Hi Tommy
The main thing to be careful of when you reassemble your Elite
is making sure the connectors for the ribbon cables go back on
properly. The common errors are:
- connector off by one pin
- connector on correctly but with a pin either bent over across its
neighbours or sticking out in front of the connector.
Both of these will make the console behave badly.
On other questions:
Yes you can run the console without all of the modules in it.
No there's not a lot that needs calibrating.
If you want to add a 2-mix insert, you can buy one of my kits.
I have a neotek Essence in the shop that I was thinking of rebuilding
into a summing mixer. If you want we could look at building a custom
configuration to meet your needs.
Best
Ike
Ike Zimbel
Zimbel Audio Ltd
416-720-0887
www.zimbelaudio.com
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On 2010-04-04, at 8:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Neotekers,
I wrote about moving the neotek recently, and so far its been moved
successfully. We pulled all the channels and moved it separately,
and nothing to our knowledge is broken. So now comes the part where
we reassemble. Now, aside from the obvious static discharge and
such, what are some of the things we want to be careful of when
reassembling the channels? Also, is it possible to run the console
without all the channels connected, say less than half?
Next bigger and more philosophical question is the best way (and
what value) to calibrate this. I've never been unhappy with the
headroom I've had with this console, and I've generally been hitting
this very hard with the 192's from Pro Tools with results i'm quite
pleased with. Any suggestions on the best way to do this on an 86
Elite? There is no master insert on this, btw.
My last and final question today is does anyone have a smaller
Neotek (like a smaller Elite or Elan, 16 channels or less). I've
seen a few broadcast consoles with names that escape me at the
moment, but they seemed to have a bunch of line summing and a
limited number of channels. It intends to be setup mainly for
mixing, ideally summing 16 channels. Do most of these consoles have
similar headroom to a Neotek Elite? We're really looking to expand
our workflow and having one smaller Elite-esque to hand off to mix
to after tracking on the larger Neotek, and would love to hear
people's experiences with these consoles, and maybe even an idea of
what they usually go for on the market.
Thanks again everyone, this list has been highly informational!
Best,
Tommy Mokas
Casa Nova Studios
Brooklyn, NY
www.casanovastudios.com
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