how long did it take you to build it?
Nu...Actually, we (me and Aran La-Vi)
started to buy all possible junk about 3 years before,
the primary idea was high quality summing box with quad eight opamps
(which we have a lot at this time) then it grew up to my own design
high current opamps, very fast, clean and nice distortion signature
when loaded hard, see:
opamp under test:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/IJR/cons_10.jpg
load 82 ohm, +20db/1k, note 2nd harmonic is about 30 db higher
than 3rd and nuffingmore
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/IJR/cons_11.jpg
load 600 ohm, +20db/1k:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/IJR/cons_12.jpg
btw, this is residual of analyzer, they actually cleaner....
soundwise, reminds Forssell's new ones(very love them too btv!)
then, tried about 10 designd of eq, till stopped on Sontec;
then, Sontec MEP250 was re---re--re...till it came upto
Masaboog's low, Sontec 2 mids and godnowwwhat high,
(GOOD!!!! AIR-no harsh at all!!!!
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used opamps in filters opa2604, they fast and very good
sounding there, btw, tried 275's, 627 etc, goal of 2604 is
+/-24 v capability and SOUND, here it is best for me...5532/4 sounds bit junky there.
Then, routing stuff and ground mess....
Auxes were done 1/2-3/4 , both pre-post fader, mix b with panning,
pre-post as well, relays from Neumann console/EAO buttons, 3M
tapemachine inputtrunny's for each channel, 10hz-60k clean and huge
sound, compensated 3rd harmonic of trunny's with input Albatross stage
(SE design, mine own stuff, same 2nd harmonic signature when loaded very hard),
P&G faders, again, my own high current opamps for fader
buuuusters, 4 layer pcb, Alphastat pots....Elma knobs, polypropy and
silver mica...allmost all, oops,
soya sauce and some good shrimps and caviar, did I forget somthng????
did you design it yourself?
Can you design something new in this world???
Just connected some things together with some
touch of Dao/Zen....that's all
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and most important thing:
how does it sound like?
HUHHH!!!! Guys who common to SSL9000 and Amek's are sick evil
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I have about 10-15 phone calls a day from people who heard console
at Aran's studio, they DROOLING and no-one had bad opinion....
for alloff'em sound is huge, clean, punchy blabla....
I like it very much. To describe sound, you have to listen. Then,
I don't like this punchy talks, come and listen-is the best.
First, very clean monitoring- I used my master console there, and it is
allthru passive, relays and MF res' for att's...
Sound of 16-channel mix is HUGE, clean and punchy,
we used 2 bus design, one is passive with Albatross and my own wound
trunny's at input, now terminated down for 36 channels
(stereo channels/fx retns coming soon),
and active bus is fast airy and clean.
We using now 16-channel summing (my MX-1) as stereo channels
connected direct to active bus. Passive bus is used as subgroup, drums
etc, but by one only knob is possible to reverse all channels from A>>P
and back.
YOu must tells us about it. It's story time around here
OK
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Time is my main factor...will try!
4 band fully paramtric EQ + HPF + LPF + 4 Aux?
Here's detailed pic of channel:
Summing Master:
Thanks JLM for his servo hybrid idea, used on aux/mix b/ pfl!
The guy has build a mixer!! Speechless
Actually, me and Sergey-he helped to solder pcb's,
God bless his patience!!!!
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