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- From: chrisr@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Chris Robson)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:02:36 GMT
- Subject: Re: Recorded using B&W speakers
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- |Somewhere I read that recording companies in the 60s took the exactly
- |opposite approach when mixing-down pop tracks: the last stage in the chain
- |was the sort of speaker you'd find in a cheap trannie on the beach. Since
- |that was where their product was aimed, that was what they balanced it for.
- |--
- |-- Jack Campin
- |----------
-
- Yep - but not just in the 60s - right up until today you will see
- limited bandwidth speakers used to check that a mix will 'work' on a cheap
- system (or an average TV). The common speakers to use were 'Auritone Cubes'
- 6"x6"x6" little beasties.
-
- Chris. xxx.
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