The Microphone Primer & Harvey Gerst

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Some stuff about the teacher: Harvey Gerst

Here's a very brief Bio.

A few quotes from the HomeRecording.com board:

Harvey started off with: "At 64, maybe the best thing I can do with my life is to pass on what I've learned from great people that taught me when I was starting out. I think that's why Al Schmitt, George Massenburg, Ed Cherney, and some of the other really big guns spend so much time on the net. We all owe the guys that came before us a lot, and this is our way of paying them back. And that's the only thing I have in common with all those guys I just mentioned - we all kinda drank from the same well back in the 50s and 60s."

Q. Harvey, have you considered shopping around for a book deal?
A. Nope, believe it or not, I really like the idea of making all of this information available free to anybody that wants to learn it. When I first started, a lot of great engineers freely shared their knowledge with me - this is my way of paying them all back, by passing on what they taught me.

Q. ... I believe you were "involved" with Acoustic amps at one time...........true or false?
A. Guilty as charged. I designed the 260, 360, 150, 140, and 130 series (although there were several other people there that made it a reality), and the 270/370 stuff, etc. I was the Vice President of Acoustic for a few years out of my life. I watched it grow from just myself and Steve Marks to about 300 people at its peak.

Q. Harvey, how long have you been recording/producing? Sounds like you know your stuff!
A. I started in the very early 50s with a Brush Soundmirror, one of the first tape recorders sold in the US (magnetic particles coated on a paper "tape"). So it's been over 50 years I've been doing this stuff. Maybe next year, I'll finally get it right.


All checks should be made payable to:

The Harvey Gerst Rest Home For The Permanently Senile
8676 Travis Road
Sanger, TX 76266
Attn: Drug Procurement Dept.


The following is from Harvey on the Home Recording... Still Reading thread, describing other places he can be found.

I try to post as much as I can here, but questions come up in other forums and I try not to push other forums here, but I'll make an exception this one time. These are some of the other forums I hang out at:

www.prosoundweb.com/

I have my own forum there, and we do a lot of similar microphone discussions. Here's one such question, and one of the responses it received:

Post subject: E.V. RE-20 / Sp C-1
Hello ,
We are curently using a SP C-1 and are thinking of adding a E.V. RE-20 as one has come available to us for a nice price, it would be used for studio only, Mostly Rock male vocal, would this mic give us a different color and what other differences could be expected? if its too close to the C-1 ill take a pass on it..Thank you.

Bostonfan2


This was one of the responses:

I also like the RE20 for voice over. It has served me well on some vocal sessions though!

The RE20 is always one of those mics you should have in your locker.

_________________
Alan Hyatt
PMI Audio Group


Gotta love it!!!

www.recording.org/

I originally ran a forum there, but now I mainly hang out lurking on Stephen Paul's forum, or co-chairing a forum with Alan Hyatt, Brent Casey, and Malcolm Toft.


Harmony Central has some good people answering questions there, and I'll post there from time to time on subjects where I feel I can help.

http://www.musicgearnetwork.com/

I primarily hang out at George Massenburg's forum, and sometimes it's a fascinating glimpse into the world of high dollar studios, but it has its share of very useful information and occasional amazing insights from George himself.

www.gearslutz.com/board/

Gearslutz is another good forum where I mainly just lurk.

In general, I find that any forum that has posts from Fletcher, Bob Olhsson, or Mixerman is worth while investigating.

And of course, rec.audio.pro is where you'll always find me. For a recording engineer (at any point in his career), it remains the single most valuable net resource in the world, IMHO.

The rec.audio.pro CD compilation sets are a great tool for beginning recordists. You can actually listen to a track from people like George Massenburg, while you read his notes on the mics used, placements, and reasons for his choices.

This year, the 5 disc rec.audio.pro CD compilation set has cuts from Karl Winkler (Neumann), Mixerman, Fletcher, and a host of r.a.p. regulars, about 100 contributors. The liner notes alone will run 70 plus pages. One of the great recording bargains of the century. Almost every genre of music is represented on those discs.

Anyway, those are the other places I either lurk at, or contribute to. All of them have some things I find of value.

Last edited by Harvey Gerst on 01-06-2003 at 07:42

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