The Beast and the Beauty OR The Facilities panel that wouldn't die

This phase 1 console was supposed to be just for rehearsal and composition - 10 input, 4 buss. We had already purchased a Scully 8 track machine from the east coast. By the time I got to finishing the monitor section, we had gotten the word about Weir...

This phase 1 console was supposed to be just for rehearsal and composition - 10 input, 4 buss. We had already purchased a Scully 8 track machine from the east coast. By the time I got to finishing the monitor section, we had gotten the word about Weir wanting to upgrade to 20 input and 8 buss with a totally new monitor section. So all that crap on the left, especially the facilities panel, was 'ugly but functional'. Really ugly. That panel, however, had a long history. In its first incarnation in my home studio in Prairie Village Kansas, it was the front panel for my disk cutting amplifier. In another incarnation in my house Sausalito, it became the facilities panel for a very funky 4 track room in the basement. After the panel was replaced by a nice looking one, I grabbed it and took it to LA, where by 1975 I had set up an 8 track studio in my house at 785 Beverly Glen. In 1978 I sold all the gear to David Epstein, who used it in his studio (along with the Beverly Glen console) for his Sound Solutions in Santa Monica. David then sold the system (console, patchbay and yes, that facilities panel) to a private client in Santa Monica, who, I understand, still uses the stuff today.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on Sat 29 Jul 2006 05:51:07 PM PDT