The man who invented stereo!

On radio 4 tonight at 8 pm a profile of
Alan Blumlein, including; if I heard
the trailer correctly this morning, some
early stereo recordings from 1933.
Set your MiniDiscs chaps.

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Ken
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UnsteadyKen wrote:
The man who invented stereo!

On radio 4 tonight at 8 pm a profile of
Alan Blumlein, including; if I heard
the trailer correctly this morning, some
early stereo recordings from 1933.
Set your MiniDiscs chaps.

Let's not forget the evening of Stockhausen on Radio 3.
You wouldn't want to *accidentally* miss that, would you?

--
Eiron.

wrote...
Let's not forget the evening of Stockhausen on Radio 3.
You wouldn't want to *accidentally* miss that, would you?

I'm sorry, but the font you are using is so small I
can't read your post

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Ken
http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/

Bomolochus wrote:
wrote...

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed

I'm sorry, but the font you are using is so small I
can't read your post


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8859-15

lol. Your newsreader is at fault, or has been set up with a funny font
association for that valid charset.

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Adrian C

lid wrote...
lol. Your newsreader is at fault, or has been set up with a funny font
association for that valid charset.

oh I was trying to pretend I hadn't seen his reference to Stockhausen
on Radio 3, I find that listening to R3 one tends to get lost in the
music, instead of paying attention to how the system is sounding.
What am I saying? Stockhausen = music?

I enjoyed the Blumlein program, i'd beeen aware of his audio
discoveries but was surprised to hear about the extent of his
contributions to the development of TV and Radar.
What a loss to electronics and Britain his death was, as was that of
Michael Gerzon

The quality of the stereo recordings heard on the program were
excellent for that date, does anyone know on what medium they would
have been recorded? Wax cylinders or optical film is my guess.

--
Ken
http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/

UnsteadyKen wrote:
lid wrote...
lol. Your newsreader is at fault, or has been set up with a funny font
association for that valid charset.

oh I was trying to pretend I hadn't seen his reference to Stockhausen
on Radio 3, I find that listening to R3 one tends to get lost in the
music, instead of paying attention to how the system is sounding.
What am I saying? Stockhausen = music?

I enjoyed the Blumlein program, i'd beeen aware of his audio
discoveries but was surprised to hear about the extent of his
contributions to the development of TV and Radar.
What a loss to electronics and Britain his death was, as was that of
Michael Gerzon

The quality of the stereo recordings heard on the program were
excellent for that date, does anyone know on what medium they would
have been recorded? Wax cylinders or optical film is my guess.


Except for one proviso. For all those old recordings in a rather echoey
space where it was the chaps talking, the polarity of one of the
channels has somehow been reversed over time, leading to a total lack of
imaging. Put that right, and they snap into focus as a proper stereo
recording. The music stuff, on the other hand, is correct as broadcast.

I've looked at the BBC web site for production information to try and
find out how this happened, but couldn't find any contact details.

d

In article ,
UnsteadyKen wrote:
The quality of the stereo recordings heard on the program were
excellent for that date, does anyone know on what medium they would
have been recorded? Wax cylinders or optical film is my guess.

Wax cylinders stopped being used in the very early part of the last
century - it would have been acetate discs. Optical film was pretty poor
until Dolby digital arrived.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

UnsteadyKen wrote:
lid wrote...

lol. Your newsreader is at fault, or has been set up with a funny font
association for that valid charset.


oh I was trying to pretend I hadn't seen his reference to Stockhausen
on Radio 3, I find that listening to R3 one tends to get lost in the
music, instead of paying attention to how the system is sounding.
What am I saying? Stockhausen = music?

I enjoyed the Blumlein program, i'd beeen aware of his audio
discoveries but was surprised to hear about the extent of his
contributions to the development of TV and Radar.
What a loss to electronics and Britain his death was, as was that of
Michael Gerzon

The quality of the stereo recordings heard on the program were
excellent for that date, does anyone know on what medium they would
have been recorded? Wax cylinders or optical film is my guess.


Well, consider that Blumleins first work was producing a rival disk
recording system and associated driver electronics.

--
Nick

Eiron wrote:
UnsteadyKen wrote:

The man who invented stereo!

On radio 4 tonight at 8 pm a profile of Alan Blumlein, including; if I
heard the trailer correctly this morning, some
early stereo recordings from 1933.
Set your MiniDiscs chaps.


Let's not forget the evening of Stockhausen on Radio 3.
You wouldn't want to *accidentally* miss that, would you?


Bugger, missed that, hope it will be on the iPlayer.

I can reccoment the Blumlein Biog though if you fancy a read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Times-Blumle...7722161&sr=8-1

--
Nick

In message , Nick Gorham
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Eiron wrote:
UnsteadyKen wrote:

The man who invented stereo!

On radio 4 tonight at 8 pm a profile of Alan Blumlein, including; if
heard the trailer correctly this morning, some
early stereo recordings from 1933.
Set your MiniDiscs chaps.
Let's not forget the evening of Stockhausen on Radio 3.
You wouldn't want to *accidentally* miss that, would you?


Bugger, missed that, hope it will be on the iPlayer.

I can reccoment the Blumlein Biog though if you fancy a read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Times-Blumle...PBHT0240/dp/08
5296773X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217722161&sr=8-1

It's on 'Listen Again'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archivehour/pip/i7o6j/
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Ian