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VIDEO BLOG

VIDEO BLOGS This page will show the video blogs on our history, the restoration progress on the Dean Street desk and information on the design and construction of our new strips built to the design of the original A Range desks. They are Flash, iPhone and iPad compatible and open in a new window. (See also DesignNotes page)

A brief introduction to these new video blogs.
31 August 2011 2:18

The "Discovery" of the De Lane Lea desk from Dean Street, London, that we built in 1966; and the story of how we found it!
2 September 2011 2:51

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Restoration Part 2. A more detailed description and a look inside. 2 September 2011 3:26

Sorry, but yes, there are 16 parts!

Part 1 "Tell us about how you first got interested in recording in the first place?" 25 October 2011 October 2011 5:27

Part 2 Developing an interest in records, and my first exposure to digital audio in 1955! 27 October 2011 October 2011 5:27

Part 3. Learning about valves (tubes) and the use of test gear at The Royal School of Signals. Also the purchase of a Vortexion tape machine and mixer. Then onto working at the BBC. 4 November 2011 October 2011 5:39

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Part 4. Vision mixing experience at the BBC, his interview with Oriole Records (Levy's Sound Studios) and having his salary doubled! 14 November 2011 3:50

The restoration of the 1960s De Lane Lea, Dean Street desk

Part 5. Going to Levys Sound Studios as a chief engineer with nothing to do! 19 November 2011 4:33

Interviews with Geoff Frost
with journalist Matt Frost.

How to design and build an analogue mixer. Loads of theory!

Part 1. What does a mixer do? The block diagram. Gain & frequency response. Balanced v un-balanced. 22 December 2011. 16:56

Part 2. Ground loops, ground central, transformers. Mixing, design phases, 1940s BBC. 29 January 2012 9:14

Part 6. Levy's desks. Big band distortion, studio design. Trouble with arrangers! 24 December 2011 5:40

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