What are some of the more interesting recording projects you've been apart of?
Going back to the very late 1960's. We had Steve Goodman (who wrote "The City of New Orleans" song that was performed by Arlo Guthrie) in the studio with just his acoustic guitar. We did recordings straight to 2-track analog, with a U-47 on his vocals and a pair of U-89's (i think, or were they 67's?) on his guitar, some ambience added by our EMT plate reverb. That was it. We captured some great folk/bluegrass with such a simple recording. Steve passed away from leukemia in the early 1980's.
What do you find most interesting about the new recording technology that has sprung up in the last few years?
This year (2003), we had opera singers in the studio for nine solid days of recording, performing a newly composed opera project by Dr. Michael Robbins, known as the "Sirius Fire Festival." What a challenge that was! I used Pro Tools, which really helped in capturing such dynamic material. This way I had plenty of headroom for the very loud passages and could let the very quiet "pianissimo" levels just fall down without having to ride the gain to get these quiet passages above the tape hiss. The composer/producer, Dr. Robbins, was ecstatic with the dynamics that our 24-bit recording chain was able to capture.
If you had a time machine and could bring one piece of audio gear back from 100 years in the future, what would that be?
The Laser Holophonic Microphone. 
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