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Upgrades

Thought I would share my new toys that came into the studio today.

It’s a bit bigger than my last mixer.

Trying to fit the new one in here is challenging.


My power supply to feed the monster.

I love my job!

November 8th, 2005 | Category: News

13 comments to Upgrades

  • David Hill
    November 8, 2005 at 5:20 pm

    Would hate to see your power bill.

  • Michael Mennenga
    November 8, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    Power is nothing. 400 watts. It is just big because it has tons of filtering. Super clean power = super clean operation.

    Sure is perdy though. ;-)

  • Mark Forman
    November 8, 2005 at 7:26 pm

    Whew-and I was thinking it was penis envy! LOl-I’m completely envious. Use it well.

  • Heather Copeland
    November 8, 2005 at 7:30 pm

    Oh, great, more knobs for Mike to play with while drinking. :) Looks very cool.

  • Michael Mennenga
    November 8, 2005 at 7:38 pm

    I have to take the whole studio apart as you can see. I’ll post my final solution once the saw-dust settles.

    I’m sure it will look cool. And I can’t wait to hear the results. Our noise floor should be under 2db when finished. (It’s around 6db now.)

    Plus I have a couple other toys to add into the mix. (Secret engineering toys.) I don’t want to give all my tricks away. ;-)

  • BtD
    November 9, 2005 at 10:28 am

    What’s the make and model. It’s hard to see. Looks wicked cool though.

    BtD

  • David Moldawer
    November 9, 2005 at 11:09 am

    Holy cow! What a monster that thing is. Fantastic. I love knobs.

  • Pavlina
    November 9, 2005 at 12:10 pm

    Wow, you guys are really going hgh tech. So much for my mental image of you all sitting around a old up table, shooting the crap.

  • Michael Mennenga
    November 9, 2005 at 1:17 pm

    It is a Behringer Eurodesk MX9000 Mixer. 24/48 input, 8 bus, 6 send unit that will re-invent the studio at a new level.

    This is one of the top level boards on the market right now. The Mackie 8 buss is the closest equivalent, but it is running almost $4000 at the moment. This is a good choice for about a grand.

    Oh, I Love knobs too. ;-)

  • Jack H (aka NOT the Duel of the Fates Guy)
    November 9, 2005 at 5:28 pm

    Hey is the old one for sale?

  • Michael Mennenga
    November 10, 2005 at 5:36 am

    Yes it is. I was planning on putting the old ones (there are two in the system now,) up on eBay next week.

    I actually have a lot of equipment that I was planning to put up on eBay. If anyone is interested, send me an email, and I’ll send you the list of stuff. I’ll give you a good deal if I can save some listing fees. ;-)

  • Jason
    November 10, 2005 at 1:33 pm

    Well now I have mixer envy. I have a little 6 channel phonic mixer :(

    Cool new toy though :D

  • Uncle Sam
    November 12, 2005 at 7:37 pm

    Mike it sounded great when you called me with the sound check tonight —- looking forward to hearing it on-the-air.