[BC] Sta-Level

[DANA PUOPOLO]

I have a Dr. Hook interview that I ran the board for from 1973.

The board was a Gates Yard, compressor was a Gates Sta Level (10 db or so
compression; single release time), mikes were RE-16's and it was recorded full
track mono on an Ampex 350. It still sounds great!

-D

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Received: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:10:48 AM PDT
From: Robert Orban <rorban at earthlink.net>
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: Re: [BC] Sta-Level

At 07:38 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
>From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Sta-Level
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>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.

Moreover, my comments were not based on some half-remembered experience 
from the '60s. I heard a Sta-Level quite recently, and it sounded like I 
remembered it -- smooth, warm, and easy to listen to. I have always 
wondered if the engineer(s) at Gates who designed this knew exactly what 
they had going, or if the nice sound just happened by good luck.

Bob Orban 



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