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My Dad gave me one of these old Under the dash mount revrb things.
I just wish there was a way to hook them up to modern style radio/cd
players.
He said he used to drive over railroad tracks just to hear it crash.
Father like Sun :)
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In , DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> ...heee hee hee...he said "reverb"...
> now who would ever want even more reverb on their tiny
> little AM car radios? those crazy old-timey cruisers!...
>
> like always, it was a pleasure to read your supremely
> informative post...
>
> -dp
>
>
> --- Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:
>
> > AM radio in the sixties:
> > *3dB max dynamic range courtesy of the program leveles
> > (leveled
> > output gain, but did not compress dynamic range, though
> > it was
> > the same general effect - you could hear them breathe!)
> > *5000 cps response max courtesy limitations of AM
> > transmission
> > *2%+ distortion
> >
> > all this on top of common 45 mastering for AM radio:
> > *5000 cps roll-off
> > *bass +6 dB
> > *less than 6 dB dynamic range
> >
> > It was all about bass boom and squished sound to overcome
> > road noise,
> > targeted at cheap 6x9 dash board mounted mono car
> > speakers driven by 2
> > to 4 watt tube radios, which all created lots more
> > distortion and loss.
> >
> > For the cruiser, it all ran through an under-dash spring
> > reverb that
> > crashed mercilessly when you hit even tiny bumps, and at
> > railraod
> > crossings... look out!
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > --- DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > phil....SHHHH!!!...you're giving out my secrets!!!
> >
> > I master my stuff into a single 4" reference speaker...a
> > stereo mix running into a single speaker. it get's that
> > AM
> > radio fidelity...especially on the bass and drum end of
> > the
> > sound spectrum. but, it still sounds decent on a stereo
> > boom box or computer speakers.
> >
> > I also like to compress and eq the final master mix, just
> > like in the olden days of 45 rpm singles. I prefer the
> > emulations of old mastering decks found in SONAR...good
> > stuff.
> >
> > -dp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:
> >
> > > Most of the power you detect in mono that's missing in
> > > stereo had to do
> > > with the way mono was mastered for AM radio. 2 track
> > was
> > > the deck of
> > > choice, and mono was just a combination of the two with
> > > compression and
> > > serious EQ applied during 45 mastering. You'll often
> > find
> > > that LP mono
> > > and single mono are quite different.
> > >
> > > CD reissues sometimes don't get mastered, just
> > > duplicated, and too
> > > often (as with Del-Fi), they use LP masters instead of
> > > session masters.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > --- Daniel Kubon <fuzznsurf@w...> wrote:
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > I think thats the problem with some of the reissued
> > > LPs/CDs of other
> > > bands too. The original MONO recordings kickin ass,
> > while
> > > the
> > > rereleased records suckin with their stereo, a lot of
> > > power get lost.
> > > fine example (it`s not surf I know): 13th floor
> > elevators
> > > -
> > > "psychedelic sounds of...". Mono version = POWER ,
> > > stereo version =
> > > Hmmm ?!?...
> > > daniel
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