This is the first documentary that Andy Kastler ever produced. It was shot on Super-8 in Shell Rock, Iowa. Chandler Limited specializes in remaking and reintroducing classic recording equipment based on classic EMI and Abbey Road designs that are no longer available or in some cases never were.
It may seem like Matt Newport's talking up his audio referencing skillz, but he's just trying to share some advice culled from years of working with every kind of audio gear imaginable. He bought this RE204 to help target and eliminate distortion and other problem "specs" from audio equipment, but...
If you've been following Gearwire's visit to Boiler Room Mastering, you know that Collin Jordan doesn't have any lousy gear anywhere near his mastering suite. Here, he shows us his jewel from Crane Song, the Avocet Class A Studio Controller.
Universal Audio teams up with engineer John Nowland, and Neil Young's original UA 610 console. The men's room was used for reverb and the real Cooper Time Cube was used for pre-delay as UA employees played a rendition of Miles Davis' "All Blues".