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Original console that I designed and constructed for my own studio back in 1975.
Bottom view of console. Photo shows the effects of the tweeks and upgrades over the years.
There wasn't a whole lot of affordable pro recording gear available in
1975. You could have bought something simple like a Tascam 5B mixer or a
seriously expensive "real console". The console above had 16
modular inputs with fully parametric EQ on each and had 8 output busses
for a Tascam 80-8. The mike preamps evolved into a balanced, transformerless
design using high slew rate, for the time, LM318 op-amps. All console outputs
had hi-current, discrete buffers for driving low impedance lines. The metering
was done with 24 multiplexed, peak reading led displays. The sunken patch
bay could access almost every circuit module for some major configuration
flexibility.
As you can see from the bottom view, the design eventually grew past it's
original 40" x 65" housing and I had to start fitting in new circuitry
and wiring where I could. The console was retired in 1987 and is currently
resting here at the Genesis Trigger Systems' electronics shop.
Thankfully today, there is a wide choice of affordable, high quality recording
gear readily available!
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