[BC] Sta-Level

[Stevan A. White]

Understood.  I too have a handful of old reels that I just can't bring
myself to throw away.  Just like I can't bear to throw away the old Revox
and Otari machines I have!  I guess when the time comes to dub them onto
something that'll last another 20 or 30 years that I'll be set.  Just dust
off the machines, clean the heads, tapes in a 250 degree oven for a couple
of hours, let cool, dub to newer, better media, put old tapes back in boxes,
store for another 20 years, tell grandkids about the glory days of radio!
:-)

Best Regards,
Steve White, W5SAW
SW Commercial Electronics


-----Original Message-----
From: DANA PUOPOLO [mailto:dpuopolo at usa.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:36 PM
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Subject: RE: [BC] Sta-Level


I'd likely have to bake it. It's Shamrock Acetate 1.5 mil.

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:57:51 PM PDT
From: "Stevan A. White" <w5saw at pathwayz.com>
To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: RE: [BC] Sta-Level

Can you still play the tape as-is or would you have to bake it first?

Best Regards,
Steve White, W5SAW
SW Commercial Electronics


-----Original Message-----
From: DANA PUOPOLO [mailto:dpuopolo at usa.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 8:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Sta-Level


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

------ Original Message ------
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
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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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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