Old German mixing desk modules, what brand are they???

[API]

Recently stumbled over a bunch of old, German (I think?) mixing desk modules that i have no clue what they are.
I got a mix of compressors, eq´s, reverb plate driver and also a Vocoder!
They must be from the early 70´s and are all discreet.

They are all quite large and heavy, roughly 25x40x7 cm in size.
They are extremely well built with mu-metal shielded transformers etc.
I believe that they run on +24v like most other German stuff, but I am not sure.
They seem to share a similar pinout, but not 100%.

Does anyone know what they are and where they were made??
There is a brand on the front that looks similar to a K with a square around it.

Would love to know more about them and if anyone has any docs on them I would be extremely grateful!!

Regards,
Dennis

 

[joe-electro]

Those are awesome!!! Let me know if you ever want to sell any of them.

---Joe

 

[API]

Yes, they are very cool!!
Just need the time to wire them up and check how they sound as well.

Hasn´t anyone seen these before??

 

[API]

Anyone??????

 

[API]

Anyone??????

 

[[silent:arts]]

not me :?

do you have a better shot of that logo ?

 

[NewYorkDave]

Yeah, those pictures are tiny. I can't make out a thing.

 

[mad.ax]

"They are extremely well built with mu-metal shielded transformers etc."

I don't know... Some details are strange... Expensive parts, like Elma switches, and cheap ones like those pots and trimmers... Japanese meters... Those shieldings doesnt look that square... Resistors obviously comes from different sources...

I do not mean that it is not well built, but it doesnt look like built by a big german manufacturer... Remind me some stuff from the other side of the iron curtain...

Can you find any date code on the components? It might help...

Just my 0.02€...
Axel

 

[thermionic]

WSW from Austria?

RFZ or RFT from East Germany?

Late-model Klangfilm?

K+H?



I don't think the meters are original.

Oliver Archut @Tabfunkenwerk will know!


Justin

 

[lotus]

sweet :grin:

 

[headcleaner]

It is defintly not eastgerman! no RFT / no RFZ. Too much / just western parts inside (wima caps f.e.)

The K - logo reminds a bit on Klangfilm. But i´m not sure

never ever saw this logo

 

[rotation]

[quote author="thermionic"]WSW from Austria?

RFZ or RFT from East Germany?

Late-model Klangfilm?

K+H?



I don't think the meters are original.

Oliver Archut @Tabfunkenwerk will know!


Justin[/quote]

From my experiences with WSW i would say those modules are certainly not from them.

 

[API]

Hi and thanks for all the replies!

Still have not figured out what the could be, but I am seasrching on.

Regarding some of the parts, the Eq has had alot of mods to it and therefor have some never parts.
Oterwise I have been able to date most parts to the early 70´s.
Maybe they were built by a small company somewhere in western Germany then.
I know there was a guy here in Malmoe, Sweden that built custom mixers in teh early 70´s, and if you don´t know who he is you would never be able to identify his gear, so maybe this is similar.

Thanks,
Dennis