Charlie Richmond is an entrepreneur and inventor born 1950-01-05. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was an amateur sound designer at the Community Theatre of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1965 through 1967. His first credited design (considered to be the first confirmed sound design credit off Broadway) was for William Gibson's The Miracle Worker in January 1965. This is an article about the film crew member known as a sound designer. ... Community theatre is a very popular form of theatre in which all or most of the participants are unpaid or amateur in the most literal definition of the word. ... The Monterey Peninsula in central California is comprised of the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, and the private community of Pebble Beach. ... Carmel-by-the-Sea is a city located in Monterey County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Gibson (b. ... The Miracle Worker is a play by William Gibson based upon Helen Kellers autobiography, The Story of my Life. ...

Richmond was the resident sound designer at the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco, California, from 1970 through 1972 and several other theatres in the US and Canada in the early 1970s including the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His first professional sound design credit was for Shakespeare's The Tempest directed by Bill Ball, produced by ACT in the Geary Theatre in 1970. He designed the sound for over 50 plays during that period, including the production of 'Private Lives' which introduced the term sound design to the film world. The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a prestigious theater company in San Francisco, USA that offers both contemporary and classical theater productions and a wide range of classes. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782. ... Sound design is a technical/conceptually creative field. ...

He became responsible for technical design and operation at Aragon Studios, Vancouver, Canada, in 1970 and supervised the relocation of the original Universal Audio vacuum tube mixing console from United Western Recorders Studio A in Hollywood to Vancouver, Canada. This is the console that was originally installed in 1957 and recorded hundreds of hits by such artists as Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles. The 40 preamplifiers are still installed in that studio, which was renamed Mushroom Studios in the early 1970s and which has hosted a series of hit albums over the years, starting with Heart's Dreamboat Annie in 1975 on the resident record label and owner of the studio until 1980, Mushroom Records (not the Australian company but a short lived Vancouver based label). Universal Audio, based in Santa Cruz, California, is a high-end audio company specializing in analog and digital recording equipment. ... In electronics, a vacuum tube (U.S. and Canadian English) or (thermionic) valve (outside North America) is a device generally used to amplify, or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... BBC Local Radio Mark III radio mixing desk In professional audio, a mixing console, mixing desk (Brit. ... United Western Recorders was a renowned recording studio complex in Hollywood, California, which became one of the most successful independent recording studios in the world in the late 1950s and 1960s. ... ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Sam Sullivan City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was one of the most popular and influential American singers and actors of the 20th century whose career flourished from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia (1953) Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a hugely popular American singer and jazz musician. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered by many to have been the finest male vocalist of all time. ... Ray Charles at the piano. ... A preamplifier (preamp) is an amplifier which precedes another amplifier to prepare an electrical signal for further amplification or processing. ... Mushroom Studios Originally named Aragon Studios, founded in 1947 Current facility constructed from the ground up as a first class audio recording studio in 1966 Howard Tremaine consulted on the original acoustics and equipment In 1970, with owner Jack Herschorn, Charlie Richmond supervised the relocation and installation of the original... Heart; Left to Right: Mike Derosier, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Howard Leese, Roger Fisher, and Steve Fossen Heart was one of the most successful female-fronted hard rock bands in the 1970s. ... 1. ...

In 1971 Richmond also worked for the National Film Board of Canada and was the field sound recordist on two short films: "Mudflats Living" and "Pleasure Faire". He received a US Patent for his invention, the "Automatic Cross-fading Circuit" which was also trademarked Auto-Pan, on February 25, 1975. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is a Canadian public filmmaking organization established to produce and distribute films that inform Canadians and promote Canada around the world. ...

Richmond incorporated Richmond Sound Design (RSD) in 1972 and they built a custom 12x24 theatre sound console, the Model 1224 for the Stratford Festival of Canada. It was the first company to produce an off-the-shelf theatre sound design console (Model 816) in 1973 and the first off-the-shelf computerized modular theatre sound design control systems (Command/Cue) in 1985 using Amigas. Both were first installed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California. The first show to use the Command/Cue system was Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods which, as is commonly done, was premiered far from Broadway then moved there after it had been playing for some time. Richmond Sound Design Ltd. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Stratford Festival of Canada is a summer-long celebration of theatre. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This article is about the year. ... The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ... San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ...

