Studio renovations and new mixing console

My studio is currently undergoing renovations and is quite a mess at present!! There's stuff everywhere! I'm building a new false ceiling at the rear of the studio which will be angled to help reduce flutter echoes but maintain some sort of usable presence. I'll also be building 12 volt MR16 LED lighting into this ceiling which will have a DC backup supply for use during power outages. My keyboard rig will be positioned under the new ceiling and is also undergoing some renovations. I'm adding some digitally controlled arpeggiators (running in REAPER of course) and re-patching everything so the new arpeggiators can work with my analog synths and analog sequencers for real time improvised performance and recording. Fun stuff!! :) My aim is to inspire new creativity and get into writing and recording some new albums Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream style. I also recently added a new (80's model actually) Yamaha mixing console. This one has some nice EQ and good preamps. It also has a particularly good headphone amp and decent analog VU meters which I find invaluable. Here's a couple of pics....

Don't forget that the angled suspended ceiling won't exist to lower frequencies, they'll pass straight through it... >

Yep, you'll need bass traps. That Yamaha reminds me the days when I started. I worked a lot on its bigger brothers. That view springs my memories. Those were decent consoles, but even that early I was already a Soundcraft guy... Still today. :D

One thing I forgot to mention in my original post is that the Yamaha console cost me a grand total of nothing. It has never been toured and spent it's entire existence in a theater as FOH mixer which is why, aside from some dust, it is in such good condition.

I hope it was all 'above board' ;)

Be careful with that dust - it's dust that holds the world together! With electronics , the dust helps to keep the all-important smoke inside the components. Without the smoke, nothing works. I've seen this happen - I was working on a circuit board when I accidentally shorted two legs of a transistor......poof.....the smoke got out.....it never worked again. If I hadn't cleaned off the protective dust, it might still be working. :)

Hey Dannii. Very cool music you did for Run! Awesome. What synths and hardware/ sequencers do you use? Cheers. Nate.

I taught Electronic & Communications for 30+ years & I used to often teach about the smoke. With a straight face. Trouble was, some of the newcomers to our country didn't understand our sense of humour too well. It's not quite so funny trying to explain the joke to someone who still doesn't get it. :rolleyes:

I feel like a newbie! I made a 'crystal radio' when I was ten, but after that very little else that worked. NOBODY EVER TOLD ME ABUT THE SMOKE!!

This reminds me of Kirchoff's third law.... ! Where a circuit smokes, the current is the highest :D