Nice stuff there Paul. You can count me as a Trident fan, the college I
attended had one of his MTA desks that was essentially an 80C. If I have one
audio equipment that I should have bought but didn't it would be the 80B I
could have scored for 10 grand back in 99. My kit is almost all in the box now
but I've got some key pieces in storage.
Ken, as ever I revel in your work history tales.
Dan S
On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:36 AM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The top two in this gallery are for Ken:
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2921
>
> Ah....
>
> But I still prefer my digital non-linear system.
>
> However,
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6168
>
> Now, we're talking. THIS is the mixer to have. Screw digital boards.
> I'll put up with the inconveniences of analog to get those preamps and
> EQs. I did some work on a Trident board back in 1985 and it's been
> downhill ever since. In the '90s, I worked with a company in the UK
> that made digital editors. One evening, we had a little too much adult
> beverage and decided to try and mimic the Trident's EQ section. Two
> years later, we got closer than anybody else ever came, but it still
> wasn't quite there. As one of three people who wrote the code for that
> EQ, I'll say that the complexity is something incredible. We literally
> had to tear the real thing apart to see how to do it in software. The
> problem was that the algorithm was so complex and powerful that it was
> too much of a resource hog and you could only run it on a small
> handful of channels before the system just wheezed itself to death.
> You have a combination of compression, phase shift (in a direction
> you'd least expect), harmonics and other forms of sonic filtering. It
> is wild stuff
>
> If I had lazy money lurking around, I'd pick up the biggest TOFT I
> could get and just mix acts with it. OH, BTW, a very smart product
> decision. You can buy just the EQs.
>
> For those who have no clue what all this is about, the Equalizer
> section in a Trident/Toft mixer is unique. Let's say you need to lift
> the high frequencies a little. With most EQs, the adjustment tends to
> just make the sound tinnier. With a classic "British EQ" it enhances
> the sound without really making it any louder. In a way, it's like LCE
> for images. You can add air or clarity to the mix without throwing
> your levels into an uproar. Trident/Toft EQ is what defined this sound
> and it does it better than anything else out there. Although, Allen &
> Heath has done the best job of any. Their analog boards come close and
> I know who wrote the software for the digital boards.
>
> On a positive note, I'm mixing/recording again. Like Paul, my primary
> desk says "Yamaha" on it. It has positively the worst EQ section ever
> made. Fortunately, I've got a WAVES plug-in board. I've got a really,
> really good EQ section in that, which also does a remarkable job of
> coming close to the right sound. (whistling NDAs)
>
> AG Ears
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