euphonix cs2000

[rickrock305]

Just wanted to see what the opinions are of this board out there. An engineer at the studio i work at just bought one so I'll definitely be doing some work on it and learning it after its installed.

Any other Euphonix users out there? Or anyone who has experience with the board?

I'm really just looking for a consensus of what people think about it in terms of sound, user friendliness, etc.

[RhOdEz]

make sure u get manual with it.And print it twice you'll need it .I think theres one on euphonix site for download ,cs3000 manual will work for cs2000 too.It is really important to understand its signal flow ,and best way is to find someone expirienced with it and beg him to explain how damn thing works .I waisted a lot of time cause i was too lazy to read damn manual but at the end it clicked .Huh there's lots of hidden tricks there.Lets say you got 6 possible inputs coming to each channel M1,M2 're "mic" ins and L1-4 are line ins.So you need to select channel ,assign some input to fader (via M1,M2,L1...buttons on central section ),then assign that fader to one of stereo busses (again via ST1 or ST2 buttons on central section) ,and you monitor all parameters for selected channel on that tiny small screen below transport controls .If you dont do that theres no sound coming in .Basically you do everything on central section .If you want to use eq on channel you need to assign it on input again ,just like you did when you selected channel and assigned fader -select EQ then ...damn its too much to type here.
You'll get nervous...very nervous befeore you figure out wtf you can't hear smth,but these snapshots are godsend .You can save everything and recall everything and use one basic snapshot for every new session .
Well best thing about it is recall ,so you can work on more songs .
Give it time and ask here if you cant figure smth out

good luck ...and yeah try search button here there were some discussions about it,but hearing is beleiving :)

[JustinS]

I used to work at a studio that had one. I always liked it - it sounds great, is very flexible & is a godsend in a mix situation - you want to compare what your current mix sounds like vs the one half an hr ago - 1 click of a button and there you are. You do have to get used to the ergonomics of the console & it does force you to think about the way you work (at least initially) but once it clicks it is a cool console (just don't expect to get that "analogue sound" from it - what you put in you get out!)

Justin.

[rickrock305]

thanks for your replies


Yes, i got a manual, and I've been looking through it, but it doesn't do much for me until i have the console here in front of me with it. It definitely looks like a cool console, with a lot of cool features and whatnot. And the guy that bought it has some experience with these, so hopefully i'll be able to squeeze some info out of him. Again, anyone else who has any experience with Euphonix boards, let me have your opinions...sound quality, ease of operations, etc.

[Duffster]

This board sounds good, has great recall capabilities, but takes a while to get the hang of. The board is very versitile, and in some respects that it is annoying. You definately need to take a good few hours to go threw and get the hang of everything. I did not find this board to be good during tracking sessions. The versitility became a pain in the ass, and the the damn thing freezes if you have any power problems.

[Jamz]

Had one for a few years. Great board.
It was a 56 channel console.
Top 24 were for keyboards, drum machine etc.
Bottom 24 were tape returns.
Remaining 8 were dedicated aux returns.

It will take more than a few hours to know this puppy but once you do it's very cool.
Back in the mid 90's I produced a lot of RnB vocal groups. The snapshot features were a life saver for retaining each vocalists eq and compression. Of course it was the boards eq and compression. Not sure if it would be my go-to board for rock. The eq seemed rather smooth if I recall.

Good luck and enjoy.

[RhOdEz]

Originally Posted by Duffster

, and the the damn thing freezes if you have any power problems.

yes ,board wants 230 volts +/- 3 volts tolerance i think ,power conditioning is must there's so you need to get a device which fixes voltage variations ,damn i forgot what it's called like but any el. engineer will know what is it .And yea try to not patch output on output on patch bay ,cause it can fry smth ????Atleast thats what technician who installed it says ...And tower needs to go out of control room it's too noisey and hot .

[Jim Williams]

It's a noisy beast. Even the control room outputs hiss with the knob turned down. It also sounds brick hard. Great for post work but for record production....

You have been warned.

Jim Williams
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