miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
As some of you are aware, I've been kinda hunting for a console for awhile now to replace my TASCAM M-3500. The 3500 has served me well for 25 years, but I've wanted to move to something a bit more pro-grade and with some pedigree. Something with better EQ and overall, better summing.
Over the last few years, I've had several near misses...looked at a few different brands/'models...but for one reason or another, never found something I liked, that would not need a tone of work, and that was within my budget...and still somewhat pro-grade and with some pedigree.
Well...a few days ago, I found this baby...and today I brought her home.
This picture is from the seller's studio...I have yet to set it up in mine.
While it's not the big-boy Trident 80 series (a used 80B goes for about $30k)...it IS a Trident, and this particular one has been refurbished, re-chipped, re-capped, and even modified/upgraded on several channels, including the master and aux channels. Full-length copper ground bar installed, and high-end Acopian PSUs (4 of them, two for the 18v mains, one for the logic and the other for the phantom power).
Plus, I got all high-end Mogami & some Canare cabling that goes from the console and attached to 5 TT patch bays....and a whole bunch of spare parts...lots of new pots, tons of caps and tons of chips, in case I want to go even deeper with reworking any channels. The guy said he put about $10k into it with all the reworking and upgrades...which I believe he did. I got it for a really good deal.
Just prior to seeing this one, there was a guy selling a 24-channel/16-bus, basically stock except for the faders (he had P&G faders), but the stock power supply had issues and some burned out components, and it was without the Trident stand...and he was/is asking $3750 for it (still is, it's on eBay).
Mine is a 28-channel/24-bus, and with all the extras I mentioned...so a much better deal.
It hasn't been used for a couple of years...guy split with his wife, and the studio w/console, stayed in the house it was in, which the wife got...so the guy didn't want to rebuild a new studio, so he let it sit there and I guess he now decided to clean out that studio and get all the gear out...so I came across this deal at the most opportune moment...for him and me.
Oh...the guy is the guitar player from the band "moe."...some of you may have heard of them (you can Google them).
OK...so I'm like exhausted right now...it was 3 hours to get there, 2 hours to break down all the cabling and get it loaded, and then another 3 hours back home, and then another 2 hours to unload.
It's going to take me a couple of months to cut out my TASCAM, cut in the Trident, and pretty much reconfigure all the patch bays and the layout...since the Trident is about 1.5' longer than my TASCAM.
It will be a lot of work...but I'm going to enjoy it.
I've got a bunch of songs that are pretty much done except for the final mixdown...and now I'll be able to mix them through the Trident.
Over the last few years, I've had several near misses...looked at a few different brands/'models...but for one reason or another, never found something I liked, that would not need a tone of work, and that was within my budget...and still somewhat pro-grade and with some pedigree.
Well...a few days ago, I found this baby...and today I brought her home.
This picture is from the seller's studio...I have yet to set it up in mine.
While it's not the big-boy Trident 80 series (a used 80B goes for about $30k)...it IS a Trident, and this particular one has been refurbished, re-chipped, re-capped, and even modified/upgraded on several channels, including the master and aux channels. Full-length copper ground bar installed, and high-end Acopian PSUs (4 of them, two for the 18v mains, one for the logic and the other for the phantom power).
Plus, I got all high-end Mogami & some Canare cabling that goes from the console and attached to 5 TT patch bays....and a whole bunch of spare parts...lots of new pots, tons of caps and tons of chips, in case I want to go even deeper with reworking any channels. The guy said he put about $10k into it with all the reworking and upgrades...which I believe he did. I got it for a really good deal.
Just prior to seeing this one, there was a guy selling a 24-channel/16-bus, basically stock except for the faders (he had P&G faders), but the stock power supply had issues and some burned out components, and it was without the Trident stand...and he was/is asking $3750 for it (still is, it's on eBay).
Mine is a 28-channel/24-bus, and with all the extras I mentioned...so a much better deal.
It hasn't been used for a couple of years...guy split with his wife, and the studio w/console, stayed in the house it was in, which the wife got...so the guy didn't want to rebuild a new studio, so he let it sit there and I guess he now decided to clean out that studio and get all the gear out...so I came across this deal at the most opportune moment...for him and me.
Oh...the guy is the guitar player from the band "moe."...some of you may have heard of them (you can Google them).
OK...so I'm like exhausted right now...it was 3 hours to get there, 2 hours to break down all the cabling and get it loaded, and then another 3 hours back home, and then another 2 hours to unload.
It's going to take me a couple of months to cut out my TASCAM, cut in the Trident, and pretty much reconfigure all the patch bays and the layout...since the Trident is about 1.5' longer than my TASCAM.
It will be a lot of work...but I'm going to enjoy it.
I've got a bunch of songs that are pretty much done except for the final mixdown...and now I'll be able to mix them through the Trident.
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