History Of Presto Recording Corporation If you had been to my 1940's radio spots page on My radio commerical downloads section of my site as of yet, you know that most of pre tape radio (from the late 1940's or before) was eithier live or recorded on large acetate discs (if you haven't been there, go NOW and come back,or bookmark it for later. In any event, the Presto Recording Corp was THE main manufacturer and supplier for both recording blank discs (acetate coated glass, metal and sometimes even cardboard bases) and even recording equipment (both cutting lathes and amplifiers for the cutting heads. It cornered the market for broadcast and consumer applications, and while it seems that recording has now come full circle back to disc based media with CDR's and soon DVD recordables, one of the biggest companies of the first era of disc recording is virtually forgotten, until this site came along that is. it gives you a nice look at the company, it's origins, and it's demise, with photos of the manufacturing plant. see how it was in them olden days...

MINIDISC.ORG This is probably the best place on the net for professional and novices to learn about the minidisc format. After a false start in 1992, Sony's Minidisc format is gaining ground as a great portable format for personal music (people often transfer mp3 downloaded music for listening on the road) or ENG radio news (because of it's ability of editing on the machine) and crisp clean sound..not to mention more durable then DAT. Go here, educate yourself, and see if minidisc is for you.....

TANGIBLE TECHNOLOGY CENTER Why would you 'bake a tape"??? what's dbm mean as opposed to dbu??? questions for people in professional audio, whether it is at the recording studio level, or broadcast production, there is some nice hints here regarding basics of recording. I might add, this is the most indepth column on baking a tape that I have seen on the net to date. For the record, NO, I'm not talking cassettes, Reel to Reel tape is the main format discussed regarding tape baking. If you want any more details, go to Eddie Ciletti's site, he can explain it better then me.

RECORDING HISTORY TECHNOLOGY This is a very nice site with pics on recording history technology over the past 100 years or so. From the cylinder to the CD and then some, this site is really up to date with the history of recorded technology. It admittingly is not that indepth regarding specifics of each format, but still is quite interesting and worth a visit for the pics alone. If you are interested in recording technology like myself, take a peak.

8 TRACK HEAVEN Saw this in Yahoo Internet Magazine..and thought i'd check it out...who says the 8 track died with the 70's??? 8 tracks are alive and well in the 90's, though on a more speciality level then anything, still, they are alive. Hit any thrift store or flea market, and you are sure to fine the players and tapes. This site is dedicated to them, and what's also neat is that they also cover anything related to a "cart" as the die hard's call them, and surprisingly enough, there were different variations of tape cartridges over the years...the 8 track is the more well known consumer format. In fact, I can easily relate, as the Broadcast Tape Cartridge, which is still quite well used today with radio stations, and has been around for 40 years, is known to be the "grandfather of the 8 track". If you are a nostalgia fan of the 70's, this is a great site to visit...just make sure you are wearing your platform shoes, and a pet rock nearby...hahahahaha!!!

RADIO AND PRODUCTION MAGAZINE If you are in the biz, you know what a production director goes through! IT CAN BE HELL!!!!! or what a production director even does...check it out...some great radio oriented links too!!!!

DG SYSTEMS They started out with distributing radio commericals over a dedicated high speed network before the internet ever took off. They still do that, but many other things as well, including TV commericals via satellite, radio spots via the net, etc. Check em out.

JOHN MULLIN TALKS ABOUT TAPE RECORDER HISTORY You use them everyday I'm sure, VCR's, cassette recorders, even some answering machines are taped based...and the technology is just over 50 years old here in North America, but do you know how it started? where it started? the answer might surprise you! I have always been fascinated by this story, because some of it was total chance, and luck. Well, enough said. hit this link to find out more about the origins of tape recorder here in North America

SOUNDDOGS VIRTUAL SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY For the Production Professional or Web Page designer who wants to add sound, or someone who has cash and wants to play with sound FX, without spending a lot, this is the place to go. Sounddogs is literally a virtual soundeffects library online with thousands of sound effects at your fingertips. You don't have to buy, say, a whole CD to get one effect, as Sounddogs let's you pay for what you need, and what quality you need, up to 44k 16 bit stereo. They seem to be reputable, as they have a tie-in with one of the best professional sound FX libraries in the world "Sound Ideas", so if you have a little cash, and don't want to spend endless hours looking elsewhere, try these folks!!!!! when I have cash, I just might (did you go to my 5 W's page yet??? then maybe you'll understand!!!hahaha!!!)