Category: TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES

Early Rupert Neve Consoles and their stories | PART TEN: 1972-1973 | ‘Free-grouping’ at LWT and Neve Mic Amps change some more.

Researched and written by DAVID TAYLOR With information and photographs by JOHN TURNER And further assistance from BLAKE DEVITT Thanks to John and Blake for providing the important Neve documentation to help provide an accurate history. This website should ‘scale’ for viewing on a desktop, and smaller laptop and mobile devices. However it is best…

By David Taylor 2025-11-15 0

SOUND DUBBING: The history of Video Sound Post Production for television in the UK: Part One – ‘Analogue’.

AUDIO CONSOLES BBC TELEVISION CENTRE ITV LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION RECORDED & BROADCAST SOUND RUPERT NEVE TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES THAMES TELEVISION TYNE TEES TELEVISION

This is a ‘personal look’ based on my experience of the early days of TV sound dubbing and relates to working for ITV’s London Weekend TV, along with my interest in the methods employed by the other major broadcasters in London; the BBC and Thames TV. So excuse me if I’m initially concentrating on them.…

By David Taylor 2024-09-08 0

Early Rupert Neve Consoles and their stories | PART SEVEN: 1970 | ‘The first 24-Track Neve’

AUDIO CONSOLES BBC TELEVISION LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION POP and ROCK MUSIC POPULAR MUSIC RECORDED & BROADCAST SOUND RECORDING SESSIONS RECORDING STUDIOS RUPERT NEVE TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES TRANSISTOR MIXERS WEMBLEY STUDIOS

Researched and written by DAVID TAYLOR With information and photographs by JOHN TURNER And further assistance from BLAKE DEVITT Much of the internet history of Neve is confused, so with lots of help from John Turner, and by delving into the Neve files that Blake Devitt has been carefully looking after, these articles aim to…

By David Taylor 2023-02-20 Off

Early RUPERT NEVE Consoles and their stories | PART SIX: 1969-1970 | ’16-Track Comes To London’

AUDIO CONSOLES RECORDED & BROADCAST SOUND RECORDING SESSIONS RECORDING STUDIOS RUPERT NEVE TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES

By DAVID TAYLOR Researched and written by DAVID TAYLOR With information and photographs by JOHN TURNER Assisted with information from BLAKE DEVITT Thanks to the considerable help of John and Blake, this series of articles is trying to give an accurate account of the history of the early Rupert Neve mixing consoles up to 1975, when…

By David Taylor 2022-10-13 4

Early RUPERT NEVE Consoles and their stories | PART FIVE: 1969-1970 | ‘Free-grouping comes to the Thames’

AUDIO CONSOLES RECORDED & BROADCAST SOUND RECORDING SESSIONS RECORDING STUDIOS RUPERT NEVE TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES

Researched and written by DAVID TAYLOR With information and photographs by JOHN TURNER And further assistance from BLAKE DEVITT With the help of the longest serving Neve employee John Turner, and Neve restoration expert Blake Devitt, this series of articles is setting out to give an accurate of the history of the early Rupert Neve…

By David Taylor 2022-09-09 2

Early RUPERT NEVE consoles and their stories | PART FOUR: 1968-1969 | ‘Black to Blue-Grey’

AUDIO CONSOLES RECORDED & BROADCAST SOUND RECORDING SESSIONS RECORDING STUDIOS TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES

Researched and written by DAVID TAYLOR With information and photographs by JOHN TURNER And further assistance from BLAKE DEVITT With great help of John Turner and his large collection of Neve documents and from the Neve files being safeguarded by Blake Devitt, this series of articles has set out to give an accurate account of…

By David Taylor 2022-09-09 2

1970 – The changing face of music at LONDON WEEKEND TV | A look at ‘THE WORLD OF MAYNARD FERGUSON’.

ITV JAZZ LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION POPULAR MUSIC TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES WEMBLEY STUDIOS

BY DAVID TAYLOR CONTENTS Making the music on TV sound better And making the ‘Light Entertainment’ shows better What to do about ‘a house band’? ‘The World Of Maynard Ferguson’ TV Special Video excerpt one – the opening and first band number: Video excerpt two – keep the singers moving: The others in the show…

By David Taylor 2021-10-27 0

1950’s: PYE BROADCAST AUDIO CONSOLES | PART THREE: THE VALVE STUDIO MIXERS

ANGLIA TELEVISION BBC RADIO BBC TELEVISION BBC TELEVISION CENTRE GRANADA TELEVISION ITV Pye TVT SCOTTISH TELEVISION TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES THE B.B.C.

UPDATED ARTICLE: A NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTO OF A PYE 16-CHANNEL MIXER HAS ALLOWED ME TO EXPLORE MORE DETAILS OF THESE VALVE CONSOLES FROM OVER 60 YEARS AGO. Contents: 1| 1950s: THE PYE VALVE STUDIO MIXERS Typical 1950s Installations 2| 1957-59: A Typical Pye Valve Mixer (Type 2948F) In Detail Film of the GTV9 Pye 16-channel…

By David Taylor 2021-06-14 5

1960’s – PYE BROADCAST AUDIO CONSOLES | PART FOUR: THE INNOVATIVE PYE TRANSISTOR TV STUDIO MIXER

Associated Television BBC RADIO BBC TELEVISION BBC TELEVISION CENTRE ITV LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT Pye TVT RECORDING SESSIONS RECORDING STUDIOS TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES THE B.B.C. TYNE TEES TELEVISION

CONTENTS:THE FIRST MODULAR BROADCAST STUDIO MIXER 1| ATV’s four 34-channel consoles for Elstree The modular ‘cassettes’ Enough ‘Drama’ for the Gram Op ‘The Plane Makers’ being recorded in September 1963 Video excerpt one: The last of the Elstree Pyes 2| Pyes for other clients 3| The BBC equip with even bigger desks The biggest UK…

By David Taylor 2021-06-13 1

1969 to 1972 – DAVID FROST AT LONDON WEEKEND

GRANADA TELEVISION ITV LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION TELEVISION SOUND TELEVISION STUDIO PROGRAMMES WEMBLEY STUDIOS

BY DAVID TAYLOR CONTENTS: Video excerpt one: The Savundra interview A change-round in ITV New studios….new staff? Frost gets a show…every weekend evening London Weekend starts of with a ‘strike’ Busking the first Frost On Sunday onto ‘Air LWT ratings were crashing and so was the company A look at sound coverage on the Frost…

By David Taylor 2020-12-19 0