Re: [ARSCLIST] Recording Innovations

[Lou Judson <inaudio@xxxxxxxxx>]

Prairie Home Companion is keeping this tradition alive - I got to sit  
onstage for one of their programs last year and their SFX guys are  
amazing - all live! They make phone calls sounds by talking into a  
paper cup...

Other companies do it in various locations, too.

<L>
Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689


On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Tom Fine wrote:

> The same can be said for the radio-drama sound guys of that era.  
> Material like the Lux Radio Theatre and the Mercury Theatre on the  
> Air/Campbell Playhouse often had complex SFX sequences and music as  
> well as multi-voiced dialog. Sterling's The Radio Manual lays out  
> CBS's custom mixing board for one of their large radio studios,  
> circa early 1940's. It was quite impressive. The amazing thing  
> about the radio guys is that this happened live over the air in  
> many cases, so not only did the sound elements need to go off at  
> the right time and flawlessly, the mix needed to be spot-on as well.
>
> -- Tom Fine