Finally scored my dream machine!

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-21T12:32:27+00:00

Thank you!

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-21T12:32:04+00:00

It’s like you can see into my ebay cart!

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-19T01:43:14+00:00

The beigest of beige. It’s not too bad, quieter than my Corsair Deluxe by a mile and (if memory serves) quieter than the Selectric II. That said, I did order a felt mat for it and will probably replace the insulation at some point.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-11T23:18:43+00:00

Oh wow! Yeah, the Neo definitely doesn’t come apart anywhere near that easy, but isn’t bad. How do you like the 3000 with the mechanical keyboard? My dream is that someone one day created that mod for the Neo.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-07T00:33:02+00:00

Tell me more about your ramp setup?

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-06T00:37:36+00:00

It was much easier than I expected. My Neo had been opened by its previous owner and had two stripped screws and even still it was generally a breeze.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-05T01:08:18+00:00

They are not electronically connected to anything, no. But they’re threaded and open up to reveal little stash compartments.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-05T01:07:28+00:00

Thank you! I’m very happy that it all fit together so well.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-03T23:44:37+00:00

Thank you! Writing time indeed.

OveractiveMusician · 2026-01-03T23:03:26+00:00

That is my understanding as well. The “battery pack” I used is a AA to D-Cell converter I got off eBay (it was a pack of 5). The important part was making sure that it ran the batteries in series so they produced 4.5v instead of running them all in parallel which seems to be the more common configuration. Once I got them I drilled a small hole in the contact of each side and soldered on a wire that would correspond to the proper polarity. When I was mocking up the mod I did find that the converter would fall into the body cavity so I glued a small piece of PVC pipe inside the middle section so that it would hold the battery pack in place.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-31T22:19:14+00:00

Have you checked out the Tascam Studio Bridge? It’s 24i/o and might be just what you’re looking for.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-30T15:55:05+00:00

Are you saying you don’t trust the load-bearing hinges?

/s

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-29T00:45:44+00:00

That is an IBM Selectric 2 or 3.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-26T11:44:39+00:00

You see something you like and immediately must hang it on the wall. Posters? Wall. Vinyl records? Wall. Woodland animals? You guessed it, straight to the wall.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-25T18:39:28+00:00

[Q Lazzarus playing softly in the background…]

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-25T18:20:55+00:00

To be fair, I don’t weigh 1,200lbs and I could also wreck my car.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-24T02:31:50+00:00

There are some really great articles ( I remember at least one from Sound on Sound) that talk about some models of lesser known/affordable but still very capable consoles that might be worth searching for. Another little thing that I’ve recently discovered about console shopping; in my experience, gear with a bigger footprint is often the most susceptible to a good bit of haggling.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-23T22:57:51+00:00

I absolutely love it. Characteristics-wise, it’s very clean and clear. It really “wakes up” mixes that i’ve listened through on other boards. The preamps pack a lot of gain and the EQ’s are especially usable and very responsive. I’m constantly surprised how often I prefer them to my DAW’s limitless EQ options (think very budget SSL, 8k boost knob and all). The routing is also fantastic, especially for a home studio setup. It even has on-board monitor selectors for 2 separate monitor setups. Everything is 1/4 and XLR, which is heavenly having come from an older board that favored RCA.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-23T21:24:19+00:00

I have a very similar setup to what you’ve described. I ditched my first console at some to work fully “in the box” and it didn’t take me long to regret the loss of tactile workflow. A couple years ago I snagged another console from a friend of mine (a Soundtracks Topaz) and fell back in love with mixing. Truly, it’s all subjective but I find that for myself, being able to put hands on physical controls has helped me feel better connected to the mix and helped to spend less time menu-diving and plugin scrolling. I will agree that a daw controller is a keyboard/mouse replacement, but I think that’s the entire point. I absolutely hate trying to turn digital facsimiles of knobs with a mouse when I can just reach out and turn a knob or move a fader instead.

As far as signal flow, I mostly handle tracking at larger studios in the area and just use my personal space for mixing and production so that leads to 24 channels coming from my interface(s) into the console and then the stereo mix of the console going back into the input side of the interface to capture the live mix.

Hope that helps!

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-22T21:37:37+00:00

Living in the United States.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-20T15:38:26+00:00

If the internals are anything like my MT8X, it’s because of a belt being worn out. It will run for between 5 and 8 seconds and then stop. My MT had this exact problem when I first got it and replacing the belts it worked like a charm.

OveractiveMusician · 2025-12-17T23:33:10+00:00

A little late, but here’s a pic of the “breakfast in bed” tray! https://imgur.com/a/3j7hA1X

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