/registration/?utm_source=AES+Tech+News&utm_campaign=c0f636e5d5-SN_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_1_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_354a12bf10-c0f636e5d5-

You could get paid to save discs, cyllinders, tin foils, dictabelts ! Good luck. AUDIO PRESERVATION ENGINEER, Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA, USA) The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is expanding its digital audio preservation service for libraries, archives, and ...

Here is the link to the auction: https://hgpauction.hibid.com/catalog/71802/ampex The original AMPEX headquarters located at 500 Broadway Redwood City California 94063 is having an auction. If you continue to use and repair analog gear, there is some test equipment that you can obtain. The viewing i...

06.17.2015 From Pro Sound News Acoustic Sounds’ CEO Chad Kassem in The Mastering Lab Salina, KS (June 17, 2015)—Acoustic Sounds’ CEO Chad Kassem has purchased The Mastering Lab (TML) from the estate of mastering engineer Doug Sax. The move comes three months after his buying 13 vintage record presse...

World reknowned disc mastering engineer, Doug Sax has passed away aged 79.

http://www.analogplanet.com/content/legendary-mastering-engineer-doug-sax-has-passed-away

The Les Paul auction will have gear on exhibit for FREE and you can view the catalog online to see all the items. You can watch the auction live online and the Catalog is expensive $100. but a great resource book for anyone who loves the real analog genius and his work. More than just guitars. All o...

Check their website for info on their next convention in LA May 11-14.

Association for Recorded Sound Collections

Authors may exhibit books, companies can sponsor or have a table, interested individuals may attend.

http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/

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AES had a Wax Cylinder Recording Session in Boston. Follow the link below. They don't give too much technical info about the cutter or blanks used. They claim there were a few young people in attendance, not all trolls !

http://prosoundnews.com/article/26710

Mike Spitz of Ampex now manufacturing tape in PA at ATR Magnetics after many years of research, setting up, testing, and making tape for us all.
He can also fix any part of your Ampex machines. See him at AES in NY this October. He had a 2" machine on the floor last year.

http://www.atrtape.com

AES Historical Committee just came up with this list of all pressing plants in the known universe released by Tom Fine: Here is the finalized list of vinyl pressing plants I could confirm. There is allegedly an old Russian plant about to restart, but I could get no first-hand confirmation. Also, I w...

Al Grundy is great. He was president of AES and founder of The Institute for Audio Research in NYC where students were required to cut a side on the lathe up until the 1980's. He is the lathe man.
And Chris Muth was at Sterling and also very helpful.

Audio Engineering Societyconvention comes to Moscone in San Francisco October 2-5, 2008. You can check the entire program at www.aes.org Mastering engineer Paul Stubblebine will have a technical tour of his studio and a Platinum mastering panel will be hosted by Bob Ludwig. And this best workshop of...

I was pleased to attend the July dinner/meeting of the Hollywood Sapphire Group in Burbank. I was the guest of Don King and was able to meet many oldtimers with great stories about lathes. There is a "tube table" for those of you who do not actually cut but use valves. I was able to show them all Ro...

Disk Recording 1930-1960 Equipment, Techniques, Recollections by Robert K. Morrison This is a wonderful archive of the lore and science of recorded sound. This 88 page book is printed on glossy paper 8” x 11”and contains over 40 full color plates which show the equipment and documentation for the d...