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My mom used to tell us that whenever we saw white dog poo, it meant that that dog was rabid. So if my friends and I would happen across a pile, and we would go running, screaming back into the house. Thanks mom.
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HAHA!!
My mom used to tell us that whenever we saw white dog poo, it meant that that dog was rabid. So if my friends and I would happen across a pile, and we would go running, screaming back into the house. Thanks mom.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
The SL-5400 is the last top-loading cassette model I ever knew of. It was followed by the SL-5000, which was the first front-loading cassette model (again, in my experience). But older models (SL-8200, SL-8600) also had top loading.
Dogs eating socks also results in white poo. If your socks are white anyway...
Winky's Restaurants. They were fast food restaurants featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, pizza turnovers, breakfast items, and other typical fast food. The restaurant chain ran from 1962 to 1982 but could not compete with other fast food chains.
Here are videos for Winky's Restaurants
Here are videos for Winky's Restaurants
Winky's Restaurants. They were fast food restaurants featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, pizza turnovers, breakfast items, and other typical fast food. The restaurant chain ran from 1962 to 1982 but could not compete with other fast food chains.
Here are videos for Winky's Restaurants
Yeah, no one goes there anymore because of the guy in the back alleyway...
The Magnetophon tape recorder was one of the first recording machines to use magnetic tape in preserving voice and music. Magnetophon was the brand or model name of the pioneering reel-to-reel tape recorder developed by engineers of the German electronics company AEG in the 1930s, based on the magnetic tape invention by Fritz Pfleumer. AEG created the world's first practical tape recorder, the K1, first demonstrated in Germany in 1935 at the Berlin Radio Show.
The tape used was the early black iron oxide Fe3O4 type. When musicians heard the playback they were greatly disappointed with the distortion and noise on the recordings.Later in 1939, the Fe3O4 oxide was replaced by the Fe2O3 type, which gave a significantly better recording quality, so much that the formula became a worldwide standard until the 1970s when Chrome Dioxide tapes appeared.
Adding a DC bias to the record head gave some improvement, and in 1941, Hans Joachim von Braunmühl and Dr. Walter Weber, both engineers at the German national broadcasting organisation RRG (Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft), accidentally discovered the technique of AC tape bias in which the addition of an inaudible high-frequency tone resulted in a striking improvement in sound quality. The discovery was made when a Magnetophone producing recordings of extraordinary quality was sent 'for repair'. The machine proved to have an oscillating DC bias amplifier. Magnetic media is inherently non-linear, but AC bias was a technique whereby the tape's magnetisation was left in a state proportional to the instantaneous audio electrical signal. The Magnetophon became a high fidelity recording system that outperformed gramophone recording (which was the 78 rpm system at this time).
The tape used was the early black iron oxide Fe3O4 type. When musicians heard the playback they were greatly disappointed with the distortion and noise on the recordings.Later in 1939, the Fe3O4 oxide was replaced by the Fe2O3 type, which gave a significantly better recording quality, so much that the formula became a worldwide standard until the 1970s when Chrome Dioxide tapes appeared.
Adding a DC bias to the record head gave some improvement, and in 1941, Hans Joachim von Braunmühl and Dr. Walter Weber, both engineers at the German national broadcasting organisation RRG (Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft), accidentally discovered the technique of AC tape bias in which the addition of an inaudible high-frequency tone resulted in a striking improvement in sound quality. The discovery was made when a Magnetophone producing recordings of extraordinary quality was sent 'for repair'. The machine proved to have an oscillating DC bias amplifier. Magnetic media is inherently non-linear, but AC bias was a technique whereby the tape's magnetisation was left in a state proportional to the instantaneous audio electrical signal. The Magnetophon became a high fidelity recording system that outperformed gramophone recording (which was the 78 rpm system at this time).
Growing up with a semi-serious audiophile for a father, I can appreciate the technical beauty of that machine up there.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Me too. Actually, one of my frustrated dreams is owning a reel-to-reel tape recorder (preferably an Akai).
Ahh yeah! I have an Akai and a Pioneer 
Back in the day it was the only way to have a party with 4 hours of music non stop. I've heard of people using the Akai as a sort of filter. I've never gone that route. Maybe someday.
I inherited the Akai from my pops, who bought it while stationed in Korea. I bought the Pioneer because I couldn't find an Akai like my pops
Back in the day it was the only way to have a party with 4 hours of music non stop. I've heard of people using the Akai as a sort of filter. I've never gone that route. Maybe someday.
I inherited the Akai from my pops, who bought it while stationed in Korea. I bought the Pioneer because I couldn't find an Akai like my pops
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Ahh yeah! I have an Akai and a Pioneer
I inherited the Akai from my pops, who bought it while stationed in Korea. I bought the Pioneer because I couldn't find an Akai like my pops
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I'm pretty certain this is the first thing I ever heard my own voice recorded on. It completely blew my mind, too.
Then I went to this:
To this:
To this; yes, I was one of the very first consumers to get into digital recording. Threw away tons of money, was a guniuea pig for digidesign, and then dropped the ball bigtime. Actually wound up putting this out on the curb. $5000 investment (with hardrive) that in 3 years went to completely worthless.
To cubase which we don't need any pictures of. THere were about 50 other recording devices between all those, but thems were the mainstays.
Then I went to this:
To this:
To this; yes, I was one of the very first consumers to get into digital recording. Threw away tons of money, was a guniuea pig for digidesign, and then dropped the ball bigtime. Actually wound up putting this out on the curb. $5000 investment (with hardrive) that in 3 years went to completely worthless.
To cubase which we don't need any pictures of.
THere were about 50 other recording devices between all those, but thems were the mainstays.
To this:
Damn. I had one of those at Berklee in the early 80's, and back then it was THE BOMB. I loved that thing. It led me to major in composition when I got back to Louisville, into Digital Performer when everything went digital. Now using Logic Xpress. But the machine above was great.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Then I went to this:
You reminded me of my first tape recorder, which was my Santa present on Christmas Eve. 1975, Joe. I thought it was pretty unique because, while most home tape recorders were similar to yours (with separate keys for each tape transporting function), mine had just one central knob which, in its center position, stopped the mechanism. One clockwise turn (around 1:00 o'clock) played the tape. A further clockwise turn (around 2:00 o'clock) fast-forwarded the tape. To rewind the tape, a counterclockwise turn (around 11:00) from the center (stop) position was needed.
For recording, a red button to the left of that big center knob should be kept depressed while turning the knob to the play position. There was a volume control to the right of the main knob, and above that volume control there was a blue button that opened the tape compartment lid.
Unfortunately, I can't find any pictures of that tape recorder. It was branded "Megatone", but I'm sure it was a bogus brand.
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.;12917324 said:
I had that one too!!!! Silver knob in the middle. Now I'm on a mission. Have to find a pic.
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