User:Joanne.nathan/sandbox

User:Joanne.nathan/sandbox Bobby Nathan is an American musician, songwriter, recording engineer, recording studio owner, record producer, musician, band leader, columnist, author, educator, and software designer of electronic music plug-ins that use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware in software. Nathan became a Digidesign authorized third party software designer and debuted the URS Classic Console EQ Bundle in October 2003 at the Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City. The URS Classic Console EQ Bundle was the first software plug-in emulations of classic recording console EQ sections for all the Macintosh computer macOS digital audio workstation formats including:

Digidesign's ProTools digital audio workstation, in TDM and RTAS native plug-in formats,

Logic Audio digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application in Audio Units(AU) native plug-in format and

Cubase in Virtual Studio Technology(VST) plug-in format.

Songwriter
In 1969, while taking classes at Manhattan community college, Bobby Nathan co wrote the song Oh Alaina,(Black Sheep of My Mind) as Robert Nathan with Carole Bayer Sager. . Nathan would meet Sager at Colgems Records publishing on Fifth Ave and write in the writers rooms, while Sager was working as a staff writer there. Al Altmman head of Colgems Records A&R felt the song was a Bubblegum music hit. The original demo was recorded by Bill Szymczyk at Bob Lifton's at Regent Sound Studios on West 56th Street in New York City with Ron Dante of The Archies on vocals and Bobby Nathan on guitar.

In 1970, the song was released by The Cinnamon and released on Birth/Cottonball/Wheel Records produced by Roy Cicala and Lori Burton.

in 1970, Nathan, while driving a taxi. met Gerome Ragni (Hair (musical)) one night at Max's Kansas City and began writing with Gerome at his room at the Hotel Chelsea. They penned several songs together. Nathan recorded them at home, but never recorded or released them professionally.

In 1971 Nathan worked as a bartender for Richard Ross at Home Restaurant on 91st Street and Second Ave. May Pang, John Lennon's Secretary hung out there nightly and eventually brought John Lennon to the club. Nathan started a weekly Sunday Jam session there and met many other musicians and continued to collaborate on song writing. In 1972 Nathan bought a TEAC A-2340 4 Track recorder for his home recording studio and made demo recordings for his songs.

In 1973, Nathan learned to be a recording engineer on pro gear while working as a bartender at Lloyd Price's Turntable on Broadway in New York City. Price had a professional 8 Track Ampex tape recorder and Audio Kinetics console in the club. Price would rehearse the bands that played at the club to learn his hit songs, just in case he wanted to jump on stage during their shows. Nathan would record Lloyd and the bands during the afternoons before the club opened.

Recording Studio Owner
Bobby Nathan and wife Joanne Georgio Nathan were co-owners of Unique Recording Studios,  a five room recording studio operating in New York City from from July 1978 – May 2004 located at 701 Seventh Ave, New York City.

In the early 1980's. the studio was known as being one of the early birthplaces for Hip-Hop music with early artists that included Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, Malcolm McLaren, Planet Patrol, Hashim, Force MDs, Freeez, G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid, Jonzun Crew, Rockers Revenge, New Edition, Maurice Starr, Man Parrish with Producers Arthur Baker, John Robie, Keith Diamond, Dan Hartman, Russ Titleman, Ted Currier and Duke Bootee on the Streetwise Records and Tommy Boy Records.

In the 1990's, The studio became popular among the leading East coast Rap music artists that included Run DMC, Biz Markie, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Heavy D and the Boys, Sir Mix-a-Lot, The Fat Boys, Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Naughty By Nature, Coolio, Nas, Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane, Big Punisher, KRS-One, Easy Mo Bee, Lil Kim, Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Capone-N-Noreaga, Junior M.A.F.I.A., DMX, Mobb Deep and Ruff Ryders

Unique was well-known for its extensive collection of now-vintage synths, drum machines and some of the first MIDI-equipped keyboards and sequencers-all of which were important to the sound of both the early new wave and hip hop records.

Unique Recording has been awarded 100's of Gold and Platinum records and Grammy Nominations and Awards.

