Our STUDER A80 (3): details and presentation (The Studio Project part 15)

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As we plan to built our own professional recording studio, producing analogue recordings, a professional tape recorder is an indispensable tool. And, regarding these electrical tools all have a certain age, it must be refurbished, recalibrated and aligned at the highest possible level. No one better for the old Studer machines than Andreas Kuhn, owner of Studer Analog Audio.
Andreas lives in Switzerland, in Thun, and to him we went, collecting our 'brand new' Studer A80r and Studer 269, a mixing console.
He will come to Belgium in the coming months, so an interview with him is coming up. He has lots of things to tell...having built an experience in this field which is incredible, and worked with some incredible people and studios as well, from Paul McCartney's to Abbey Road studios...
And the C37 on which the Beatles produced their legendary album Sgt Pepper in 1967 is for restoration in his workshop as well. So, together with Philip Newell, I feel well surrounded for this Studio adventure!
This is part 3: The STUDER A80 at home.
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[@mensurzilic7525]

I spent about 15-20 years working on local radio in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with this studio :) excellent machine for the studio, we had a remote control next to the mixing desk because these machines were behind us in the studio, I remember the suffering until I learned how to place the tapes properly (BASF), we also had mountains of soft tapes cut to the length of the commercials 😂 and now imagine "a commercial program lasting 2 hours, music and commercials and 4 of these machines for broadcasting commercials plus 2 turntables 😂 it was a race against time to you put small tapes while a song or a radio host is on the air, later we all perfected it to put the tapes almost without gluing, and I remember that we made an echo with them 😂

[@croquetj]

This empty comment thread looks lonely, so I choose it for my first comment on the Authentic Sound channel. What a happy chance for me to have discovered this channel earlier this month, January 2016. I was merely browsing for ideas on tempo in the Inventions and WTK. I was not planning to become enamored of the clavichord, but now I am, thanks to your consistently excellent performances on this superb instrument of Joris Potvlieghe. The channel as a whole -- the performances, Afterthoughts, the Studio Project -- all is undertaken with such dedication and presented in a spirit of open inquiry and discussion and commitment to the highest musical values. Bravo, bravissimo, I wish you every success with all of your projects. There are so many interesting facets to this, but I will single out the one that stands out most to me: what you have really done is to initiate a discussion on what it means to be a musician, and on the status of classical music, in the present day. A day of marvelous technology and instant global communication, but also of short attention spans, declining music education, and uncertain paths for music as a profession. And an uncertain future for the trajectory of classical music. Enough comment for now; I must first finish watching the rest of your videos. Actually I've already watched all the ones before this, and some of the more recent ones too, so I'll be caught up soon.

[@AuthenticSound]

+Jeff Soo Thank you very much for all these kind words, they made me silent for a while, realising that it is so wonderful to be able to share some of my passion with others... thanks again, really, for letting me now. This gives energy! All best from Belgium, Wim

[@Synthalog]

That Studer looks in pristine condition.

[@AuthenticSound]

It is, it is refurbished by Andreas Kuhn in Switserland. Just finished the recording of all Bach partitas on it (virtually assisted by Robert Margouleff btw, Stevie Wonder's sound engeneer!). The sound that comes out of this machine is like angels singing...

[@searchiemusic]

i know it's been 8 years lmao but I've got a super poor man's version, a fostex E2 and even in my experience that machine is more than silent, I've tried dbx 1 and dolby B on it with not really any change, it's still just silent, maybe if i was boosting the output significantly but at a nominal recording level yeah a 2 track machine, even a 'cheap' one is absolutely silent, tape hiss is an afterthought while using it

[@mietla1970]

so I have a pair O 98 as well as the first active monitors in the world klein hummel OY :) KLEIN HUMMEL OY and OI 98 are reference monitors, sound quite different from the modern design, are not as offensive and aggressive but they are very accurate especially when it comes to timbre of acoustic instruments If you like the sound of 169 + A 80 monitors klein hummel well you'll like

[@AuthenticSound]

+mietla1970 Thanks for the update !! w.

[@andreaxyz3959]

This vlog is cool but you should have a soundcloud page where ppl can compare the A80 recordings to the digital ones. To have a look at it is great but to listen to it is crucial

[@AuthenticSound]

That is true. Although both recordings would be digital, there still is an audible difference. Even on YT people reacted the first time the Studer was used what happened to the sound. Timetimetime to do it !

[@mietla1970]

studer 169 +A 80 =best analog sound ever ............. is still Klein & Hummel OY ......mayby O98 studio monitors :):):):):):):)

[@AuthenticSound]

+mietla1970 Tapes arrived yesterday (will make a video about it)! The O98 monitors seem to be quite handy. You have experience with them?