Here We go Again... Small format Console.

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Listen,
I'm currently considering loosing the DDA qmr console in the studio,
and am looking for a high quality mixer to run 8 channels from Protools
and possibly a few from a PC for samplers etc.
It must have better preamps than the DDA, cut and solo on each channel.
EQ not too important (I have outboard). But it must have a couple of
aux sends and returns for headphones etc.
I need it for tracking and to use to mixdown stems from my protools
sessions.
The TLA M3 looks pretty close, and so does the Manley 16x2. I got a
budget of about €4000.

Anybody got any better ideas?
Anybody got any better deals?

Kindest Regards.
D.Slevin

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Hi Scott,
The DDA is going full stop...
A shortloaded Neve would be great, a 12 channel sidecar or something. I
think the Daking console would be perfect but way too expensive for the
moment.
Studer sounds like a plan, perhaps a small broadcast desk?
I don't really want to get into a big maintenance thing if I get an old
console either.

Thanks for the Ideas though...
Dave.

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In article <1117629037.382843.33230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> daveslevin@02.ie writes:

> I'm currently considering loosing the DDA qmr console in the studio,
> and am looking for a high quality mixer to run 8 channels from Protools
> and possibly a few from a PC for samplers etc.
> It must have better preamps than the DDA, cut and solo on each channel.
> EQ not too important (I have outboard). But it must have a couple of
> aux sends and returns for headphones etc.

> I got a
> budget of about =804000.

That looks like an odd number in any currency. What are the units, in
text? (here, it appears as "equals 804000" ) And an equivalent in US
dollars if it's not too much trouble for you to look it up?

Not knowing yet how much you plan to spend, you might want to look at
the Speck LiLo: http://www.speck.com/lilo/lilo.shtml

It doesn't have mic preamps, but that lets you choose whatever tickles
your fancy without being bound to what's in the console or feeling
that you're paying for (console) preamps that you won't use.

Or you could look at a Mackie Onyx 1640.



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Hi Mike,
It's Euro...
€4000... roughly $1.30 to one euro.
Just over $5,000 american tourist dolla'
I'll check out the Speck spec.
Thanks for that...

D.Slevin.

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Mike Rivers wrote:
> In article <1117629037.382843.33230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> daveslevin@02.ie writes:
>
>
>>I'm currently considering loosing the DDA qmr console in the studio,
>>and am looking for a high quality mixer to run 8 channels from Protools
>>and possibly a few from a PC for samplers etc.
>>It must have better preamps than the DDA, cut and solo on each channel.
>>EQ not too important (I have outboard). But it must have a couple of
>>aux sends and returns for headphones etc.
>
>
>>I got a
>>budget of about =804000.
>
>
> That looks like an odd number in any currency. What are the units, in
> text? (here, it appears as "equals 804000" ) And an equivalent in US
> dollars if it's not too much trouble for you to look it up?
>
> Not knowing yet how much you plan to spend, you might want to look at
> the Speck LiLo: http://www.speck.com/lilo/lilo.shtml
>
> It doesn't have mic preamps, but that lets you choose whatever tickles
> your fancy without being bound to what's in the console or feeling
> that you're paying for (console) preamps that you won't use.
>
> Or you could look at a Mackie Onyx 1640.
>
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo
Your PC wasn't reading it properly.
I guess the € (euro) sign is irrelevant over there

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I think I'm just getting used to my new POWERBOOK.
It's very small...

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In article <1117642319.311803.133880@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> hooloovoo25@hotmail.com writes:

> The euro, that's one of them wRAP sandwiches, right?

There's a gas station up the hill from me that has an adjunct Euro
Market, where you can get a pretty decent wrap sandwich, and also fair
gelato by the scoop.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

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A customer just got that Soundcraft Delta 200 8x4x8x2 for $350. Costs
over $5k new.
-90 db crosstalk, .001% THD for under 10 cents on the dollar. If you
forfet your lunch sandwiches for a few months it could be free. Far
less than 4000 sandwiches!


PS. Don't do the "M" word!

Jim Williams
Audio Upgrades

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>
>> I got a
>> budget of about =804000.


What newsreader are you using Mike? It obviously doesn't like certain
characters.

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- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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In article <K7Rne.30535$on1.21328@clgrps13> Lorin@DAMNSPAM!v5v.ca writes:

> What newsreader are you using Mike? It obviously doesn't like certain
> characters.

Zipnews. It's DOS. And I don't think it's the newsreader that doesn't
like certain characters. I could type and read the € character, but I
find that with text that comes from certain computers (Macs seem to be
the most guilty) there are some characters that aren't supported and
appear with equal signs and some other characters that are supported.

It may be that somewhere along the path, 8-bit text gets converted to
7-bit text (it's an old Unix standard) and the messages that I get
just seem to go through that path. I'll have to look up some of those
"foreign currency" messages on Google and see what they look like
there. I'm sure they're just fine.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

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"studiorat" <daveslevin@02.ie> wrote in message
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Listen,
I'm currently considering loosing the DDA qmr console in the studio,
and am looking for a high quality mixer to run 8 channels from Protools
and possibly a few from a PC for samplers etc.
It must have better preamps than the DDA, cut and solo on each channel.
EQ not too important (I have outboard). But it must have a couple of
aux sends and returns for headphones etc.
I need it for tracking and to use to mixdown stems from my protools
sessions.
The TLA M3 looks pretty close, and so does the Manley 16x2. I got a
budget of about €4000.

Anybody got any better ideas?
Anybody got any better deals?

Kindest Regards.
D.Slevin