24 Oct
2009
24 Oct
'09
8:29 p.m.
fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 07:32:37AM +1100, cal wrote:
No, Australia,
where in those days I think we lived with a perverted mix (eg
0vu == +8dbm) of Brit/BBC influences and US equipment realities. Ah yes,
tweaking the old Ampexes, that was fun!
cheers!
I started off my working life with 17 years in
radio broadcasting, so the
"traditional" vu meter and it's rigidly defined characteristics were very
much a staple of life. I think that experience still colours my thinking.
:-) That probably means you are US based, as I've *never* seen a
real VU in any European public broadcast studio (the 'pirates' had
them but reverted to peak meters when they becamce legal and could
afford UK gear). I got my exposure to VUs by occasionally working
on US manufactured desks (MCI!) and aligning Ampex multitracks...