Richmond purchased Mushroom Studios in 1980 and embarked on a major redevelopment of the facility the following year. RSD built a custom console which incorporated the original tube preamps as well as state-of-the art solid state preamps. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A preamplifier (preamp), as its name suggests, is an amplifier which precedes another amplifier. ...

Many more hit albums were recorded at Mushroom by artists from Loverboy to Skinny Puppy and Jane Siberry. Richmond successfully adapted the studio to accommodate over 50 musicians in semi-isolated concert format to do film scores for dozens of feature films and movies of the week from Chuck Norris to a redo of The Dirty Dozen and it received an award for the film score of Top Gun. Mushroom was sold to John Wozniak of the group Marcy Playground in 1999. An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Loverboy is a Canadian rock and roll group which was very popular in the 1980s, accumulating numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States. ... Skinny Puppy (left to right, cEvin Key, Nivek Ogre, Dwayne R. Goettel), Circa 1992 Skinny Puppy is an influential industrial band, which formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada during the early 1980s. ... Jane Siberry (born October 12, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Chuck Norris being presented with the Veteran of the Year award at the American Veteran awards show Carlos Ray Norris Jr. ... This article is about the well-known movie; Dirty Dozen may also refer to the rap group D12. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... This is an article about a film. ... John Wozniak (born January 19, 1971) is an American musician. ... Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock or post-grunge band. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Richmond was the first United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Sound Design Commissioner, serving from 1980 through 1988 and on the USITT Board of Directors from 1989 through 1991. He was the sound design editor for USITT's quarterly publication, Theatre Design & Technology in the late 1980s and its show control editor in the early 1990s. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) is an association of design, production and technology professionals in the entertainment industry. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sound design is a technical/conceptually creative field. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Show Control is the interconnection of more than one entertainment discipline subsystem into a system of systems. ...

RSD's first computerized sound system theme park installation was at the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular show in Disney-MGM Studios, Walt Disney World, Florida in 1989. Richmond used that system to demonstrate to the theme park industry how the features of a computerized theatre sound design system can be effectively utilized to operate as a live show control system and similar systems were subsequently used in dozens of shows at Disney World, Euro Disney, Tokyo Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida and many more at themed installations around the world. Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA. It opened on May 1, 1989. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 17. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Show Control is the interconnection of more than one entertainment discipline subsystem into a system of systems. ...

Richmond headed the USITT MIDI Forum on their Callboard Network in 1990, which included developers and designers from the theatre sound and lighting industry from around the world. This Forum created the MIDI Show Control (MSC) standard between January and September, 1990. MSC is an open, industry wide communications protocol through which all types of show devices may easily interact. MSC was ratified by the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) in January, 1991, and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee (JMSC) later that year, becoming a part of the standard MIDI specification in August, 1991. The first show to fully utilize the MSC specification was the Magic Kingdom Parade at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in September, 1991. Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is a system designed to transmit information between electronic musical instruments. ... This article is about the year. ... MIDI Show Control, or MSC, is a significant Real Time System Exclusive extension of the international Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard. ... This article concerns communication between pairs of electronic devices. ... The MIDI Manufacturers Association, also known as MMA is an organization where companies work together to create the standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Magic Kingdom is a theme park covering 107 acres (433,000 m²) at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. ...

The USITT inducted Richmond as a Fellow of the Institute in 1995 and presented him with a Distinguished Achievement Award in Sound Design in 2000. He started the YahooGroups Show-Control group in 2000, taking over from a mailing list of the same name which he operated on a private server since 1997. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

External links

• Curriculum Vitae
• Show-Control Group
• http://stagecraft.theprices.net/members/charlierichmond.html
• http://www.mushroomstudios.com/history4.htm