Bobby Nathan trained his staff engineers well. Many have gone on to become industry leaders in their field. Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Lord Alge and Bob Rosa,

In 1987 Unique Recording Studios was nominated for a Mix Magazine TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Recording Studio.

Recording Engineer Discography
The Dance - Dance for Your Dinner on Go Go Records 1980

Material - Temporary Music Celluloid Records 1981

Peter Tork and The New Monks - Peter's back EP "Stepping Stone" and Higher and Higher" on Claudes Music Works Records 1981

Henderson & Whitfield – “Dancin’ To The Beat” 12” single on Park Place Records 1981

Polyrock – Above The Fruited Plain – EP on PVC Records 1982

Affinity – “Don’t Go Away” 12” single on Mango Records 1983

Sofistikit – “You’ll Never Break My Heart” on Piper Records 1983

The Best of Great Gildersleeves – Various Artists album on Gilden Records 1983

Aleem featuring Leroy Burgess – “Shock” album on Atlantic Records 1987

Record Producer
Bobby E and The Midi City Crew – “Walk On The Wildeside” 12” single on Midi City Records 1987

Paul Pesco – Make It Reality album – Sire Records 1989

The Long Island Christmas Blues - various artists on Paula Jean's Records 1996

I’m Ready album on Amazon Music iTunes 2003

“Twas The Night Before Christmas” single on Amazon Music iTunes 2004

Session Guitarist, Keyboard Player and Percussionist
Marimba - Polyrock – “Working on My Love” on Above The Fruited Plain – EP on PVC Records 1982

Guitar – Dimas Barras Da Mente EP on Voga Records 1983

Keyboards - David Dee – Sheer Pleasure – 12” single Edge Records 1986

Memphis Soul Revue
Bobby Nathan formed a Stax Records Tribute band called The Memphis Soul Revue to pay homage to the Stax artist roster including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Rufus Thomas and Booker T and The M.G.'s at New York City's China Club

The Memphis Soul Revue performed at The SunFest Festival, Palm Beach FL 2011

the Memphis Soul Revue performed at Stephens Talkhouse in Amaghansett, NY

Family Affair - Sly Stone Tribute Band
Family Affair - Sly Stone Tribute Band is a eight piece group features Betty Padgett on Vocals, Bobby Nathan on Guitar and Vocals, Jojo Nathan on Vocals and Keyboards, Richie Goldman on Vocals and Bass, Aaron Goldman on Vocals and Drums, Doug Treen on Vocals, Sax and Harmonica, Stephen Hooper Lombardelli on Tenor and Baritone Sax Richard Lee Wendell on Trumpet and Flugel Horn.

Boogie Shoes - KC & The Sunshine Tribute Band
Boogie Shoes is a ten piece KC & The Sunshine Tribute Band consisting of : Bobby Nathan on Keyboards and Lead Vocals, Betty Padgett on Lead and Backing Vocals, Joanne Nathan on Keyboards and Backing Vocals, Rodrick Kohn on Guitar, Richie Goldman on Bass, Aaron Goldman on Drums, Doug Treen on Tenor Sax, Richard Lee on Trumpet and Linda Curtis Anton on Congas, Percussion and Backing Vocals.

Bobby Nathan Band
Bobby Nathan Band is a 4-10 piece band performing blues and dance iconic songs from the most steller artists of our time including: David Bowie, Prince,, Megan Trainor, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Wild Cherry, Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates, Rollingstones, Al Green, Sam & Dave, Pointer Sisters, Bruce Springstein, Chuck Berry, Doors, Temptations, Black Crowes, Joe Cocker, Deep Purple, Steve Winwood, Ben E. King, Al Green, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Bob Marley!

The Bobby Nathan Band has performed at the following festivals: Great South Bay Music Festival, Pacthogue New York

Riverhead Blues Festival, Riverhead, NY 2001, 2008, 2012

Solo Artist
In 1993 Bobby Nathan recorded at solo blues album entitled I'm Ready in the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughn but with a horn section.

