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Covina, CA 91791 (714) 232 -4351 (213) 339 -9419 or for more information write to: RECORDING STUDIO DESIGN PO Box 221 Rowlett, TX 75088 CIRCLE 78 ON READER SERVICE CARD www.americanradiohistory.com All Equalizers are not Created Equal The »looe Ten Bmid Graphic Equalizer and Three Band Parametric Equalizer are the first of a series of new signal processors designed sp cifically for the needs of today's creative electronic performers. We have combined state -of- the -art performance with smooth -working musically lc gical controls and potent input /output resources into a rugged, attractive re ck- mountable case. The Moog Parametric Equalizer gives you full control of the frequency, width and height of three wide range resonances. The Moog Graphic Equalizer spans the entire audio range in ten precisely -spaced octave bands. The right hand controls are these Signal Processors carry the Moog heritage! unique to signal process- For more information on the Equalizers write to ing equipment: a DRIVE Moog Signal Processors at the Lincolnwood address. control for getting the cor- rect internal operating level for maximum siignal to noise. An insertion GAIN control for balancing loudness levels, plus overload and bypass indicators. The Moog Signal Processors are the musician's o equalizers. Use tnern as multiresonant filters to ex- pand your instruments tone color resources. As spectrum shapers to achieve ba.alnce in your en- SIGNAL PRO_CES_S_ORS semble. And as space expanders to spread out For more information, write: your sound. Norlin Music, Inc., Advertising Dept. MR -1 Play the mus tally engineered controls. Listen to 7373 N. Cicero Avenue, Lincolnwood, linois 60646 the clear, clean, fat sound that comas out. After all, In Canada: 51 Nantucket Blvd., Scarborough, Ontario (Norlin),M CIRCE 85 ON READER SERVICE CARD www.americanradiohistory.com MAY 1978 ERN VOL. 3 NO. 8 RIC RDIING SERVING TODAY'S MUSIC/RECORDING-CONSCIOUS SOCIETY THE FEATURES THE STAPLES GROUNDING PROBLEMS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 4 By Lothar A. Krause, Jr. 36 Those annoying clicks, pops and hums TALKBACK c can also be extremely dangerous. How- The technical Q & A scene. 6 ever, with a little foresight and proper technique they can be avoided, and tech- THE PRODUCT SCENE nicians and musicians will all be better off By Norman Eisenberg 28 for it. The notable and the new, with a comment on new "monitors" available. A SESSION WITH THE COMMODORES MUSICAL NEWSICALS By Larry Rebhun 48 By Fred Ridder 32 One of the very few acts that can "ship" plati- New products for the musician. num, the Commodores are the pride of Motown and of the record buying public. The AMBIENT SOUND members of the group are incredibly hard By Len Feldman 64 working -"We'll work thirty -six hours a day" New rulings by the IHF will affect us all, and -and their albums show the result of that they will be shortly forthcoming. Explana- hard work. tions are in this month's Ambient Sound. ECHO, REVERB AND DELAY LAB REPORT - Part 'I By Norman Eisenberg By Peter Weiss 54 and Len Feldman Now that "echo," "reverb" and "delay" have Fisher CR -5120 Cassette Tape Recorder all become standard terms and techniques in Russound QT -1 Switchbox today's recording world, perhaps it's time Celestion 66 Speaker System that we sat down and took a look at what they are, what they mean, when to use them, and GROOVE VIEWS 74 perhaps most important, why we need them. Reviews of albums by Joan Armatrading, 10cc, Eric Clapton, The Rumor, Randy New- man, Eddie Condon and Chuck Mangione. ADVERTISER'S INDEX 96 COMING NEXT ISSUE! 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