T H E  C O N S O L E

Our Trident console is a London 16: a 24 channel, 16 buss analog mixing console from world-renowned console manufacturer, Trident.

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This specific console was originally purchased from Trident by Minneapolis post-production house Audio Ruckus in 1992. Sometime in the mid-2000’s, the console found its way into the hands of a private party. In early 2014, we found the console for sale from the private party and immediately shot up to Brainerd to test it out and bring it home.

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Once home, the console went through a complete overhaul. After consulting experts around the country, we began to upgrade and repair the console.

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Over 1300 capacitors were replaced.

The power supply was beefed up.

Op amps were upgraded.

The VU meters were upgraded from the burnt-out light bulbs to matched-hue LEDs.

Channel labels were replaced with custom printing.

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One of the major improvements was completed by Dan Kennedy, owner of Great River Electronics, a company renowned worldwide for high-end microphone preamps, equalizers, and compressors. Dan improved the master channel’s grounding scheme and made some special modifications on the talkback circuit. Dan also installed a new master fader.

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Once finished, we had 24 high-quality channels of Trident preamp and EQ.

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Many thanks to Dan Kennedy, Andy Borum, and Jim Chasteen for their help with this process.