Thanks for the correction --amazing that Sigma Sound was still working until two years ago. Truth be told, I was never a big fan of that sound, although it really is a feat of engineering... marcos --On Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:18 PM -0500 Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Marcos: > > It was Joe TarsiA, founder and owner of Sigma Sound Studios. Joe sold > Sigma only a couple of years ago. That place was definitely home of the > Philly Sound, second home of Gamble and Huff (sp?). Their NYC studio was > the birthplace of the Village People, for better or worse (definitely > better for Sigma, as all those gold records led to a disco-fueled hot > hand). > > -- Tom Fine > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcos Sueiro" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs > > >> I have >>> had a couple of opportunities to be a "recording artist" (popular >>> music, not classical) and I have found that as soon as musicians >>> find out the opportunity for "changes via edit" exists, they >>> immediately discover a near-infinite number of "flaws" in their >>> solos which need to be corrected! >> >> So true. So goes also with artists who want to change the volume of one >> track in the mix by half of one dB, or move one note in a solo by >> miliseconds. >> >> Perhaps my favourite quote from an ARSC Conference came in Philadelphia >> from Joe Tarsio, pivotal engineer for the "philly sound" of the 1970s: >> "Remember, automation was supposed to *save* us time!" >> >> Marcos