Les Paul sure was ahead of his time.

[johnnie]

I knew Les Paul was part of recording history, but I didn't know to what extent.
I was just surfing and came upon this. It's an interesting read for you recording people out there. It's not long, just interesting.
http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/courses/g6630/recordproduction1.html


On edit:
Actually, there is a lot of good info on that whole site. It looks like a class, but they posted some really good techniques and history. Check it all out.

[dbt]

1. GREAT link, johnnie!

Looks like the world has Les Paul to thank along with Bing Crosby for modern-era tape recording--until I read your link info, I didn't know how much Les had influenced this field.

Ahhhhhhh. Give me an Ampex 350 with vacuum tube circuitry, rolling Grand Master tape at 15 ips!