Recording Console

Here we go, we should have enough 5 cent coins laying around to purchase this piece of equipment!

http://www.factmag.com/2017/03/02/pi...ld-at-auction/

I was just about to post this myself.... How awesome would that be?????

Super cool, but what what would you do with it?

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Originally Posted by stan

Super cool, but what what would you do with it?

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Burn some "herbs" and commune with the essence of Floyd.

haha Frankie, I can't see many other uses for 1970's recording gear other than a museum or a collector

Waves do a bunch of console emulations that will cost far less but ain't cheap.

I am so don't have any of the :D

Break it down for vintage tone caps.....

It should really be preserved in a museum for all to see and wonder at, rather than stuck away as a prestige front-end for a rich producer who's still going to do most of their work in-the-box. It has mojo for what it did, but it was replaced by quieter desks with more channels and automation facilities. I'd love to own it, but it would simply be wasted if you didn't have a decent studio to use it with. Also don't forget that it's going to a money-pit on maintenance as all the parts were custom built by EMI's own design lab and a lot of the parts (capacitors and resistors aside) will be hard or impossible to replace if they failed. Plus you'd need to keep a cupboard full of white and brown overcoats for the staff required to set everything up before you started working. ;)

"Robert, I think we need to replace the cathmerin tube, that should get the interocitor running again. Hurry along, Mr. Gilmour will be along again soon to lay down some tracks."

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:D

"I think I've just found a control for setting the heart of the sun, Mr Parsons".


And don't forget that your tie could get trapped in one of those large faders. It's a health and safety nightmare!

I found out my mate, Jack Ruston, has used it's twin at this studio in London http://stateofthearkstudios.com/

He said about it

"Nothing sounds like those things! I've made quite a lot of records on the one at the Ark and for all it's quirks and idiosyncratic frustrations, it really does have 'a sound' that does not exist in eg the Chandler modules. And then when you look underneath at all the crazy wiring and components you kind of see why. Yes it's noisy, and sometimes picks ups all kinds of strange interference etc but there is definitely a reason why they're so highly sought after. It's not just the heritage. Mike Hedges has owned that one (the one for sale) for many years."

Here's a web page with some info on him and a pic of him showing the console in the background. http://www.record-producers.com/clients/mike-hedges/

That is so cool! It really should be in a museum.