[78-L] Angel records in Canada

[Jeff Sultanof]

There were any number of instances at different labels where the mono and
stereo miking were different and overseen by different producers (I remember
a number of albums on the Impulse label where both crews were listed).

I produced a recording at the Tower some years ago, and the studio manager
told me that of the three studios, A and B could operate separately each
with its own recording booth, or a wall could be opened up creating one
large room, with the two booths operating together. I imagine that was how
both mono and stereo teams could work separately. Studio C is primarily used
now as a mixdown room; when I was there, Al Schmitt was creating a 5.1
surround mix for a GRP video, and was kind enough to invite me to the
session if I got done early. I regret that he finished before I did.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>wrote:

> From what I understand, until about 1961, Capitol sessions that were
> recorded in both mono and stereo were miked differently, actually with two
> sets of microphones.  One set fed a mono control room, the other set fed a
> stereo control room, each manned by its own engineers.
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