chrizzle

hey man, I was wondering if you think the soundcraft gb2r 16 would work well with a tascam 238 or similar 8 track, and a 1/4" 2-track? I need a mixer for live stuff anyway, but am planning on picking up some tape recorders, I read about you experimenting with the 238 and a 1/4" 2-track so I thought you might be able to have some insight. I'm guessing any 16-channel mixer would be sufficient? thanks.

HI,
I own a siemens C4 (actually it's 2 C4's chained together)
i'm going to sell this wonderfull desk by the middle of the year.
it's located near vienna,so contact me if you are interested.
www.pinknoise.at

Hi Christoph,

yes I still own the siemens c4, right now it's for maintenance at my friends place. I find the preamps are excellent as are the eqs, they are pretty basic though: 12kHz highshelf, 80Hz lowshelf plus semiparametric mids from 400Hz to 5,6kHz +/- 12dB, nonetheless very nice soundshapers. Just passing signals through the eq without treating sounds a bit more present in a nice way. My board has 16 mono- and 4 stereo-channels, the stereo channels has also stereo preamps. There are multipin-connectors at the rear which allows to use direct outs and inserts. The board has 4 aux sends but no aux returns, therefor I use my tubetracker m3. Can't shoot pictures right now as the board isn't at my place as mentioned. I like this board and its sound very much!

As far as I know lots were used at the Austrian broadcast. As you live in Vienna perhaps you can find one there. Btw they were produced in Vienna back then at the "Wiener Schachstromwerke" ...a very, very cool company which has still a kind of sleeper status.

Hope it helps,

Andreas