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Old 20th June 2005   #104
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Originally Posted by stereomixer
I made my first record as an artist in Toronto in 1978 at a studio there called Thunder sound on Davenport road. They had the Olive there at that time. I worked on it for three months as an engineer and an artist. It was one big pain in the ass trust me. I spent the mix holding wires together at the back many times. There were so many bells and whistles it was crazy. It broke down every day. It was also HUGE in size. Finally the guy that made it came down from Montreal and tried to fix it, he could not. There were 6 made I think, One was in Montreal at Perrys place and there was one in New York and one in Nashville. I havent seen one since 1979, THANK GOD!!
By 1978/79, Olive was long since dead, so I can only imagine the headaches.

After looking through the old brochures, I noticed they sold their frames in 2 foot long chunks, with 12 modules per bucket. Wowzer..a 2" wide moduels is HUGE, indeed!

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