The ROCKMAN Headphone Amp | Def Leppard “Hysteria” Guitar Tones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0-pMx39TB8   The Rockman headphone amp is a portable headphone amplifier designed for guitarists and bassists to practice silently or monitor their instrument’s sound privately. It was developed by Tom Scholz, the guitarist of the band Boston, and initially released in the 1980s. The Rockman headphone amp gained popularity for its compact size, built-in effects, … Read more

Van Halen/ Prince Engineer Peggy McCreary reflects on her career at Sunset Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCswxx3ewsI Recording Engineer, Peggy McCreary started her career as an engineer at Sunset Sound in the 1970’s. Being one of the first female engineers was not an easy task but with in a short amount of time she was working 2nd chair on Van Halen and Elton John as well as being head engineer for … Read more

Insight into why the musical magic of Muscle Shoals / FAME, stellar at first, then “faded”

Spot-on, I think, Comment from the video — “It’s funny that it starts out mentioning that the engineer knew and made (or at least serviced) all the equipment, and the sound quality was great. But then, technology moved in, and the engineer became disconnected, and there hasn’t been “that sound” or any true hit ever … Read more