Copper


Issue 145

Issue 145Opening Salvo

Recently we received an e-mail stating that “Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) as we have all known it will be no more.” I felt sadder and more disappointed than I...

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Getting to the Point

Issue 145PARTING SHOT

Zabriskie Point, California, in Death Valley National Park.

Suspending Disbelief: The Potential of Acoustic...

Issue 145FROM THE SWEET SPOT

Acoustic manipulation is a technique that can be used in medical applications, such as controlling a miniature camera within a human body, or removing a kidney stone. Call it “acoustic...

Martin Theophilus of The Museum of Magnetic Sou...

Issue 145REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

Martin Theophilus is the Executive Director of the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording (MOMSR), a private collection of recording machines, tapes and other materials, along with a companion website. The site contains a...

Dar Williams: Writing Songs That Matter

Issue 145DISCIPLES OF SOUND

The folk community is quite a bit like the jazz world. You earn respect over time and across a strong body of work. For Dar Williams, the path from debut...

The New New Orleans Sounds

Issue 145WAYNE'S WORDS

Beyond jazz, the music to which the Crescent City gave birth, New Orleans rock and R&B music has always meant something simple and straightforward to me. Piano-based, from the early...

Sweet Summer Songs

Issue 145BE HERE NOW

Welcome to the latest edition of Be Here Now, the column/playlist for folks who would like to discover outstanding contemporary artists but could use a little help navigating all of the...

Raw Power

Issue 145AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

1977 Klipsch Decorator loudspeaker, companion to the one featured in Issue 140. It was a less-expensive version of a finished model. The speakers feature a Richard Modaferri-modified Infinite Slope Crossover. The backs...

The Man with No Name? Michael Baugh Interview, ...

Issue 145THE COPPER INTERVIEW

What do you get when you blend pyrotechnic guitar virtuosity, exceptional composing ability and a passion for all things musical? You get the uber-talented Michael Baugh, film composer, Ernie Ball Music...

Phil Keaggy – A Lifetime of Making Joyful Noise...

Issue 145FEATURED

“Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!” Psalm 33:2, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language Guitarists who have developed distinctly separate and unique voices on both the acoustic and electric guitar...

Moving to Computer Audio: A Comprehensive Overv...

Issue 145DEEP DIVE

In Part One (Issue 144) we looked at the fundamental considerations in building a computer-based high-resolution audio system, creating a music library, DACs and how to best implement them, and audiophile computers...

Whistling While You Work

Issue 145TRUE-LIFE ROCK TALES

As I step off my elevator, I hear music coming from my end of the hallway. It’s really loud and I soon realize that it is coming from my apartment....

Every Picture Tells A Story, Or, How I Recreate...

Issue 145FEATURED

Today’s renaissance of vinyl as a chosen physical music format represents an opportunity for baby boomers to recapture their collective youth. In the 1970s, record stores were the place to hang out...

Self-Help Before YouTube: More Records to Impro...

Issue 145FEATURED

Have you ever wondered how we learned to do things (repair/install/build/develop skills, etc.) before smartphones and YouTube came along?  Well, back in ancient times, before “there’s an app for that,”...

Mister Mister and the Misses

Issue 145THE MINDFUL MELOPHILE

This month the Melophile suggests music by composers who either deserve better recognition or are already well-known but have written major works that were overshadowed by their own “biggest hits.”...

Pilgrimage to Sturgis, Part Three

Issue 145NEW VISTAS

  Part One and Part Two of this series appeared in Issue 143 and Issue 144. I felt emancipated as I pulled into the highway and away from the renegades. I’d miss Candy...

Lyle Mays – Composer, Arranger, Producer and Ke...

Issue 145FEATURED

Part One (Issue 144) covered Lyle Mays’ recordings as a leader and as part of the Pat Metheny Group. The series concludes here. In the last installment, we looked at Lyle...

Lefty Frizzell: Country Music Bedrock

Issue 145OFF THE CHARTS

Everybody knows who Hank Williams is, but somehow Lefty Frizzell is not a household name. In the early days of country music, however, the two men were equally important in...

Stuff Smith: Black Violin

Issue 145TRADING EIGHTS

Leroy “Stuff” Smith, born in 1909, helped turn the violin into a jazz instrument. His dad taught him classical violin when he was growing up in Ohio, but when Louis...

An I²S Follow Up…And More Steven Wilson Remix/R...

Issue 145TO BE DETERMINED

In my article in Copper Issue 141 I talked about my new setup using a Douk Audio USB digital interface to get an I²S output signal fed to my PS Audio GainCell...