Posted on 01/10/1986
Posted on 23/07/1986
Getting the timing right With the progress of MIDI during the 80’s, this technology became increasingly essential in recording studios. In the first 10 years of MIDI, the prevalent audio recording method was still analog or digital tape. So an absolute key factor was the ability to synchronise the recordings on tape, with the MIDI sequencers. Being […]
Posted on 06/07/1986
The coherent and semi-magical mojo sound of a hot level recording to analog magnetic tape is generally considered attractive in the audio community. King of the lot I have had a range of analog tape recorders through the times. From the Sony first TC-270 2-track and Revox B77, over the Teac 4-track, Tascam PortaStudio, to the […]
Posted on 03/06/1986
After recording many albums in Denmarks internationally recognized “PUK” Recording Studios in the 1980s, and using the many devices in tha studio, I fell in love with one of the first professional digital reverberators – the Quantec Room Simulator. It featured some wild ambiences and reverbs, which could sound both very natural and very artificial […]
Posted on 01/04/1986
For a large MIDI setup there is no better way than to have a good programmable MIDI patchbay to take care of signal routings. Especially one, that can process the MIDI data on their way through the device. With the myriad of keyboards, controllers, synchronisers, mixing desks and other units with MIDI, it would be […]
Posted on 01/04/1986
The Oberheim Xpander was a very ambitious synth for the time (1984). It features a very flexible analog subtractive engine, and adds a Modulation Matrix that gives it a lot of extra flexibility compared to fixed signal path synths prevalent of the period. It’s 6 voice can be split in 6 fully independent monophonic synths, […]
Posted on 12/03/1986
Acquired: Autumn 1985. Sold: 1987 After the inital novelty effect of the Fairlight CMI had settled, a range of more affordable samplers were expectably popping up. The first of these – the Ensoniq “Mirage” sampler had a basic sampling and synth engine, and was able to record short samples in only 8-bit resolution. It was […]
Posted on 06/08/1985
The Roland MKS-70 is a rack mount version of the quite well-specified Roland JX-10 Keyboard. The JX series has a somewhat different architecture from the Juno and Jupiter series. It started with the JX-3P keyboard which had a different sound and approach. The JX-3P was followed by the JX-8P which expanded the feature set, and features a […]
Posted on 05/08/1985
For rehearsal and recording, my full studio keyboard rig.was perfect. But it became clear, that it was too fragile and complex to bring on the road by itself. The studio rig was set up in the rehearsal space in Fælledvej (studio v4) and consisted of the following gear: Roland Jupiter-8 Roland Jupiter-6 Roland Axis-1 MIDI Keyboard […]
Posted on 24/07/1985
The Roger Linn legacy Everybody in the recording business has probably heard about the LinnDrum. A series of high end drum machines, developed by legendary instrument designer Roger Linn. The drum machines appeared in various permutations – the LM-1, the LM-2 and the Linn 9000. With the LM-2 as the most widespread and recognizable. The […]