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Jun 30, 2012 · He would spend his lifetime learning everything he could about radio, including the business end of it. Leighton moved to Detroit Lakes in 1958 to become the general manager of KDLM, and for Dave ...
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- The Origins of Music Recording: Late 19th Century
- The Build Up to Multitracking: 1923-1945
- The History of Multitracking: The 1940s
- Multitracking in The 50s and 60s: Beach Boys to Beatlemania
- To Be Continued…
- Final Thoughts and References
It was 1877. Thomas Edison added yet another patent to his incessant list of inventions- the phonograph. It was a simple contraption that involved a diaphragm, a metal stylus, and a cylindrical drum wrapped in a tin foil sheet with a handle to rotate it laterally. Although the invention is undoubtedly a breakthrough, it was hardly auspicious for re...
By the 1920s, the broadcasting industry was booming and thousands of people were lining up to buy radio receivers. 60% of America owned radios in 1930.They were spoilt for choice with the option to tune into 600+ radio stations. What they lacked, however, is stable, loud, and convenient audio recording technology. The acoustic era just wasn’t cutti...
The aforementioned process was a second-rate listening experience. It would feel like you were hearing an echo of the ensemble rather than an actual recording, especially if you are used to the high-fidelity sounds of today.Ironically, the contiguous developments in the military arms race ushered the world closer to more lifelike sounds. The hippie...
Rock ‘n’ Roll was on the rise in America in the 1950s. Everyone from Elvis to Buddy Holly to Frank Zappa was using magnetic tape machines for multitracking. On the other hand, the Brits were still waiting in a breadline, so to speak. The post-war import restrictions and the prohibitive cost of components made it difficult for the technology to vent...
The story of multitracking doesn’t end here, but we have covered most of the important developments during the analog era. The studio recording practices that were developing in the 1960s became perfected in the 1970s, and many of the best albums from this era sound rich and polished. In terms of multitracking, it was easier and easier for bands to...
To keep the history on multitracking brief, I’ve taken the liberty to compress the chronology, streamline the events, and oversimplify some of the technical jargon and explanations. For this, I hope I haven’t stepped on the toes of any purist. While some of the anecdotes may not tie directly into the history of multitracking, I’ve included them bec...
First, you have to have previously confessed to yourself a desire to become a musician (as opposed to just a music lover). At that point you are an aspiring musician... even if that occurs at the same time you become a musician. You also have to be able to make music repeatedly. Not just emit pleasant sounds randomly that accidentally resemble ...
Nov 18, 2018 · Let’s go back some two and a half million years ago in time – that’s about the right time frame to start contemplating the future birth of this river – for that is when the Pleistocene Ice ...
Mar 10, 2021 · A reporter at Detroit Lakes Newspapers since relocating to the community in October 2000, Vicki was promoted to Community News Lead for the Detroit Lakes Tribune and Perham Focus on Jan. 1, 2022.
May 28, 2021 · Our Michigan state leadership missed that point badly and so did other states like New York. As of April 1, 2021, deaths in the U.S. from nursing homes was 164,575 persons. These high-density ...
