Exploring A Forgotten Treasure: AMPEX AG 20 Reel-To-Reel

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 73

  • @Hainbach
    @Hainbach  Месяц назад +16

    Get our EP "Ghosts" now: hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
    It is name your price for a week

  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Месяц назад +75

    Sorry about the prank at the start hainbach haha, i still shudder in my sleep about the heartbreak hahaha

    • @rp8564
      @rp8564 Месяц назад +2

      Haha you rotter 😂

    • @snoballuk
      @snoballuk Месяц назад +1

      I got genuinely excited for a second, because when I was working in a school about 25 years ago I found a tape recorder in the back of a cupboard that looked exactly like the one you pranked Hainbach with.😂

    • @MrStefanDittrich
      @MrStefanDittrich Месяц назад

      that was fün

  • @bricelory9534
    @bricelory9534 Месяц назад +24

    I absolutely love the growing friendship and collaboration between you and Sam. Both of your experiences, skills, and tastes come together to really create something special! This was such a fun video!

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад +10

      Thank you Bryce! These collabs are truly fun to make, even if we are dead by the end

  • @Banquet...
    @Banquet... Месяц назад +13

    'The speaker has shaken itself loose... there's too much bass!!' Now there's an opening line to a killer track!

    • @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j
      @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j Месяц назад +2

      So, we decided to take our work underground, to stop it falling into the wrong hands,,,

  • @jankrupic2223
    @jankrupic2223 Месяц назад

    I rarely comment but I have to say I completely adore a Stefan and Same collaboration. It’s amazing to see two different people with the same love for their passion and it warms my heart to see your willingness to travel between borders to geek out and make inspiring music. These type of videos are by far my favourite kind. What a beautiful friendship you have

  • @mikenoface
    @mikenoface Месяц назад +4

    When you get to the outdoor setup, it takes me back...to 1997 when there was very little portable gear available. My friend and I sat at the beach with a Dr. Sample Sp-202, a Casio CZ, and a Sharp mini-disc recorder.

  • @kikkirow
    @kikkirow Месяц назад +1

    These collabs between you two are magical :)

  • @maneatingseas
    @maneatingseas Месяц назад

    thanks for bringing a great big smile, kids, you inveterate dreamers! Love

  • @paulcooper9943
    @paulcooper9943 Месяц назад

    what a great collaboration, great video, love the work both of you do.

  • @MrStefanDittrich
    @MrStefanDittrich Месяц назад

    great setting in the woods

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi Месяц назад +2

    as an impetuous youth in the early 80s, I possessed an EMI L4S, a reasonably rare & barely competent three-head portable open-reel machine. probably more deserving of the "british nagra" epithet, given its ancestry. now long gone, can't remember if it was a matrnal purge when I left home or if I binned it myself. of course, full of regret now that I didn't hang onto it. piles of other recorders here- cassette & ¼" but I wish I still had that L4.

  • @michaelkonomos
    @michaelkonomos Месяц назад

    What a great duo! Love seeing you all work together. What a great video and very cool music.

  • @hairypaulmm7wab195
    @hairypaulmm7wab195 Месяц назад

    Excellent find. Simpson has been around for a long time, I have an old Simpson multi meter in the attic, good quality solid bit of kit that I have dragged around for years. It has outlived several modern meters and still going strong. Simpson Electric are still going. They produce a range of test meters, transformers, counters, encoders, sound and noise test instrumentation and specialist test gear. Might be worth You and Sam contacting them to see if You can get to play with some of their interesting kit. Keep on having fun with whatever You can get your hands on.

  • @Projacked1
    @Projacked1 Месяц назад +1

    Woaaah.....sweeeeet distortions, our best friends .
    Old gear just takes you to places.

  • @dillipphunbar7924
    @dillipphunbar7924 Месяц назад +1

    You guys are gr8..love your enthusiasm. Ants'n'gulls working title. Niche joy.

  • @guitfidle
    @guitfidle 20 дней назад

    Well this looks like loads of fun! Watching you guys really inspires me to make exprimental music and instruments (I've made a few now). I'd love to meet you guys and just BS about music for a bit ❤😂

  • @IlBiggo
    @IlBiggo Месяц назад +2

    The lab I was working at in the early '80s made a portable broadcasting mixer in the same format as the Nagra's, as it was intended for multi-source recordings (e.g. conferences). Of course it had to be top quality, special pots, every connector gold-plated, near 0 tolerance components etc. It cost A LOT, around 5'000 CHF if I recall correctly. That would be almost $20K today.

  • @JimmyNuisance
    @JimmyNuisance Месяц назад +2

    The dynamic duo together again. Love it.

  • @DanielLinfield
    @DanielLinfield Месяц назад +7

    I like to see these creative maniacs together

  • @spinyuk
    @spinyuk Месяц назад +1

    Giving Clint Mansell a run for his money with the ant vs synth noises here :) do a Pi soundtrack remix :)

  • @bricelory9534
    @bricelory9534 Месяц назад

    I'm so glad I got to visit Ramsgate last year, even if Look Mum's No Computer wasn't open when I visited - it's just so lovely seeing the same beach I visited in creators' content I love!

  • @mateuszgrzybek4419
    @mateuszgrzybek4419 Месяц назад

    Man, such a shame that they produced so little of these machines, they look, and from what I can tell, work amazing. Would love to get my hands on one of these

  • @rp8564
    @rp8564 Месяц назад +2

    Love it when you guys collaborate! Do you have a video on the small battery-operated test equipment?

