"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Iain Churches wrote:
You said earlier perhaps the other four were line level only. Don't you
know?

No I did not say that. I said that the last four mic preamps
did not have phatom or even a phantom indicator.
All sixteen input modules are otherwise identical.
I wondered if perhaps the last four had been used as line
feeds from another control room.There was clearly some
good reason.

Line feeds are generally line level, Iain.

The mic/line preamp on this console, like most, has a gain adjustment
from -20 to +60. 0dB is marked 0.775V Line. Then there are another
six switch positions (MIC) to +60. There is also a trim +/- 10dB.
So mics at all levels and lines feed up to +20 can be used, as on most
large music desks. Neve did something very similar.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...Neve1073LB.jpg


I've no experience of budget studios, Iain.

You seem to know little about professional music
studios either:-)

In most multritrack productions, one starts with drums,
bass, piano and acoustic guitar. So twelve mic channels
with phantom and one DI is perfect. After that, when you
start track laying you need just one or two mics.

Then stop things while you re-configure everything for the next bit.

Naturally. You can't record vocals, brass or strings in a rhythm
section set up.

In classical recordings a Decca tree and two outriggers
(five mics in all) is perfect for an orchestra of sixty players.
With another two mics you can add a choir of 60 singers.
That's seven mics, so five channels from twelve unused.

Are you talking about multi-track or 'live' recording Iain?

In music recording "live" means "in front of an audience"

You could feed each mic of the tree to its own track,
hence multitrack, if you chose.(But why would you want
to do that?) Most prefer to record such a set up in
"straight stereo"

In either application a console of this type is a good choice.

Iain