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Post by sparepart on Jul 20, 2018 10:57:50 GMT
....or alternately, what looked good on paper and was useless in the real workld
Our two hosts, Dan Jacobs and Mark Viteo picked up the tools and deployed the touchscreens for the Rivendell automation:
The aluminum letters are a branding experiment - we will likely have them re-done in the signature font seen on the microphone flags and coffee mugs.
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mram1500
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Post by mram1500 on Jul 21, 2018 15:11:35 GMT
Very nice work space they have there.
Is the desk rounded off at the far end or was that curving caused by a wide angle lens?
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Post by sparepart on Jul 21, 2018 18:58:15 GMT
Very nice work space they have there. Is the desk rounded off at the far end or was that curving caused by a wide angle lens? Thanks! The whole setup was built by volunteers using donated and recycled material. Sides of the table are curved, ends are straight. It's a "boat" shaped conference table one of the volunteers picked up on eBAY for $25.00 and then donated to the program. The color is right out of 1975. At some point we will scrap up enough cash to have a new layer of laminate applied that's a bit more modern.
SP
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Post by mram1500 on Jul 22, 2018 2:57:19 GMT
Well, it certainly looks fully functional from this angle. Good job!
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Post by sparepart on Jul 26, 2018 0:56:11 GMT
Thanks! - here's an art shot of the R-60 while it was being moved:
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Post by Boomer on Jul 26, 2018 16:50:25 GMT
The studio looks so well equipped, better than many local AM stations.
It shows what can be done when people actually care about doing it!
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Post by sparepart on Jul 26, 2018 23:27:53 GMT
People have been very kind to us donating their surplus equipment and material.
Add in lots of creative repairs and rehab by our volunteers to stretch the blindingly small budget, and you end up with a studio that works.
That being said, we did make mistakes along the way with equipment placement (like the jumbo monitor on the end of the table that we just removed)
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Post by sparepart on Aug 5, 2018 17:05:20 GMT
Stripped the R-60 down to the frame, cleaned out 20 years of dust and dirt. Removed the cut-off cable stubs from the channels that are not in use, and bypassed the DMP-60 preamps on channel one and two (we are using external DBX 286s preamps) on all the microphone inputs.
I replaced the knobs on the channel faders, and cleaned the knobs on the pots. Removed the p-touch labels, pen marks, and sharpie smudges along with the locally engineered "mystery module", installing a blank filler in its place.
Built a cable to carry the "microphone live" signal to the MODBUS driver box. This will light the "on the air" or "recording" panel on the Paravel Wall time units.
Full day of detail work...
...More to follow
SP
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Post by Boomer on Aug 5, 2018 21:43:26 GMT
I think that was a great time in mixers, that will last forever. Stereo FM was doing so well by the 1980s that stations could afford the best, and needed low noise at the mixer, and something tough for 24 hour DJ use. I have a Pacific Research Radiomix 20 that looks like yours will take a ton of refurb cosmetically. It was being thrown out by a local radio station.  (note, to see any of the pictures on these pages full size, right-click and select View Image, or similar) Boomer |
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Post by sparepart on Aug 6, 2018 0:01:55 GMT
So we are ready to head into our major re-cabling project. At the moment, each microphone is directly connected to a DBX 286s preamp, which is hardwired to the channel input.
Looking at the manual for our R-60, we can add channel, program, and audition insert points easily (just more wire & pins in the connector).
With that in mind, when does a patch bay become a must-have item in the studio arsenal?
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Post by Boomer on Aug 15, 2018 1:45:09 GMT
Thanks SparePart, I'd seen the note about the board I have, and yes, I've seen that refurb guy's site before, he's the man to get those mixers back up.
I wish I had a big FM station, it would be a great board in there. Nowadays stations have gone to a couple of screens and a small control surface, and stations look more like a room you'd have a meeting in.
Thanks.
Boomer
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Post by sparepart on Aug 25, 2018 15:24:55 GMT
One of our local broadcasters made our day a while back with a very generous donation of gear.
Stopped by the house this AM and dropped off a few more items as the latest addition to the CDL studio
This somewhat strange-looking phone controls which call-in phone line is put "on the air" by the host. It controls the Telos TwoX12 broadcast phone system in the second picture.
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Next step is building a gateway to convert the low budget SIP trunking to ISDN BRI to make it work.
SP
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Post by sparepart on Sept 27, 2018 23:31:04 GMT
So we have been gifted a small amount of cash to do something with the Burgundy Monstrosity. The cash will cover new laminate, and maybe new plywood under it. A basic design requirement is to seat a total of four people (one host and three guests). Here's where I am soliciting the options of the group: My personal favorite was arrived at completely by accident while working on the R-60 console:
![]() It basically puts the board in the center position on one side of the table. Taken to a logical conclusion, the host would be on one side, and the three guests on the other. Go to www.sheridanmedia.com/page/studio-tour and scroll down to the KWYO studio. It's similar to what I am proposing.
Here's the question: What am I missing? Is there a better way to layout the table that I'm overlooking??
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Post by sparepart on Oct 6, 2018 18:42:02 GMT
One of the options we are looking at. This is 1/2" Corian on 5/8 plywood. The edges are doubled, glued and routed into a bullnose profile
The equipment racks are facing the host side, under the work surface (Winsted racks salvaged from another station's dumpster)
To spread the load out on the mic and monitor mounts, We CNC cut steel plates to act as doublers
SP
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