In 2004 Bobby Nathan a Christmas Blues version of “Twas The Night Before Christmas” single

Blues Jam Host
Manny's Car Wash, New York City 1995

Terra Blues New York City

Bobbique, Patchogue NY

Long Island Blues Society IBC International Blues Challenge
Joanne and Bobby Nathan won The Long Island Blues Society challenge in 2015 and went to Memphis to compete in the 32nd Annual nternational Blues Challenge (IBC)

MIDI Technology
Bobby Nathan was an innovator in MIDI technology and in 1983 opened the world’s first MIDI recording studios called Midi City .Nathan taught MIDI classes in 1984 in New York City and wrote reviews of MIDI instruments for publications.

Columnist
Bobby Nathan several wrote Pro Audio review articles for Billboard Magazine.

Keyboard Magazine monthly columnist 1985 -1988 Bobby Nathan wrote a monthly column entitled "In The Studio" for Keyboard Magazine<ref  between 1985-1988. Even though Keyboard magazine is out of print and is not archived, Nathan hosts the archive of three years of his Keybaord magazine In The Studios articles on his website for educational purposes.

Record Label owner
Bobby Nathan started a record label in 1987 called Midi City Records. The first release was a 12” single remake of Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) written by Lou Reed performed by Bobby E and The Midi City Crew.

Author
Bobby Nathan articles have been published in the following books: Synthesizer Basics published in 1988 by Hal Leonard.

Multitrack Recording for Musicians by Helen Casabona, ‎David Frederick published by Hal Leonard

What is Midi? by Helen Casabona, ‎David Frederick published by Hal Leonard

Playing Synthesizers by Helen Casabona, ‎David Frederick published by Hal Leonard ,

Programming Synthesizers by Helen Casabona, ‎David Frederick published by Hal Leonard ,

Multi-Track Tricks by Dominic Milano published by Hal Leonard

Multi-Track Recording For Musicians by Brent Hurtig published by Hal Leonard

Synthesizer Basics by Brent Hurtig published by Hal Leonard

Equipment Manufacturer Consultant
Bobby Nathan was a beta tester and consultant for Yamaha Music Instruments. . The president of Yamaha International,Mr Miyake, visted Unqiue Recording Studios in 1984 and toured Unique Recording studios personally before making Unique the New York Beta Test site for Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer and FM Synthesis. Nathan also beta tested for EMU Systems and Linn Electronics.

Software Developer
In 2003 Bobby Nathan founded Unique Recording Software  better known as URS plug-ins.

URS Classic Console EQ Bundle
URS introduced the URS Classic Console EQ Bundle   featuring the first two URS plug-ins, URS A series EQ > and the URS N series EQ. > The URS Classic Console Equalizer is designed to re-create the pro analog recording studio sound to the Pro Tools studio and were introduced at the 115th Audio Engineering Society convention in The New York City  Friday October 10 - Monday October 13, 2003. The URS A series EQ is an emulation of a famous vintage 1970's American recording console's equalizer section module. The URS N series EQ is an emulation of a famous vintage 1970's British recording console's equalizer section module.

In 2004, the URS Classic Console EQ Bundle was nominated for a Mix (magazine) TEC award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Signal Processing Technology (Software).

URS S eries EQ
At the January 2004 NAMM Show in Aneheim URS debuted three new plug-ins, the URS S series EQ plug-in and URS Classic Console Graphic EQ Bundle. The URS S series EQ is an emulation of a famous 1980's British mixing console's equalizer section.

URS Classic Console Graphic EQ Bundle
The URS Classic Console Graphic EQ Bundle featuring the URS A10 10 band Graphic EQ and the URS N12 12 Band Graphic EQ. The URS A10 series EQ is an emulation of a famous vintage 1970's American recording console's 10 band graphic equalizer section module. The URS A series EQ is an emulation of a famous vintage 1970's British recording console's equalizer section module as 12 band graphic equalizer.

URS Fultec Program EQ Bundle
The URS Fultec Program EQ Bundle consists of two plug-ins, The URS FulTec Program EQ and the URS BLT Program EQ.

The URS Fultec Program EQ consists of five bands that overlap for a wide range of subtle and powerful changes..

