A range antics

[pucho812]

My dude.  Whatever you can send or Dropbox or whatever... please do if possible.

 

[boji]

Enjoying the picts.  In the channel pict, what are the grey rectangles above the OT and presumably OPA? Relays?

 

[dmp]

My dude.  Whatever you can send or Dropbox or whatever... please do if possible.

Sent you a pm with a download link

 

[dmp]

Do you know what # your console is?

This pic is from the #13, which was the last one made I think. Transformers look like Sowter cans but are still labeled Zutt

 

[pucho812]

Thanks for the pics.  I don't know which # this is. But it's history is it was at least studio in Canada. Then from there it made its way to be owned by Elliot smith. Then when Elliot smith passed  the current owners took over the studio spot and are running it with permission and such from the smith family.

 

[QUEEF BAG]

brian kehew  (recording the beatles)

is doing another document (not a book this time) about
A-range consoles

he has done quite a bit of research so far, and probably knows info about both your consoles.

 

[pucho812]

I know brian, I will have to ring him up.  8)

 

[dmp]

Looks like Trident came out with a reissue 500 series version. Pretty impressive to pack all that into 2 spaces.

https://reverb.com/p/trident-a-range-500-series-eq-module?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs7XhuqHK3QIVCkNpCh02_QynEAQYASABEgI8EvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&hfid=11082037

 

[QUEEF BAG]

hmmm  talk about 'short throw' faders...

 

[pucho812]

We were working on that when I was there.  It sounds good.  Theyveven run of a single voltage rail. They doing a 7824 but have the v- as the ground ref to have it run off +24v

 

[dmp]

Originals had +24v on the preamp stage with +44v on the output amp. Guessing they didn't need as much headroom without the output stage?

 

[VertigoRecording]

. Then when Elliot smith passed  the current owners took over the studio spot and are running it with permission and such from the smith family.
No permission was needed, they bought the all of the gear around 2005 or so, and took over the lease of the room.  I don't remember exactly when but at that time, a mutual friend connected me with Joel and Robert and I helped them to sift through all of the crazy gear that Elliot had acquired from gear brokers and from the very early days of PayPal. It was a mess, to say the least. I helped to rescue them from an unscrupulous crooked tech who had been recapping it and basically making it worse instead of better.....and for a lot of money too! I got the console running, starting with a new power supply, got the Fairchild 670 working perfectly (back from the dead), restored the U48 , the U87 and even the "mystery Russian tube mic". Additionally, I breathed life into the MCI JH24 and the ATR102. I have kept the A Range console running on a shoestring budget and no schematics for more than 10 -12 years now, but indeed it is currently in need of some love. Glad you are making some headway.

 

[pucho812]

charlie good to hear from you.  I didn't know they bought it out right, I was informed differently.

 

[VertigoRecording]

Thanks Joe!

 

[QUEEF BAG]

Do you know what # your console is?

This pic is from the #13, which was the last one made I think. Transformers look like Sowter cans but are still labeled Zutt

wow, that's a lot of polystyrene!
the only place i find it on our console is a 22pf across some of the BC413s
and in some of the modded mic pres

 

[QUEEF BAG]

hey, wutchoo guy got for attenuators?

all of our modules have grayhill, but i have seen a couple 1038s with something else...

the threads on a couple of ours are kinda stripped, and i gotta get a couple more.

i don't think the number on these is still the same, and i haven't researched the new number yet

(if the look of new green circuit board is disturbing, the explanation is here - https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/prorecordingworkshop/fawkin-a-those-darn-switches-t19410742.html  )

 

[dmp]

wow, that's a lot of polystyrene!
the only place i find it on our console is a 22pf across some of the BC413s
and in some of the modded mic pres

The unit I have pictures of is described in this doc

 

[dmp]

hey, wutchoo guy got for attenuators?

 

[QUEEF BAG]

what? ya man i didn't haft mount the lo pass switch board backwards?

i looked at it and thought it had to be turned the other way...  what a hassle with the wire bundle.


live and learn, die and forget it all

 

[wurungg_1]

Sent you a pm with a download link

Hello, can I have one