Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dynamic-frequency Range

["Milan P. Milovanovic" <mijel@xxxxxxxx>]

David,

I think it's interesting to point out what filters during the time, were 
developed and used. For example, when first compressor/limiter was applied 
and etc...

Let me clear, in one of those Billie Holiday made before 1940, around 
1938-9, there is one solo spot done by tenor saxophonist that follows vocal 
chorus (I've got to look to discography for exact dates). At the beginning 
of that solo, everyone can clearly hear attacking and releasing some very 
heavy compressor, resulting in spoiling the exact point of performance. I 
wonder how many people can hear earliest usage of compressor?
Best wises,

Milan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dynamic-frequency Range


> Matter of fact, there were recordings we never got, such as a Mengelberg 
> Tchaikovsky
> 5th on Brunswick, because they didn't pass the "wear test". The range on 
> some of the
> Western Electric test recordings in 1923-24 was quite impressive..many of 
> them sound
> far better than the electricals we finally began to get from Victor, while 
> some are
> very thin because they were experimenting with various filters and 
> settings (which
> are marked on the discs).
>
> dl