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Just a followup - the past month flew by! The person I bought the board form kindly offered to repair the supply - so I am good there! I had to do some serious teardown to get the board into my basement studio (remove meterbridge, end panel, faders and fader frame)... and did so - and it just...

Well - got to poke around a bit and it looks like the PSUs both need some work. The 8v console automation is blowing fuses and one of the +18v supply keeps popping a fuse. This is without anything connected to the console. So next steps are a bit of a rebuild and get voltages correct and then...

I would think if the sound was as spectacular as they noted, wouldn't there be an opportunity to recreate, pre or EQ sections in a 500 series format? I would assume there would have to be some radical design or unique topology to justify the unique sound comments. Just think for a custom audio...

Finally powered the MCI desk up yesterday. Has all but 2 of the channels removed, but master channel and faders installed and.... faders lit up for about 2 mins and then they went out and its not passing audio. I know the desk was in proper working condition prior to the move... so will start...

All good man - zero ignorance! I think with the quality of posts you bring to this forum its easy to see you don't approach things in a negative light - so was definitely not taken that way. Was posting form mobile so the image was being a bit funky! Anyhow - its a fun mixing desk, I had zero...

Soundcraft had some silly console nomenclature. My series two is from 1978 - they had a later model called the series 2 as well…. Mike is like this:

There were 2 Vari-Q modules included. The desk has 36 channels, but only 2 digitizer boards - so the final 4 channels have had the faders modded to operate - but no SIP or mutes. The rest are the standard EQs. Would love to find some Troisi EQ modules to try as well. Once I get the beast up...

Well - I'll get in on the fun too! Been a while since I have been on the board - still using my MS16 and Soundcraft Series Two... but I took the plunge and purchased an JH-636 about a month ago. It came out of a studio close to me (that uses a 500 series now) - and was restored and...

You need to have the panel that you can arm tracks for recording and switch input/sync/repro with. If it has that (sometimes mounted on the unit - sometimes with the remote) you are good as you can use the transport functions on the deck itself.

Hi There, In a fit of GAS I ended up purchasing a new console which had more routing than my vintage one... I wasn't sure how it was going to stack up against each other. Wanted to see if any of you here wouldn't mind listening and letting me know your thoughts? I have tried to level match as...

Very cool! I looked at buying a 500 over the summer but passed (I have a console I like... but the 500 looked cool!). We're running a very similar setup: Mine is a series II with a mix of fixed and sweepable EQs (I'me sure of similar design) - but I prefer the fixed... they just sound good...

Was doing some engineering the other day (usually I just record myself) - when we were trying to punch some acoustic parts. I was surprised to find I can't get a clean punch if there isn't a break in program material. I hadn't even considered this - but I guess the gap from the erase head to...

Hello All! I finally took some time to change out the bias caps on my MS-16 cards and change out what I think were the EQ caps on the rec/play cards as I was having some trouble aligning within spec. Can anyone perhaps put in their thoughts about which caps affect the rec and repro eq...

I finally had a real reason to try to get my DAW to chase tape (reaper is the DAW and Tascam MS-16 is my machine). Had a 15 track digital recording to dump to tape... so I figured I try the tips I was given and pulled out my JL Cooper PPS-1 and thought I would give this a whirl again. (Sad...

Just curious what levels people track to on tape? I usually try to go hot on the MS-16 but have read some articles where engineers hit at different levels to maintain transients and avoid squishing instruments too much. I've heard a lot of good recordings on here - interested to see what...

Hi there, Looking for some help! I have my small little mix room (7' w x 10' l x 8' h) that is essentially covered in gear... no treatment up at all yet. I calibrated and ran room EQ wizard (using a Behringer ECM8000) and got the attached... needless to say some serious issues. Wanted to get...

I've been following the other MS-16 thread and see there is a lot of knowledge on these machines here so I'm hoping I can find some help for my issues. My MS-16 works great... for the most part. I however have 4 channels with limited range on playback it appears. One has no low frequency...

I found the following on the net just to clear up some mystery on this one... doesn't look like anything too special (sorry to Walker owners - it may sound great though!). No Saul Walker association as far as I can tell as well...

As the title of the the thread says... don;t have enough time to troubleshoot my 3 wonky cards. I could get to it int he future but I'd be happy to buy 3 working spares if someone has some! Please let me know Mike

Quickie for the MS-16 owners out there. When you are calibrating in Repro mode, recording 10 kHz - does the Rec EQ pot provide very little adjustment of signal? I find it may have 1 to 1.5 db of adjustment using it and it almost behaves like a bias adjustment in that as you turn the pot...