Mo Facta
Farts of Nature
A second Chilton console, this time a QM1 (I also own a CM2)! I bought it for about $110 because it needs some work but the channel strips still all work and it's worth it for that alone. Check it out:
For those of you that don't know, these are known as a "poor man's Neve". The electronics are 100% Class-A, discrete and transformer balanced. P&G faders, Sowter transformers, etc. Good stuff!
Yesterday I opened it up to check out what needs to be done and cleaned it. Ya know, despite having sat for so long in some random radio station, it's in really good shape. Well, what's there is in pretty good shape. Stupid little excited school boy me got the linseed oil out and oiled the wood and then I silicon polished the leather arm rest/bumper thing on the front of the console. Anyone know the technical term for that leather part, by the way?
I spoke to my tech yesterday and we decided to give the refurb a go. Most of the issues to get it up and running are pretty easy and won't cost an arm and a leg. I've got a bit of cash coming my way soon so I'll be putting it toward it.
Basically I need to get a new panel laser cut for the master fader section and then I need four mono faders and one stereo fader. I'm looking at P&G or Alps but I know there are some other more affordable options. I would like to stick with P&G though because the console came fitted with them.
Then, channel 11 is dead so I have to get that looked at. Hopefully it's just some small component that's gone. Shouldn't be too much hassle.
Then I need to get a six-channel line driver card duplicated as it only has one intact and needs two. That shouldn't be too much of a problem as I have the schematic and an existing one, plus my tech fabricates cards.
At that point the console will be in good working order but there's still work to be done. There are four on-board C25 compressors but none of them have cards so I will have to get them fabricated at some point. Then, the Sifam PPM meters don't have driver cards so I'll have to get some fabricated too. Luckily I have the same ones in my other Chilton console so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Then, lastly, it didn't even come with any because it was an option when it was built but I would like to eventually get LED meters installed for the channel strips. That's the last thing on my mind, though.
Well, wish me luck!
Cheers
For those of you that don't know, these are known as a "poor man's Neve". The electronics are 100% Class-A, discrete and transformer balanced. P&G faders, Sowter transformers, etc. Good stuff!
Yesterday I opened it up to check out what needs to be done and cleaned it. Ya know, despite having sat for so long in some random radio station, it's in really good shape. Well, what's there is in pretty good shape. Stupid little excited school boy me got the linseed oil out and oiled the wood and then I silicon polished the leather arm rest/bumper thing on the front of the console. Anyone know the technical term for that leather part, by the way?
I spoke to my tech yesterday and we decided to give the refurb a go. Most of the issues to get it up and running are pretty easy and won't cost an arm and a leg. I've got a bit of cash coming my way soon so I'll be putting it toward it.
Basically I need to get a new panel laser cut for the master fader section and then I need four mono faders and one stereo fader. I'm looking at P&G or Alps but I know there are some other more affordable options. I would like to stick with P&G though because the console came fitted with them.
Then, channel 11 is dead so I have to get that looked at. Hopefully it's just some small component that's gone. Shouldn't be too much hassle.
Then I need to get a six-channel line driver card duplicated as it only has one intact and needs two. That shouldn't be too much of a problem as I have the schematic and an existing one, plus my tech fabricates cards.
At that point the console will be in good working order but there's still work to be done. There are four on-board C25 compressors but none of them have cards so I will have to get them fabricated at some point. Then, the Sifam PPM meters don't have driver cards so I'll have to get some fabricated too. Luckily I have the same ones in my other Chilton console so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Then, lastly, it didn't even come with any because it was an option when it was built but I would like to eventually get LED meters installed for the channel strips. That's the last thing on my mind, though.
Well, wish me luck!
Cheers