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Originally posted by Wiggy Neve Slut
Hey there...
have been chatting to a cpuple of mates and they have started raving about the old Qaud 8 desks and rep/eq modules.
I have tried a few a while back and they often pop up here in Australia and look to be nice and all with their switched freqs etc... but can not remember what they sound like.
I know they have quite a 'rock and roll' 70's hertiage and Dean Jensen did a lot of deisgn work for them in their heyday. Apparently Steely Dan's frost album was cut on one on LA.. dont know where tho!
So.. opinions pls... i am loooking for new flavours other than my favourite neves....
PEACE
Wiggy |
Hi,
i worked for 5 years in a studio with a quad eight coronado.
As i can remember, the sound was very coloured, but nice. The several channels sounded very diffrent from each other, as it was not completely recapped.
The Mic Pre´s were ok and the EQ´s sounded nice, but their Q was often to broad. Our´s was highly modified with switchable Q on one Channel, and as i can remember it had new custombuild opamps and there was a system 4 VCA Automation.
The busses were really noisy.
All in all, i think today, it´s a cool console to use with a DAW, because it has character, but due to it´s age these things need a lot of work. I wish that i´d have kept some channelstrips, but they sold it about two years ago...