45 Sound Business Product Showcase Sound 80 Label Records Digitally Herb Pilhofer Uses 3M System For Audio Spectacular By ALAN PENCHANSKY CHICAGO -Minneapolis' Sound Crofoot, several major label projects with audiophile outlets targeted. 80 studios will be back in the audio- also have involved Sound 80 in digi- says Crofoot. It is also a 32 -track phile record market again this fall tal production work, including the production. with a new 3M digital album on its first digital recording of Neville Crofoot reveals that a second in- Sound 80 label. Marriner conducting the Minnesota dependent production with the St. The recording, composed. ar- Orchestra to be released inter- Paul Chamber Orchestra and out- ranged and conducted by Sound 80 nationally on the Philips labels next going maestro Dennis Russel Davies president Herb Pilhofer, is being year. also was completed. The orchestra's promoted as one of the biggest digi- It was completed last season by first Sound 80 digital release, Cop - tal audio spectaculars yet assembled. producer Andrew Kazdin working land's "Appalachian Spring," won a Orchestration for the sessions ran with Sound 80 using 32 -track ma- Grammy for the studio last year. the gamut from electric guitars to chines in Orchestra Hall, Min- Crofoot says the studio has ap- exotic percussion, with plenty of neapolis. proached major labels about issuing standard orchestral instruments in- Digital recording work for CBS the new album. Repertoire is cluded. includes two fall St. Paul Chamber Charles Ives' Third Symphony and Sound 80 was one of the first U.S. Orchestra waxings with incoming Aaron Copland's "Short Sym- studios to install the 3M digital sys- conductor Pinchas Zukerman, pro- phony." . tem. More than a dozen studios now duced by the label's Steven Epstein. Another Sound 80 digital produc- are using the 3M machines. "Spaces," the new Herb Pilhofer tion client is the Kimball piano com- NEW MONITORS -UREI is introducing a new "A" series of Time -Aligned stu- According to Sound 80's Barb album, will carry a $14.98 list price, (Continued on page 46) dio monitor loudspeakers. Models include 811A, 813A and 815A. The firm claims that the Time -Align crossover has been redesigned allowing for the maximum power transfer to the transducers resulting in improved sensitivity and creating more acoustic power. NEW AMPLIFIERS -UREI introduces several models of power amplifiers to complement their earlier introduced model 6500. The new entries include the 6150 at 74 watts at $596, the 6250 at 150 watts at $796 and the 6400 at 255 watts at $1,346. TANGENT AVAILABLE -The Tangent Series 4 mixing console, introduced at the last Western NAMM convention, is now available from stock to three weeks from order, according to the firm. The unit is designed for both sound reinforcement and 4 and 8 -track recording. The MX-5050B Track The Otari MX- 5O5OB. The 1/4" production machine that's Studio earned the reputation of The New Workhorse. 3ecause of Continued from page 44 a Mel Tillis /Nancy Sinatra duet with Treat be Pet Clams starting an LP for CBGB/OMFUG Rec- hind the boards. quality that delivers unmatched reliability. Reliability that ords, produced by Hilly Kristal and Glen Kolot- Roy Clark laying tracks at Nashville's Sound an engineer depends on. And accountability that makes kin, Kolotkin also engineering with Scott Powers Emporium. Larry Butler at the helm for this MCA assisting. The Noogs have also completed a de- album with engineer Billy SherrilL Also there, your banker smile. Smiles, because it eases your but single there for Beatbad Records, producing Jerry Reed producing himself on a television prcduction burdens while making a "return on by John Devlin and the group, Devlin engineer- spot for his new tv series, "Concrete Cowboys." ing. Harold Lee behind the boards. Warner Bros. art- investment." The 5O5OB offers the performance and Music City Music Hall, Nashville, activity: ist Rex Allen Jr. working on cutting tracks with machines which cost more than twice as Rodney Crowell producing sessions on Leroy engineer Lee. Dan Torres cutting debut record features of Willoughby, Dan Dea engineering; Tony Brown with producers Patty Parker and Frank Fara and much, and the "B" will keep on returning your investment producing Keith Stegall, Dea engineering; Kyle engineer Jim Williamson. Calming producing Firefan; and Toni Collins pro- Actor Slim Pickens cutting a double LP at long after it's written off. ducing Sylvia for RCA, Bill Harris engineering. Pete's Place, Nashville. Pete Drake and Paul Now, that's why we claim that dollars for dB's, it's the At Soundstage, Nashville, Ed Bruce mixing Brown are producing this Midsong project, with MCA album with producer Tommy West and en- engineer Al Pachucki. best you can own. gineer Warren Peterson with assistant Steve At Waxworks, Nashville, Byron Hill pproduc- The New Workhorse Fralick; Sonny Curtis laying Elektra tracks with ing EMI Germany artist Renate Kern. The Cates the Hitmen producing and Brent King engineer- singing background vocals on Kern's first Ameri- OBEROtan Corporation, 1559 Industrial Road ing, George Burns working on Mercury project can recording. San Carlos, California 94070 (415) 592 -8311 Telex (910- 376 -4890) with producer Jerry Kennedy and engineer King, Hank Snow and Kelly Foxton producing them Hank Williams Jr. cutting tracks with Jimmy selves at Nashville's Music City Music Hall. Be Bowen overseeing this Elektra project and Ron hind the boards for this RCA project are Bill Zan - Treat engineering, and Bowen is also producing devart and assistant Dan Dea. www.americanradiohistory.com.