←ExploreENTITY · SOUND SYSTEMKing Tubby's Hometown Hi-FiWell supportedKing Tubby's sound system, famed for pioneering live dub mixing, custom electronics and exclusive dubplates.Share a memoryCorrect this recordAdd a source leadAt a glanceTypesound systemConfidenceWell supportedEraOpen era →Technology, recording & industryConnectionsoperated byKing Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock)Tubby built and ran the Hometown Hi-Fi rig.operated byKing Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock)Tubby built and ran the Hometown Hi-Fi rig.linked by · associated withThe "clean sound" aestheticTubby's Hometown Hi-Fi built its fame on clarity as well as effects.linked by · deejayed forU-RoyU-Roy came up on King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi.linked by · operatedKing Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock)Osbourne Ruddock ran the Hometown Hi-Fi sound system in Waterhouse (Bass Culture).linked by · used byLive effects on the rigTubby's sound was famed for atmospheric live effects.In storiesStory · ProbableFrom Kingston to the Bronx: DJ Kool Herc and the Sound-System Roots of Hip-HopHow a Jamaican teenager carried the logic of the dancehall sound system into a South Bronx rec room and helped set hip-hop in motion.Story · ProbableThe Dub Revolution: How King Tubby and Lee Perry Turned the Mixing Desk Into an InstrumentIn the studios of 1970s Kingston, engineers learned to dismantle a finished song and rebuild it as something stranger, launching the version, the remix and the idea of the producer as author.Story · ProbableKing Tubby and the remixHow a Waterhouse engineer turned mixing into an instrument and previewed the remix age.Story · Well supportedThe amp men of KingstonFrom a 1947 shop-front amplifier to King Tubby's workshop, engineers built the sound system before anyone sang through it.
