31 - My Recording Career, Part 2: From 1973 to 2020

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This is a continuation of the story of my recording career,
starting where Part 1 (Episode 30) ends in 1973 and covers the
following years, up to 2020. During that time, my studio went
from 8- to 16- to 24-track, more sophisticated equipment was
added, and I moved to a much larger building. After my
studio-ownership days, I continued recording, on location or in
other studios. In 1993 I introduced the first studio product I
designed, the VT-1 single-channel vacuum tube mic preamp.


Since 2007 I have been recording in a studio carved out of the
D.W. Fearn parts storage space, which has been continually
revised, upgraded, and refined.


Throughout this two-part series, I describe not only the
equipment and facilities, but also the recording techniques I
used, which reflected the type of music I was recording, and the
evolving technology.


Many elements of this story could be expanded into an episode of
its own. If you would like to hear more about an aspect, please
let me know.


Thank you for all your great comments and feedback. This episode
was the result of listener feedback. If you have comments,
questions, or suggestions for future episodes, please contact me
at dwfearn@dwfearn.com


This podcast was recorded with an AEA R44CXE microphone into a
D.W. Fearn VT-2 mic preamp, into a VT-4 Equalizer and VT-7
Compressor. The converter is a Merging Technologies Hapi and the
software is Pyramix. The original recording was made at 96kHz
sample rate, 24-bit PCM.


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email: dwfearn@dwfearn.com
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