Audio
I have always been fascinated by anything to do with sound, but tape recording in particular. My late father was an accomplished musician and introduced me to recording when I was around 4 years old. His pride and joy was his Ferrograph Series 5 half track mono recorder which was very much ahead of its time and considered to be a semi-professional machine.
When I was a little older he used to let me use it, taught me how to edit and splice tape and how to build up several tracks of instruments by using two recorders. I used a Series 6 model at the local amateur dramatic society where I was in charge of sound and where my mother was a producer.
When I was a little older he used to let me use it, taught me how to edit and splice tape and how to build up several tracks of instruments by using two recorders. I used a Series 6 model at the local amateur dramatic society where I was in charge of sound and where my mother was a producer.
When my father had saved up enough money from the gigs he used to play every Saturday, he took me along to our local pro audio shop and he bought a used Teac A3340. This was a true multi-track machine which you could record 4 individual instruments, all at once, or on different takes and manipulate the result by using an external mixer. This was revolutionary for me and it gave me the confidence to use it for all kinds of different music production and projects.
The deck that my father bought was in fact previously owned by Ray Davies of The Kinks - sadly this machine is no longer around so I have just shown an identical unit above for illustrative purposes.
When I started work at 16, I had the opportunity of working at ATV Studios where The Muppet Show was produced and this gave me the chance to use fully professional recorders such as the Studer A80 VU 2" 16 track and Ferrograph Studio 8 quarter inch decks.
The deck that my father bought was in fact previously owned by Ray Davies of The Kinks - sadly this machine is no longer around so I have just shown an identical unit above for illustrative purposes.
When I started work at 16, I had the opportunity of working at ATV Studios where The Muppet Show was produced and this gave me the chance to use fully professional recorders such as the Studer A80 VU 2" 16 track and Ferrograph Studio 8 quarter inch decks.