Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

[Young Angus]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23785&item=7309014897&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Its nice and cheap and looks like something id love stuffing around with. Is it cheap because its crap though? Or would it be okay?

Thanks

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

I dunno, it looks like it's from 1985, has no phantom power, or any power???
I think if you can get it cheap, and pick it up, it'd be good for a PA system, and not bad for some recording projects. I still think you should just get a good computer recording program, rather than messing with big mixers. I wish I'd gone that route, in retrospect. My setup takes up too much room.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

Ive already got a decent computer program and i do some recording through my computer fine, i just thought that would be something cool to have. But if its a piece of crap i wont bother.

Come to think of it i dont know why i would get it, but i think theres some reason i cant think of just now...hmmmm, maybe its cos im thinking about cars lots too lately, i just picked up my 1967 ford the other day

 

[Hellion]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

The MD Series of Peavey were okay....back in the 80s. They were never a terribly clean sounding mixer although they're incredibly tough and roadworthy. Definitely NOT a digital compatible mixer.

If you're looking for a decent mixer, save up and buy a Mackie.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

yuck, don't waste your money. Not for what you want to use it for.

It's like running spring water through your toilet before you drink it.

 

[Jeff Seal]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

...wow... I find it amazing how differing my opinions are than most other's.....to me the older Peavey stuff is bulletproof and reliable, whereas the Mackie's, Behringer's etc. are always winding up on the "bench"......even my Mackie 16 ch. is going to wind up in the dumpster if it takes a "dive" on me one more time...
Upgrading the older gear with newer op-amps is relatively "easy"...you don't even have to unsolder anything...just replace the 4558's with 4580's and you're up to the best of current gear standard's...(they're about $1 each...)

I would trust this board to actually work over anything currently made....just my .02 from what I see at work...

Jeff Seal

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

...wow... I find it amazing how differing my opinions are than most other's.....to me the older Peavey stuff is bulletproof and reliable, whereas the Mackie's, Behringer's etc. are always winding up on the "bench"......even my Mackie 16 ch. is going to wind up in the dumpster if it takes a "dive" on me one more time...
Upgrading the older gear with newer op-amps is relatively "easy"...you don't even have to unsolder anything...just replace the 4558's with 4580's and you're up to the best of current gear standard's...(they're about $1 each...)

I would trust this board to actually work over anything currently made....just my .02 from what I see at work...

Jeff Seal

I could see it being used for live use, but for digital recording? Maybe I'm spoiled because of pro tools but...I dunno...

 

[Jeff Seal]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

Xeromus, I understand what you're saying..but 4580 op-amps don't really care if they're in a 2005 Allen/Heath, an Echo Layla or a 1985 Peavey MD-III board. Their signal/noise ratio will be the same and even Peavey's will perform as well as anything currently available with the upgrade....although digital recording doesn't really require a conventional board or "desk"..... (I'm not sure what Young Angus' recording/processing needs are.....so forgive me if I'm not "in the know" here!)

just fwiw..

Jeff Seal

 

[Hellion]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

Xeromus, I understand what you're saying..but 4580 op-amps don't really care if they're in a 2005 Allen/Heath, an Echo Layla or a 1985 Peavey MD-III board. Their signal/noise ratio will be the same and even Peavey's will perform as well as anything currently available with the upgrade....although digital recording doesn't really require a conventional board or "desk"..... (I'm not sure what Young Angus' recording/processing needs are.....so forgive me if I'm not "in the know" here!)

just fwiw..

Jeff Seal

Boy, Jeff, I just haven't found that to be the case. The very minute I stopped using my MDII and switched to a Mackie board, I'll bet half the noise went with it. The rest stopped when I switched to a balanced system. I will agree with you that Peaveys are bulletproof, and I still use my MD series board for outdoor gigs (let's face it, Mackie's AREN'T indestructable), but they're just not very quiet boards.

 

[Artie]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

I don't have any first hand experience with that particular board, but I do find my Tascam board to be invaluable for recording. I like to make my own little "songs", (some that I've posted here), and having the versatility of the mixer really helps.

I use a pair of J-Stations, (both, stereo out), a Yamaha effects unit, (also stereo), and a stereo drum machine. That right there consumes 8 channels. Then I have the line-out from the computer, and a CD input if I want to play along with something. That brings it up to 12.

I can just select anything and route it to anywhere at the touch of a button. I have master out to the computers line-in, or control room out, to the main monitors. I'd be lost without it at this point. If the money isn't a hardship, its a great recording tool.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

Thanks for those comments guys, and im not looking at this thing thinking about recording, more live applications. So i dunno...not long left on the auction though.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Can someone tell me if this mixing desk looks okay

nope, just checked and the auction is over, oh well, im not too dissapointed