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Bill Putnam Jr. Universal Audio Interview


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Very cool - thanks for posting that!

The song that Bill Jr. mentions, that caught Bruce Swedien's ear - Peg O' My Heart by the Harmonicats - the first use of artificial reverb... here it is:

 

My understanding is that Bill Putnam Sr. set up a speaker in a tiled bathroom, and put a mic in the far corner of the room to catch the resulting reverberation. Pretty clever and creative stuff for 1947. :)


I've got nothing but huge amounts of respect for what those pioneers like Bill and Bruce did. They laid the foundation for everything that followed.

 

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