"George M. Middius" cmndr _ george @ comcast . net wrote in message
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Oh, so by "accuracy" you mean to convey something as blunt as not
substituting strings for horns. Of course we can all agree with that.

Same thing....

Maybe to you....


George. Don't you remember the good old days when violins
used on recording sessions were fitted with horns, rather like
those found on old phonographs?

I once did an "acoustic recording" straight to wax, just as they
used to do in the 20s. I copied the studio layout from the famous
RCA photograph.

The recording machine had two horns, set 180 degrees apart,
one for the vocal one for the orchestra. You controlled the
record level and balance by carefully sliding a piece of angora
wool in the mouths of the recording horns. That may well be
the origin of the word "pad" (attenuator)

Now, that's "accuracy" :-)

Regards
Iain