Blog: Fusion 45

Associated Recording Studios, New York According to legend, it was two in the morning at Associated on New York's Seventh Avenue when engineer Jerry Samuels closed the door to the studio, turned on the Scully four-track at the back of the room and, along with a siren, a clapper, a drummer and a $30 budget, cut a top 40 hit. Using a new piece of equipment he and studio owner, Nat Schapf, had invented (called a variable oscillator), Samuels was able to speed up his voice without speeding up the track. With a few [...]

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