Posted on 28/07/2011
Two minds alike In a famous collaboration with Harold Bode, Robert Moog and Bode constructed a Frequency Shifter, that was an optional and special module for the Moog Modular systems. It found it’s place large systems like Keith Emerson’s, but is quite rare as a module. The original modular Moog/Bode Frequency Shifter Pedalize it As part […]
Posted on 19/05/2010
Manley gear is built like a tank, but feel like a Rolls-Royce to operate. The Manley Slam preamp circuitry is an absolute winner, with silky top and tight bottom end. And the Compressor/Limiter section gives you that undefinable glue, that melts your stereo mixes together. The Slam is being used as a preamp for recording demanding […]
Posted on 04/02/1987
The PPG HDU was one of the very first Hard DIsk Recorders on the market. Launched in late 1986, the device promised to be a viable solution for editing of digital audio. I acquired the device early 1987 (serial number #0068) to use it on the many extended 12″ remixes I was doing at the […]
Posted on 03/06/1986
After recording many albums in Denmarks internationally recognized “PUK” Recording Studios in the 1980s, and using the many devices in tha studio, I fell in love with one of the first professional digital reverberators – the Quantec Room Simulator. It featured some wild ambiences and reverbs, which could sound both very natural and very artificial […]
Posted on 31/01/1986
Stack in a box While not exactly a Marshall stack, the diminutive Rockman Sustainor Distortion unit was actually quite a game changer when launched in the mid 1980’s. It allowed you to produce decent guitar tones, without the hassle of setting up a stack and miking it up. This gave smaller project studios a way […]