Post by snarfdude on May 7, 2009 13:12:38 GMT -5
This sort of thing I wondered about.
Doing radio production, I am familiar with the basic concept of the show's production, and few years ago in a personal letter from Suzanne Barron at ABC Watermark confirmed what the book also said, casey voice tracks his lines, then an engineer assembles all the elements (music/jingles/voice tracks) on master reels of tape which get transferred and eventually pressed on vinyl.
The question though, is that is there any specifics on equipment used? actual procedure? The book cites the well known UREI 1176 compressor/limiter that was modified for Casey's Tone Range, but little else....
I always wondered what the music source was...actual vinyl? The book implies so, but after weekly repeated use, you'd think the vinyl would pick up clicks and pops, which makes me wonder if the music was "carted" (transferred to broadcast cartridge) to avoid vinyl wear and tear, like a lot of radio stations have done..jingles likely were on cart...
This of course was before the digital years....
The music was always pretty clean, though I used to hear some cue burns on watermark's "Soundtrack Of the 60's" for some of the oldies...likely sourced off those polystrene 45's that were prone to that.....
any insight?
Doing radio production, I am familiar with the basic concept of the show's production, and few years ago in a personal letter from Suzanne Barron at ABC Watermark confirmed what the book also said, casey voice tracks his lines, then an engineer assembles all the elements (music/jingles/voice tracks) on master reels of tape which get transferred and eventually pressed on vinyl.
The question though, is that is there any specifics on equipment used? actual procedure? The book cites the well known UREI 1176 compressor/limiter that was modified for Casey's Tone Range, but little else....
I always wondered what the music source was...actual vinyl? The book implies so, but after weekly repeated use, you'd think the vinyl would pick up clicks and pops, which makes me wonder if the music was "carted" (transferred to broadcast cartridge) to avoid vinyl wear and tear, like a lot of radio stations have done..jingles likely were on cart...
This of course was before the digital years....
The music was always pretty clean, though I used to hear some cue burns on watermark's "Soundtrack Of the 60's" for some of the oldies...likely sourced off those polystrene 45's that were prone to that.....
any insight?