Ken Caillat's book...bits and tidbits

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I checked my speakers after I read that just to be sure. I had been having sound problems with no high ends showing..

Well the reason is, that a speaker has "polarity". If it's wired backwards, it's "out of phase". And some speakers ARE wired backwards. In general, "red lugs" are used to indicate the positive terminal. However, for years, JBL used the black terminal for positive, no doubt screwing up many people's systems, who weren't aware to the "backwards" wiring. An insider trick for checking polarity on a speaker, is to take a 9volt battery, and connect the positive lug, to the positive lug on the speaker(and the negative to the negative)...the speaker should jump FORWARD...that indicates that you're connected to the positive jack. If the speaker "retracts", then the speaker is wired backwards.

How's that for too much tech info?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I checked my speakers after I read that just to be sure. I had been having sound problems with no high ends showing..

That was fun, because it's something even a layman can relate too.

Even though I didn't try the puzzle, it was also nice the way he laid out Rumours in the book, told us how many minutes we could have on each side and challenged us to arrange the tracks better than they had (and include Silver Springs) if we possibly could.

But even though 99% of the audio issues he described were quite beyond anything I'd ever encounter as a listener, I think he did a good job of explaining in plain terms, that left you with an understanding of both the resolutions he found and also the expertise, precision and talent that goes into the production of a record.

Michele

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

You are making a moderator somewhere very, very unhappy!

Nice point.

I know that people like a post to be seen by as many Ledgies as possible, but it actually facilitates discussion and future searches, if we don't have the same post in several forums. It's helpful to have everyone respond in one place. So, please don't cross-post. If the post is about Fleetwood Mac as a whole, then put it in the FM forum, even if you know more people will see it in the Stevie forum. Thank you.

[ChickenStu]

I read this earlier this year. It was OK but it's one of those books where you can tell the author wants it to be a movie...

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by ChickenStu

I read this earlier this year. It was OK but it's one of those books where you can tell the author wants it to be a movie...

See? I definitely got that impression from Carol Ann's book, but not Ken's. Ken's book was way more technical than anyone interested in making a movie would care about. Whereas Carol Ann's book was solely about heightened personal drama; I still feel that Ken's book was more about the logistics of making a hit record.

[lovethemac1]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

See? I definitely got that impression from Carol Ann's book, but not Ken's. Ken's book was way more technical than anyone interested in making a movie would care about. Whereas Carol Ann's book was solely about heightened personal drama; I still feel that Ken's book was more about the logistics of making a hit record.

I agree with you 100% about the difference between these books. And both were very interesting and great reads.