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад

      Thanks! Basically that is the video on it

    • @rp8564
      @rp8564 Месяц назад

      Oh nice, it's a much more manageable form factor in that size compared to the big stuff. Would be cool to see a Hainbach in-depth look ❤

  • @geenrecords6676
    @geenrecords6676 Месяц назад +1

    Great thinking how to show the British flag ! Almost perfection with the saté prikker! ( the litle stick where you put meat on)

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад +1

      My daughter Ada made this for me ❤️

  • @DewtehDew
    @DewtehDew Месяц назад

    Love to collab videos, you guys are the best.

  • @ferrifet7267
    @ferrifet7267 Месяц назад +1

    Tbf I'd say the actual british nagra would be the fi-cord 1A.
    Built by Erskine Laboratory in sunny ol Scarborough.
    Designed by stefan kudelski 😂

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад +2

      Did not know that one! But that was a license built Stellavox, not an original product

    • @ferrifet7267
      @ferrifet7267 Месяц назад +1

      @@Hainbach aye that's a good point. Ya got me there 😂 I'd love to find one being a local!

  • @KosmoDeuz
    @KosmoDeuz Месяц назад

    Cool Video -guys🎉

  • @jameslambe9275
    @jameslambe9275 Месяц назад

    CZ-101 in the wild! Yes 😊

  • @Lo_Scum
    @Lo_Scum Месяц назад

    I love using gauss!!! That’s as close as I get to tape! Awesome app!!!!🤙

  • @b.slocumb7763
    @b.slocumb7763 Месяц назад

    OMG the ants! That’s gonna haunt my dreams!

  • @tigerjunge
    @tigerjunge Месяц назад

    Very inspirierend you both :)

  • @DetroitMicroSound
    @DetroitMicroSound Месяц назад

    I wish ALL of your videos were this unscripted, and quicker paced! Also, cool seeing a CZ-101. I've had mine since the late 80's. It needs work, unfortunately.

  • @b4chu5
    @b4chu5 Месяц назад

    Daniel Craig's German voice actor wants his voice back 😉

  • @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j
    @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j Месяц назад

    Yo! Did I imagine it or did Sam have a Casio CZ101 in the forest, and,, lurking in the back of the museum studio? Ahh further along the video it is Clear! hahaha

  • @tapeexperiments
    @tapeexperiments Месяц назад

    that day lookMum moved ants over to the equipment area.🐜🐜🐜🙃

  • @NicStage
    @NicStage Месяц назад

    Portable jam in the middle of forest? I'm solidly in your demographic on this one.

  • @stuartchapman5171
    @stuartchapman5171 Месяц назад +1

    I sincerely hope he never reveiws my go to open reel. I hope to be able to buy and run these for years. Nope don't ask, not telling lol.

  • @metabeard3788
    @metabeard3788 Месяц назад

    10 D batteries?! I've never seen anything with nearly that many

  • @MrFlottgote
    @MrFlottgote Месяц назад

    This is as reel as it gets...

  • @Macsimski2
    @Macsimski2 Месяц назад

    looks more like a Uher report to me. push button control and even the power brick trick is the same. I wonder if they used uhers spindle drive.

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад +1

      While I am with you on the controls being similar and the power brick, this was made to compete with Nagra. It is way more solid and high quality than the Uher, especially note the three head system with tape monitoring, something that came to the Uher line only in the 80s.

  • @BiggoSuave
    @BiggoSuave Месяц назад +1

    Future emulation w/ @audiothing?

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад

      Well the phasing mechanism is interesting

    • @BiggoSuave
      @BiggoSuave Месяц назад

      @@Hainbach could be used as creative fx 4 sure

  • @robnewton3368
    @robnewton3368 Месяц назад

    Never mind the ants, that’s not the woods where they keep the bison ?

  • @KaterKomPuter
    @KaterKomPuter Месяц назад

    You guys are hilarious ^^

  • @danosdotnl
    @danosdotnl Месяц назад

    use a contact mic to record ants!

  • @johnkaplun9619
    @johnkaplun9619 17 дней назад

    But isn't ampex from outside San Francisco?

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  15 дней назад

      Yes, but they had a branch in the UK that was developing on their own.

  • @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j
    @JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j Месяц назад

    Are They Flying Ants??

  • @curtishoffmann6956
    @curtishoffmann6956 Месяц назад

    We are professionals. Ha.

  • @Mattythebassist_
    @Mattythebassist_ Месяц назад

    Where on earth are you guys? Does he just have a room full of teletubbies or is it a hallway? No complaints just wondering

    • @M_orcan
      @M_orcan Месяц назад +2

      They were at This Museum Is Not Obsolete, Sam's museum

    • @Mattythebassist_
      @Mattythebassist_ Месяц назад +1

      @@M_orcan Oh nice should visit one day

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Месяц назад

      @@Mattythebassist_ I desperately want to go and play about with all the stuff, but it’s a wee while away from Glasgow! Almost opposite side of the island…

  • @qwerty_studios
    @qwerty_studios Месяц назад

    reald

  • @BrunoWiebelt
    @BrunoWiebelt Месяц назад

    wie immer wumderbaum mit Gulaschduft

  • @peterlarkin762
    @peterlarkin762 Месяц назад

    Bit of an anty climax.

  • @lofimat3856
    @lofimat3856 Месяц назад

    Völlich Irree!!

  • @NullStaticVoid
    @NullStaticVoid Месяц назад

    Ampex was American, not British.

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Месяц назад +1

      Yes, but they had a branch in England near Reading, where this was developed.

    • @NullStaticVoid
      @NullStaticVoid Месяц назад +1

      @@Hainbach yeah I gathered that from the later part of the video. So here I am with egg on my face.
      I used to work next to the original headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area, so I took it personally!