[BC] Sta-Level

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Kline" <akline at netins.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Sta-Level


> But that's not answering the question.  Why does it inspire such hostility
> if someone else suggests that something other than the latest, greatest
> whiz-bang tech will serve their purpose?

It's one of the reasons I don't post much anymore. I was getting tired of 
being chewed up and spit out for any number of reasons. I like to give input 
where I can and I don't mind being corrected. There is not one person in 
this forum who knows everything but there are those who think they do and if 
the world doesn't spin according to their rules then it doesn't spin at all. 
(rant off)

I remember going to a rather large recording studio in Hollywood and saw a 
rack of RCA Limiters. (tons of them) Those units probably date from the 
40's/50's. They were there for a reason. Two additional notes. First, if you 
have a radio format where an older unit will give you the sound you want 
then use it. Even Bob Orban, in as many words, said that when he commented 
on the Sta-Level. Second. I'm currently trying a DSP plug-in with some 
automation software I'm testing with my format that focuses on music of the 
50's and 60's. It's called "Ozone" from a company by the name of iZotope. 
Many of you may have heard of it. It can emulate the "warm" sound of 
tube-type processing. It does a great job to that end. These songs were cut 
with tube mixers and mastered on tube lathes. What better match could one 
have? It's been fun messing around with the settings.

Thanks for jumping in and amplifying the fact that the newest is not 
necessarily the greatest. Plus, since we're talking about audio we enter an 
arena where subjectivity is rampant....as well it should be.

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, AL  36467