The URS BLT Program EQ is a two band Program Equalizer with selected URS FullTec bass and treble curves for quick track or mix sweetening.[http://www.ursplugins/http://www.ursplugins.com/ursBLT.php ''URSplugins: URS BLT EQ'']

URS Classic Console Compressor Bundle
In November 2005 the URS Classic Console Compressor Bundle was debuted featuring the URS 1970 Compessor and the URS 1980 Compressor.

URS 1975 Classic Compressor
The URS 1975 Classic Compressor digitally recreates of a transformer input and voltage controlled gain reduction amplifier (VCA) characteristics.

URS Classic Console Strip
Classic Console Strip consists of independent compressor and EQ sections.

The Compressor section digitally recreates characteristics of a transformer input and a specially designed 1975 VCA gain reduction amplifier. The Compressor features fully adjustable Threshold, Ratio and Gain Makeup with three preset Attack and Release settings.

The EQ section features a three band EQ digitally recreated from three different analog consoles. URS selected the critical frequencies for today's Hip Hop, R&B and Rock. The LF and HF EQ bands each offer three different frequencies. The Mid range EQ band is fully sweepable with selectable Sharp or Wide "Q" bandwidth.

The Compressor and EQ sections are totally independent of each other featuring separate In/Out switching. The Compressor section is selectable between Pre/Post the EQ section.

In 2008, the Unique Recording Software URS Classic Console Strip Pro was nominated for a Mix (magazine) TEC award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Signal Processing Technology (Software).

URS Classic Console Strip Pro
The URS Classic Console Strip Pro v2.0 is a multi console in the box channel strip solution that allows the engineer create his or her dream console by choosing favorite algorithms from the Input Stage, Compressor and EQ selections.

In 2008 The URS Classic Console Strip Pro was nominated a Mix (magazine) TEC award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Signal Processing Technology (Software).

URS Saturation
The URS Saturation plug-in includes six digitally recreated Pre Amplifiers that add different and distinct vintage even and odd ordered harmonics, input stage saturation and soft clipping.

URS Phat C
The URS Phat C is a multi purpose analog sounding compressor for individual tracks and buses. It replicates characteristics of not one but many hardware compressors. It's Input Stage adds saturation to color and effect the compressor's response to different program material. The six saturation models recreate vintage harmonics and soft clipping that effect transients before compression. The URS Phat C uses a combination of saturation and compression to produces a fat sound.

URS M series EQ Bundle
The URS M Series EQ Bundle consisyes of two plugins, The URS M series Motorcity 7 band graphics EQ and The URS M series Vintage Cinema 6 band graphic EQ.

The URS M series MotorCity Equalizer digitally recreates the legendary 7 band passive equalizers used exclusively by Motown staff engineers during the Motown era. I heard it through the grapevine that the sliders on the early units were unreliable. Motown's cheif technical engineer Mike McLean built "Brick House" custom modified clones using stepped rotary switches on each band for added reliability and a variable gain booster amplifier for gain level matching. It has been our Pride and Joy recreating this classic.

The URS M series Vintage Cinema Equalizer digitally recreates the even rarer 6 band passive equalizers used for film and professional cinema. The original vintage hardware units were considered to be of the first equalizers ever made with six bands - 80hz, 200hz, 500hz, 1.25khz, 3.2khz and 8khz. We have added what we feel is a necessary seventh band at 16khz. The URS Vintage Cinema EQ frequencies overlap with the URS M series MotorCity EQ frequency centers and when both plug-ins are used together they make a total of fourteen bands.

URS N4 Classic Console EQ
The URS N4 Classic Console EQ Digitally recreates the sound of a vintage British Six Band Equalizer (4 bands plus HP/LP Filters).

URS Everything EQ Bundle
The URS Everything EQ Bundle includes: URS A series - 4 band Parametric EQ URS N series - 5 band Parametric EQ URS S series - 6 band Parametric EQ URS A-MIX EQ - 7 band Parametric EQ URS N-MIX EQ  - 7 band Parametric EQ URS S-MIX EQ  - 7 band Parametric EQ URS A10 series - 10 band Graphic EQ URS N12 series - 12 band Graphic EQ URS BLT EQ - 2 band Program EQ URS FullTec - 5 band Program EQ URS MotorCity - 7 band EQ URS Vintage Cinema - 7 band EQ