Topic: A Jewel for Trident Console Aficionados (Read 7277 times)

JCampbell · « **on:** July 09, 2009, 10:44:22 PM »

A friend took me out to this very cool studio in the woods outside Portland, Or:http://www.bigredstudio.com/. Very interesting guy owns/operates it. Great to see this kind of place still existing. For how long is anybody's guess. Hope the place survives.

Go to the link on this page http://www.bigredstudio.com/staticpages/index.php/equipment where it says TSM console.

Jim

JCampbell · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2009, 10:50:26 PM »

Oh, just occurred to me, 1st post and it will look like I'm a shill. No way. Never met the guy before or been to his place. No affiliation what-so-ever...

cheers

Barry Hufker · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2009, 11:13:51 PM »

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

Barry

Rod Affleck · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:53:25 AM »

Also worth reading on that site is the story of how he got to know Klaus Heyne.

mumbles · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:37:57 AM »

evil robot wrote on Fri, 10 July 2009 08:53

Also worth reading on that site is the story of how he got to know Klaus Heyne.

Hilarious.

amorris · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2009, 03:51:34 PM »

the klaus story is very much worth reading! unbeleiveable, if true...im sure it is.

compasspnt · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:02:35 PM »

A new side of Klaus is revealed.

tom eaton · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:22:54 PM »

The availability calendar is alarming. And alarmingly similar to mine. Things dropped off a cliff at the end of June. Eek.

t

protractor · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:38:18 PM »

compasspnt wrote on Fri, 10 July 2009 17:02

A new side of Klaus is revealed.

Actually it sounds like all sides of Klaus were revealed.

- Peter J.

Ryan Massey · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:53:24 PM »

tom eaton wrote on Fri, 10 July 2009 19:22

The availability calendar is alarming. And alarmingly similar to mine. Things dropped off a cliff at the end of June. Eek.

t

Stay positive Tom! We were busier than ever for about six months and then had an incredibly brutal two month stretch. Now, the next two months are booked rock solid- hope the same happens for you.
Cheers,
Ryan

Ryan Massey · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2009, 10:55:30 PM »

PS.
Thanks for the link! Always nice to see another TSM- ours is a '78...

JCampbell · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2009, 12:32:41 AM »

My pleasure. I used to post here a number of years ago but let it slide due to, well, you know. This forum has become a pleasure to cruise again Smile

Silvertone · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2009, 09:05:24 AM »

Great Klaus story and I think Klaus can thank Stephen Jarvis for just about everybody in the bay area knowing who he was. Stephen gave me my first introduction to the world of Klaus Heyne modded microphones. I then proceeded to use them as my first choice mics for every session after that initial introduction. In particular I loved his modded U67's and U87's for live Choir and string quartet recordings...

Small world as well as I was at several of the Windham Hill recording sessions over at OTR Studios (Cookies place) when Randy Sellgren was engineering for her. It really is a small industry.

A bit off topic but I had producer July Last in about a month ago. July use to work at the Record Plant in LA and was Jack Douglas assistant on the Lennon sessions (I also learned she was the one that hid the microphone under the console and was responsible to make sure that tape kept rolling to record every conversation) and such she was also Bruce Swieden's assistant on MJ's Thriller as well many years later. When July told me she use to work at the Record Plant I asked if she remembered Scotty MacPhearson and Joel Moss? Of course she did, then I proceeded to tell her how they both live in Saratoga Springs now... she couldn't believe it. 20 years later on the other coast and here are 3 people that worked together at one of the best studios in the heyday of the industry... small world indeed!

rob s · « **Reply #13 on:** August 02, 2009, 07:36:51 PM »

joel and scott both live in saratoga springs?
i used to work at the record plant and stage m in the late 80's.
i'd see those guys around all the time.
havent really thought about them since.
how'd they both end up there?

tom eaton · « **Reply #14 on:** August 02, 2009, 08:28:57 PM »

Hey Larry-

Couldn't figure out who July was!

It's Julie... she's done some AMAZING work.

http://www.coldbrookproductions.com/

t

wwittman · « **Reply #15 on:** August 02, 2009, 09:06:47 PM »

not wishing to be a wet blanket, but the TSM is a pretty good, but not amazing desk.

not like THE Tridents (the A Ranges)

of course in comparison to most IC based desks, the TSM is a killer.

