Hi Paul, sorry it's taken awhile to get back to you.... We're moving our offices. By the way, we have alot of new music at 96K at bluecoastrecords.com .. and a twitter feed.. twitter.com/bluecoastworld incase one can't get ENOUGH of my updates! :D
I bought my 2" machine in 1987.. an Otari MTR-90 series II, partly because the national headquarters was 1/4 of a mile away and I knew all the techs and partly because Dave Angress gave me 24 channels at the cost of 17. Dave owned/founded Sound Genesis in San Francisco. He's now in the top 5 Senior VP management of Guitar Center. He's always been a terrific supporter for recording engineers. I still use that machine today... and my 1/2".
Gus Skinnas (Super Audio Center) installed a Sonoma DSD system at my studio as well. I was an early beta tester of digital recording gear in the mid 80's (Dyaxis systems, then sold to Studer). Because my day job is a recording engineer/producer/studio owner, I have to have a version of ProTools around, but truthfully, it is on the bottom of the pile for sound. When I have to use it (for editing) i have Studer converters that sound terrific. I use an older version of ProTools.. from the 888 days. Protools HD is HORRIFIC when it comes to sound. There is built in compression somewhere that is unacceptable to me when I'm recording acoustically. For the most part, I don't like protools and there are better systems available for sound... still, I prefer to LISTEN than VIEW waveforms and musically and sonically, nothing beats tape.
Typically, we'll record to 2" tape (even reused) and archive to 24 track of the MX2424. We can use our Meitner converters to get our 96K samples from DSD or tape mixdown. We use Samplitude to create our 96K audio files.
Recording mediums aside, the other contributing factors to our sound is our proprietary cable used in recording. That with great vintage mic and Millennia/Manley/Neve preamps contribute to our sound.
We are planning on releasing in vinyl... need to save up our pennies. Our Chinese distributor has pre ordered, so we're not far away.
When I was at Windham Hill we used a variety of multitrack formats. Windham Hill owned a Sony 24 track digital recorder that was used quite a bit. Most of the studios we used had the Studer multitracks. Part of my job was to keep a check on the new formats for sonic acceptability. Eventually, budgets won out to sound. I"m hoping to bring what I learned from WH to Blue Coast.
FYI, NHT was the first place I made a sale for Blue Coast Records. I was looking for investors (not my strongest suit to wear) and giving away 5 song demo discs of the BCCollection. I must have given one to John at an AES show and he used it for their demo during CES. They won 'Ultimate Audio Award' that year. John called me the next day and ordered thousands of the 5 song as a co-branded item. From that moment, I started focusing on sales and never looked back.
We are once again seeking investors to move to the next stage of development... It would be wonderful to have NHT 'rescue' me from writing another business plan! :D
Hi Paul, yes, I love Chris and John. Have you heard from them lately? How is John doing? Are they bringing NHT back from hiding?
I noticed Kevin Gilbert's name below. He was a piano student of mine. Not for long.. he didn't like to practice, but he loved to entertain.. he was great.
Not that I can say with any sort of right or wring.....but..... Where is this info from? George certainly hadn't made many good decisions on where to put his money, but someone who was so into Eastern religion and karma, probably wouldn't have done something that "snide" without thinking it would come back on him. Was the retrobution for this "crime" getting sued for "unintentional plagurism" by the Sherells (sp) or losing money hand over fist with bad investments (Shanghai Surprise among others)? I don't know. Who can you believe?
Ummm.Maybe.... What are you referring to? The fact that it is officially the 1st solo album by a Beatle and that George didn't know really what he was doing because he'd never scored a soundtrack before?
I know of Kevin Gilbert's stuff very well. His solo stuff is just amazing. It's too bad he didn't the recognition he SO deserved, which, of cours, led directly to hi suicide. Hell, HE wrote most of that bitch, Sheryl Crow's TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB without any sort of real appreciation from her. David Baerwald is also a favorite of mine. Are you familiar with EINSTIEN'S SISTER? The have a power pop sound with intelligent lyrics like Toy Matinee, Squeeze, Rembrandts.... Their friends of mine out of the Quad Cities here in Iowa. Have played at the Troubador and Pop fests in L.A. quite a bit.
