Oral history of recorded sound
Townsend, Kenneth, general manager of Abbey Road Studios. (1 of 2). Oral History of Recorded Sound
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Type
sound
Duration
0:26:00
Shelf mark
C90/13/01
Subjects
Townsend, Kenneth, 1933-, Sound recording - History, Recording industry
Recording date
1983-11-07
Recording locations
Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
Interviewees
Townsend, Kenneth, 1933- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Stapley, Laurence (speaker, male)
Abstract
Early days with EMI. Moving from technical work into research and back again. Equipment used at the studios, computerised desks. Technical requirements for recording both pop and classics. Disc mastering, digital recordings, analogue recording, distortion and balancing. Producer/balance engineer team. The effect of The Beatles, pop turnover. Open-ended recording sessions. Economics of recording. Live recordings, CDs, studio time.
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