JCampbell · « **Reply #16 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:53:11 PM »

Thanks for the clarification though, of course, the intent of the post was only to show appreciation for someone who maintains, in immaculate condition, a console that a number of great artists chose to use for making their records. Not to attempt to plump up the reputation of the TSM. And no doubt some of the artist's choices had to do with budget, availability, etc. and the TSM may not have been their first choice in the sonics department.

Did the A range become a console of choice across the board in terms of genre... rock, pop, classical, broadcast? (I'm not a professional AE and was on the other side of the glass in those days on film/tv dates, not really paying much attention to gear. As time went on I certainly worked out that a good AE/mixer was worth their weight in gold. And then some...)
Jim

Sean Eldon Qualls · « **Reply #17 on:** August 04, 2009, 05:33:11 PM »

JCampbell wrote on Tue, 04 August 2009 12:53

a console that a number of great artists chose to use for making their records.

Are you sure the artists didn't choose to work with PEOPLE to make their records? It's very rare that musicians book a studio for their album based on a largely unknown mixing console...or any mixing console.

I'll bet the artists chose to work with a person, and this was the console that person happened to have.

JCampbell · « **Reply #18 on:** August 04, 2009, 07:27:08 PM »

No doubt that played the biggest part. At least that's how I've always worked. Should have put that in the post. On a re-read I sound pretty narrow minded. Good catch.

Jim

Silvertone · « **Reply #19 on:** August 05, 2009, 06:02:12 AM »

rob s wrote on Sun, 02 August 2009 18:36

joel and scott both live in saratoga springs?
i used to work at the record plant and stage m in the late 80's.
i'd see those guys around all the time.
havent really thought about them since.
how'd they both end up there?

Sorry Rob, been a while since I visited this post... Scott had an old childhood sweetheart that he hooked back up with that lived up this way... Scott is originally from Latham (about a half hour away). Unfortunately she passed away from cancer this past year.

As for Joel he cam up with Phil Ramone to visit Phil's son at Skidmore (and to play some golf)... and Joel met a young lady up here that he just hit it off with big time. He still has his house in LA but they just built a new house up here as well... so I think he'll be sticking around a while (it's been 4 years since that visit and he hasn't left yet except for work!).

I'm not sure what brought July Last up this way but I know she is also teaching at one of the local collages... she seems like a great person and one hell of an engineer. Turns out we have a lot of the same friends. Small world indeed.

Silvertone · « **Reply #20 on:** August 05, 2009, 06:03:42 AM »

tom eaton wrote on Sun, 02 August 2009 19:28

Hey Larry-

Couldn't figure out who July was!

It's Julie... she's done some AMAZING work.

http://www.coldbrookproductions.com/

t

She has one of the best set of ears of any engineer I've worked with and she is a sweetheart of a person. Can't wait to work with her again.

Sorry everyone for going off topic... I owned a Trident 80B and a Trident 24 in the past... I like the sound of the 80B a lot... the 24, not so much... but at the time it was an affordable console at a mere 30K for a 28x24! Funny thing is now no one wants to spend that much for their whole entire studio...

abtech · « **Reply #21 on:** August 16, 2009, 09:51:32 PM »

especially since they already spent 2K+ on the bed and nightstand . . .

wwittman · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2009, 04:46:35 PM »

tom eaton wrote on Sun, 02 August 2009 20:28

Hey Larry-

Couldn't figure out who July was!

It's Julie... she's done some AMAZING work.

http://www.coldbrookproductions.com/

t

Julie started at Record Plant NY, not LA... and yes, she's great.

She's also the inspiration for the name in Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad. (The Clash changed the name which was Janie or something else, when they worked at Record Plant)

Silvertone · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2009, 08:03:15 AM »

wwittman wrote on Mon, 17 August 2009 15:46

tom eaton wrote on Sun, 02 August 2009 20:28

Hey Larry-

Couldn't figure out who July was!

It's Julie... she's done some AMAZING work.

http://www.coldbrookproductions.com/

t

Julie started at Record Plant NY, not LA... and yes, she's great.

She's also the inspiration for the name in Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad. (The Clash changed the name which was Janie or something else, when they worked at Record Plant)

Thanks William, I knew it was NY as she was working with Douglas... but then went to RP in LA later on... sorry for any confusion.

Didn't know that about The Clash song, I'm going to have to ask her about that next time I see her.

CHANCE · « **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2009, 09:55:26 PM »

evil robot wrote on Fri, 10 July 2009 05:53

Also worth reading on that site is the story of how he got to know Klaus Heyne.

I tried the link, but couldn't find the story. I tried opening the Nov-06 story, but nothing seems to open. What am I doing wrong?

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