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In Reply to: Re: Performance not the only criteria posted by Centauri on August 29, 2003 at 06:22:44:
This is off-topic to this thread, but your post here, and your profession provide a unique opportunity.As an audio repairer, what kind of pots do you recommend looking for in a studio mixer? I have heard a lot about how good inductive pots are. Is there any technical merit to this? Does non-traditional pot technology affect the sound color significantly?
I understand that because they don't involve a direct electrical connection they are less susceptible to dirt, film and other contaminants creating "crackle" when sliding the pots over time.
Is there such a thing as optoelectric? Does this have any benefits over inductance pots?
I have an old toa 10 channel (in 2 pieces, 4 channels with 6 channel expansion) mixer right now, which oddly enough, has 0 fader noise and is quite noisless -90 I think it is... (for $500 new, in 1987, what more do you want? It has served me well). I want to upgrade to something modern, 16-24 channel console, but want to get the best technology I can afford. Top of the list necessary features is great pots.
There is nothing worse than a lame channel or 5 ( frequent affliction of my friends' home studios...) .
I will be using a dbx DriveRack Studio with it, so a little color isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't want to push it any further than I have to.
What mixers do you see the least in your shop?: )
thx,
Neil
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