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Hi all,

Some pretty exciting news from Linear Recording! We've just installed a custom built/ex-abc/ex-OB truck 1975 Neve console and done a complete rewire and rearrange of the studio.

There's a little bit of information about this particular desk here: http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/PDF/F ... s_Live.pdf

Over the course of about 8 days the control room was completely emptied, the walls clad in recycled timber and completely reassembled in a new, more logical layout with the Neve sitting pride of place. Rob Squire flew in from Adelaide to oversee the process and sort out any issues with the desk itself. Coincidently Gigpiglet are putting a Neve in right now too, so Rob was dividing his time between us and them. Chris and I recapped most of the board before Rob arrived so we could get strait into the install.

The patchbays (longframe jack) were still attached to the board and a lot of them were already laid out in a useful way so we could use them as they were, but a lot of them weren't and needed to be completely re-wired. Fortunately we had an awesome crew on the job. Chris, Wade, Antonia and Dorny all soldered their asses off and we knocked most of that over in a few days.

All in all it was a pretty strait forward install and everything is working like a dream. I could bang on about more of the details but I'm sure you'd all rather see some pictures, so here you go.

Nice one

incredible work.

Wow! Fantastic news for Linear!

That Neve looks very familiar........ hmmmmm.... there's an inside story here somewhere

Looks great btw

Could well be
As usual chris's efforts over the last month are
A real credit to him !

Wow! Great work guys. Look forward to hearing that Neve up and running.
Where is the AWA now?

Always get a warm fuzzy feeling when I see an old Neve.

Good work guys, congratulations and thanks for keeping another Neve in Oz.

I'm intrigued how the recycled timber sounds on the Saks. Looks amazing.

That is really cool. I hope it goes well for you chris and wade.

Some lovely photos


Great stuff.... Glad it stayed

So Rick does that mean your Neve tracking room is now on hold?
Good on you Chris an co that's a wonderful one of a kind console that'll bring people in from near and far.

Congratulations! She looks lovely.

The racks fitted in well.looks good ,a job well done.

Congrats guys! Looks and sounds like you prep'd well for the new fitout which I'm sure saved you oodles of time.

And yeah - what's to become of the AWA?

Well done Chris/Rob/Nick/Wade.
Only a few weeks to go and I'm gonna take her on an 8 day drive... cant wait.
Seriously good Neve......
Congrats!

Outstanding. It's great to see this console stay in Aus. A credit to all concerned.

Hmmm, now, when was that TR BBQ at Rick's/Chris's place again.....???

nice work chris
and glad we did manage to make the timing work…
im a few days behind you - with rob just finishing up the bulk of things here late last night
so new thread from me soon too!

Thanks guys. Yeah Rob, Wade, Nick, Antonia & Dorny all did an amazing job.

The AWA is now down in Melbourne at Coloursound - I'm sure Mat Robins will be telling us all about it soon!

Chris

Mat, you're a tease. I don't reckon any of us suspected this, and you left it to Chris to tell us!

Can't eat my lunch for drooling!
Fantastic!

That's the Neve from the old Sydney ABC Radio OB Van I believe..it certainly saw a lot of action....Engineer Dennis Fox spent many,many hours sitting at that one...

Mal, yes indeed. It was still in the van at the last Turtlerock BBQ.

Speaking of Turtlerock BBQs, it's been a while.

So - this is my mini review:
I spent 9 days on this Neve, recorded and mixed an album.
All I can say is this console is a BEAST!
All class A goodness - headroom forever.
> It is absolutely stunningly huge sounding.

Coupled with Linear's 16 track Ampex MM1200 (God of tape machines), outboard Quadeight EQ's (yum) etc,etc,
a force to be reckoned with.
I cant praise this console enough, & also Wade is probably the best assistant Ive ever worked with!

A studio game changer.
# This would be my most fave console in the country.
I found a new home to do all of my projects.
Blown away!
(man drags jaw along the ground for weeks...)

Get in there!!!

Great to hear.. Do let us know when/where we can hear some material from the project. I'd love to hear that thing.
Cheers

Lovely