Otari Sound Workshop

cvikman · 18th February 2004

I have been offered to buy a Otari sound workshop 34 console, the layout and specifications seem to fit my studio, but I haven't had a chance to try it.

Anyone have any experience with this kind of console ?

**Remoteness** · 18th February 2004

The Soundworkshop series 34 was a nice sounding board. I had a series 30 and worked on series 34s with great success.

I hope this helped.

Wiggy Neve Slut · 18th February 2004

These are decent mid priced deska that can sound decent. However tehy are pretty easy to do some 'hot rod mods' to them to increase the buss headroom, PSU and noise floor to make teh beast a bit quieter. Any tech wroth half his salt should be bale to workthis out with raising a sweat as the IC's were rather common and far superior versions are now available with much better specs..

Nathan has a sereis 30 that got modded with great success.. perhaps shoot him an emaila nd see what he has to say?

Cheers
Wiggy

cvikman · 19th February 2004

The suggested price is 20.000 SEK (about 2700 USD) ... is this resonable ?

The consoles is said to be in perfect working ordet (32 frame loaded with 28 channels).

NathanEldred · 19th February 2004

That's a decent deal, if the board is in good (or better shape). I got almost the same configuration for $2200 and it was trashed. Tech work was another $3K or so. Still have some mods to go, mainly on the master section which will pretty much be replaced.

cvikman · 19th February 2004

What kind of modifications do you recommend ?

oudplayer · 20th February 2004

We have a 34 series - we recapped the board and replaced all the channel faders (using audio faders instead), as the stock ones significantly degraded the signal. We also ripped out the automation, which never reliably worked. I like the console - a lot of headroom, but short on aux sends and the 24-buss feature is kind of useless.

BTW, anyone know where to find replacement plasma meters for these boards? We have 2 broken ones and haven't found replacements available...

cvikman · 20th February 2004

What kind of automation is there on the series 34 ? Are there VCA faders ? what more is automated ?

The console I am shopping for is the model with the plasma meters ... and I think there are some spare parts ... I'll check it out.

oudplayer · 20th February 2004

It required a large external computer (for some reason I'm thinking it was an Atari ST?), had its own separate automation power supply... mainly faders, if I recall. If it comes with automation, rip it out!

bjornson · 22nd February 2004

most came with diskmix, either vca or p+g moving faders, some with eagle
i have a 54c with the p+g rig love it!!

jackassman · 22nd February 2004

I guess so with P+G moving faders my oh my!

18th February 2004	#1
cvikman Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Uppsala / Sweden Posts: 10 Thread Starter	Otari Sound Workshop I have been offered to buy a Otari sound workshop 34 console, the layout and specifications seem to fit my studio, but I haven't had a chance to try it. Anyone have any experience with this kind of console ?

18th February 2004	#2
Remoteness Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 7,311	The Soundworkshop series 34 was a nice sounding board. I had a series 30 and worked on series 34s with great success. I hope this helped. __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network What about my Facebook Profile? Remoteness on Myspace

18th February 2004	#3
Wiggy Neve Slut Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,192	These are decent mid priced deska that can sound decent. However tehy are pretty easy to do some 'hot rod mods' to them to increase the buss headroom, PSU and noise floor to make teh beast a bit quieter. Any tech wroth half his salt should be bale to workthis out with raising a sweat as the IC's were rather common and far superior versions are now available with much better specs.. Nathan has a sereis 30 that got modded with great success.. perhaps shoot him an emaila nd see what he has to say? Cheers Wiggy __________________ If i see another 'Which neve clone is better thread... im seriously gona go postal!!!!!!!"

19th February 2004	#5
NathanEldred Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida Posts: 7,130	That's a decent deal, if the board is in good (or better shape). I got almost the same configuration for $2200 and it was trashed. Tech work was another $3K or so. Still have some mods to go, mainly on the master section which will pretty much be replaced. __________________ Nathan Eldred Visit Atlas Pro Audio USA Distributor for Buzz Audio Atlas Recording Studios, Inc.

20th February 2004	#7
oudplayer Lives for gear Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lake Cayuga, NY Posts: 875 3 Reviews written	We have a 34 series - we recapped the board and replaced all the channel faders (using audio faders instead), as the stock ones significantly degraded the signal. We also ripped out the automation, which never reliably worked. I like the console - a lot of headroom, but short on aux sends and the 24-buss feature is kind of useless. BTW, anyone know where to find replacement plasma meters for these boards? We have 2 broken ones and haven't found replacements available... __________________ -oudplayer ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anatolian oud session player; world/esoteric music recording, mixing, and mastering musiq.com on soundcloud ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

22nd February 2004	#10
bjornson Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Pa Posts: 562	most came with diskmix, either vca or p+g moving faders, some with eagle i have a 54c with the p+g rig love it!!

22nd February 2004	#11
jackassman Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right Behind You Posts: 72	I guess so with P+G moving faders my oh my!

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