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Post by kilroyrock on Jun 23, 2016 11:48:13 GMT -6
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Post by drbill on Jun 23, 2016 14:26:43 GMT -6
Noisy. Even in the all analog days.
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Post by mulmany on Jun 23, 2016 14:31:02 GMT -6
If you are looking at older consoles, look first at Jim's site and see what consoles he is willing to mod on a regular basis. Gives you an idea of what can be taken to another level.
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Post by john on Jun 23, 2016 18:24:03 GMT -6
I used a 24 channel version of the same mixer last year for a few projects. I liked it but yes mine was noisy and also started to go down one channel at a time after about 6 months of daily use. I ended up selling it for about the same price as that eBay auction. Lost $100ish.
It does have ok eq's and cool routing choices though. Decent faders too but the knobs are weak. Also the channels are modular and spares pop up on eBay often for cheap.
If it means anything to you, when I was ready to sell it I had several people ready to fight each other over it. So, if you wanted to demo it I don't think resale would be an issue.
Oh! Also, mine didn't have dedicated aux returns which for whatever reason I assumed it would and overlooked when buying.
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Post by kilroyrock on Jun 24, 2016 7:35:10 GMT -6
Noted. So..pass!
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Post by dandeurloo on Jun 25, 2016 8:53:00 GMT -6
You would want the Soundcraft delta. Those can be really amazing.
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Post by jimwilliams on Jun 25, 2016 9:55:12 GMT -6
400/500 can be rebuilt to be silent and very punchy. A trans-amp redesign of the front end makes it compete with very expensive outboard mic preamps. Past that the entire console can be made direct coupled, no caps in the signal path. Hi mids sweep to 22k, low mids to 50 hz, it's a great low cost format.
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Post by mulmany on Jun 25, 2016 10:07:07 GMT -6
400/500 can be rebuilt to be silent and very punchy. A trans-amp redesign of the front end makes it compete with very expensive outboard mic preamps. Past that the entire console can be made direct coupled, no caps in the signal path. Hi mids sweep to 22k, low mids to 50 hz, it's a great low cost format. What's the cost on something like that? |
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Post by ericn on Jun 25, 2016 12:50:37 GMT -6
400/500 can be rebuilt to be silent and very punchy. A trans-amp redesign of the front end makes it compete with very expensive outboard mic preamps. Past that the entire console can be made direct coupled, no caps in the signal path. Hi mids sweep to 22k, low mids to 50 hz, it's a great low cost format. What's the cost on something like that? Google is your freind master $250, inputs & groups $175ea |
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Post by mulmany on Jun 25, 2016 13:30:40 GMT -6
What's the cost on something like that? Google is your freind master $250, inputs & groups $175ea He has that listed for the 400/600. Is the 500 the same? |
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