That is awesome! I did know there were real and went searching for them, but to no avail. I hope to post the pics of my Beatles vinyl. I have almost all of the original EMI releases (UK) mono and stereo, and the Capitol releases (US) mono and stereo. I got really lucky to find a guy who was always a Beatles fan, but had no turntable. He didn't know what they were worth, nor did he care. He just knew I would provide a good home for them and cherish them as he did. Great condition! He even gave me ALL of each of their solo albums as well including an original Wonderwall music AND Electronic Sounds! Yeah, I'm boasting...
Yes San Juan Bautista has a English car show once a year. I too used to own a Sunbeam Alpine, a 1961 jet black beauty had small fins in the rear, that changed in 64. A great fun car, as long you spent Saturday taking care it. There were several alpines in the show, but I didn't get a good picture.
Thanks for making me feel welcome Paul. Noticed Pet Sounds in your top 5 - if you haven't already you might want to check out the new Animal Collective. To my ears, it's very indebted to/derivative of (depending on your point of view) Brian Wilson & gang.
Glad to see that there is another Californian in the Club. I know Santa Cruz pretty well, I live 25 miles from it.. Now Logos Books and Streetlight Records are the main place to pick up vinyl. Haven't heard of the the other places. Stores come and go in Santa Cruz lately.
Hello Paul,
Thanks for being my friend, Yes the histroy of British Rock is great!! I picked it up in a great record store called the Record Man in Palo Alto, CA. A great place to visit if you are ever on the west coast ( I say that because from looking around this seems to a Easct Coast oriented Web site) That OK as long I interject a little about our great places in the bay area for viny.
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Paul have you compared the Adcom GFP 565 to the Nelson Pass GFP 750? I have the 750 and it is wonderful. At one time I also had the GFA 5802 amp also designed by Nelson Pass. Which was replaced by a Threshold Stasis S550E
I did see Steve Martin in SNL Saturday and wish he would have done a different song but was great none the less, the guys were great too. They didnt show one of them at all except for long shots. I will have to pick up the album.
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I bought my 2" machine in 1987.. an Otari MTR-90 series II, partly because the national headquarters was 1/4 of a mile away and I knew all the techs and partly because Dave Angress gave me 24 channels at the cost of 17. Dave owned/founded Sound Genesis in San Francisco. He's now in the top 5 Senior VP management of Guitar Center. He's always been a terrific supporter for recording engineers. I still use that machine today... and my 1/2".
Gus Skinnas (Super Audio Center) installed a Sonoma DSD system at my studio as well. I was an early beta tester of digital recording gear in the mid 80's (Dyaxis systems, then sold to Studer). Because my day job is a recording engineer/producer/studio owner, I have to have a version of ProTools around, but truthfully, it is on the bottom of the pile for sound. When I have to use it (for editing) i have Studer converters that sound terrific. I use an older version of ProTools.. from the 888 days. Protools HD is HORRIFIC when it comes to sound. There is built in compression somewhere that is unacceptable to me when I'm recording acoustically. For the most part, I don't like protools and there are better systems available for sound... still, I prefer to LISTEN than VIEW waveforms and musically and sonically, nothing beats tape.
Typically, we'll record to 2" tape (even reused) and archive to 24 track of the MX2424. We can use our Meitner converters to get our 96K samples from DSD or tape mixdown. We use Samplitude to create our 96K audio files.
Recording mediums aside, the other contributing factors to our sound is our proprietary cable used in recording. That with great vintage mic and Millennia/Manley/Neve preamps contribute to our sound.
We are planning on releasing in vinyl... need to save up our pennies. Our Chinese distributor has pre ordered, so we're not far away.
When I was at Windham Hill we used a variety of multitrack formats. Windham Hill owned a Sony 24 track digital recorder that was used quite a bit. Most of the studios we used had the Studer multitracks. Part of my job was to keep a check on the new formats for sonic acceptability. Eventually, budgets won out to sound. I"m hoping to bring what I learned from WH to Blue Coast.
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We are once again seeking investors to move to the next stage of development... It would be wonderful to have NHT 'rescue' me from writing another business plan! :D
I noticed Kevin Gilbert's name below. He was a piano student of mine. Not for long.. he didn't like to practice, but he loved to entertain.. he was great.
Thanks for being my friend, Yes the histroy of British Rock is great!! I picked it up in a great record store called the Record Man in Palo Alto, CA. A great place to visit if you are ever on the west coast ( I say that because from looking around this seems to a Easct Coast oriented Web site) That OK as long I interject a little about our great places in the bay area for viny.
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