"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Broadcasting in the 1920s wasn't a "high-fidelity" business. Most
listening was done using earphones that were basically just two
telephone earpieces on a head-band.

Iain knows very little about broadcasting, it seems.

Not of much interest, I'm afraid. I have seen the mics
clipped on to the music stands for violin players:-)

I simply don't believe you've ever seen that done in a radio studio. And
radio is what's being discussed here?

Your term was "broadcast" I, and 200 million others have seen
it done on British TV. You might like to take a look and see
how the Danes and Germans do it. They understand that without
good quality mics properly placed (and therefore highly visible)
the sound will be inferior.

Even so I'd have thought even you might realise why microphones might not
always be in the ideal position in TV. Only requires a moment's thought
for one with some experience who can see beyond the recording studio.

Yes of course I realise. The sound is secondary to the picture.

When radio started in
the UK the majority of discs were acoustically recorded.

Yes. I have used an acoustic recording machine at Decca.
But by the 1930s the period you were talking about, when
you wrote "Carbon mics were used into the '30s." electrical
recording with ribon mics was well established.

I never said they were used exclusively by the '30s. But perhaps you throw
away all your equipment when new comes along?

If you bothered to look at the pics I posted previously, I still
have the Vortexion CBL6 which I bought when I was a teenager.
I also still have the pair of British Film Industries M8 ribon mics
used with this machine. I also have a pair of Kef K1 monitors,
and a Radford STA 100 ex BBC. So lots of goodies


If so, why are you farting
around with all those ancient analogue tape recorders? Can't be for the
performance...

Analogue multitracks, particulaly A80/24/DolbySR
are very much sought after these days in music
projects for basic track laying, keys, drums, bs,
guitars, etc particularly if there are saxophones
and brass to be recorded. After this material is
transferred to a digital workstation for editing
and mixing. Not may facilities have analogue
multitracks for for hire, so the rates are
remunerative.

The three 15ips stereo machines, one LR E200 and
two Studers transfer archive tape material to CDR
from which clients select music for (re)issue.

Without good analogue transfer facilities there would
be no re-issues of pre-digital recordings, and these
make up a considerable share of the market. There
are many companies who specialise in such material
and issue nothing else.

Hope that answers your question:-)


Iain