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markie ![]() Old Croc ![]() Joined: 31 October 2005 Location: Sunny Liskeard. Status: Offline Points: 4564 |
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I remember the first gig I ever did with "Proper gear" was at Barbarellas nightclub in Brum. The decks were Goldring GL75s and they had these cueing devices, which I have never seen since.
The turntable had a slip mat on it and this device was mounted on the turntable base and when you flicked a switch on the console an arm came out and held the edge of the record. So, with the turntable revolving the disc was held stationery till you flip the switch again it gave an instant start. Got a feeling they were made by Ortofon but could be wrong about that. Anyone else remember them???
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Andylaser ![]() Registered User ![]() Joined: 16 April 2010 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 282 |
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I remember those. Mine were OK, but only used on hifi. Maplin MOSFET modules were far better for more robust use provided they had a decent heatsink. Shortly after we discovered BK electronics and their substantial amp modules which were superb.
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markie ![]() Old Croc ![]() Joined: 31 October 2005 Location: Sunny Liskeard. Status: Offline Points: 4564 |
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I remember IBL cabs, I believe they were actually made by BK electronics..... certainly they used to advertise them in their ads in practical electronics. They were advertised as having Fane Classic 300s in them.
I seem to remember their largest offering was an 18" plus piezo. I expect it was a bit lacking in mids.
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MattStolton ![]() Old Croc ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 September 2010 Location: Walthamstow Status: Offline Points: 4230 |
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Homemade Celestion Cook Book W Bins (1x15), in chip and carpet, one a side. Different 15" drivers in each one.
3 ibl (yes "I") 1x12" (mckensie/fane loaded) with Piezo, on each W bin. BK Electronics MXF400 3U 400W Stereo Amps. x4. MXF200 2x100W doing DJ's Wilding PowerSound 1x12 monitors. Torque 1x12" Active floor monitors. Seck 12:8:2 desk for bands (!), wacky 1202 for quiz nights and karaoke. The Seck had a nice feature where you could return an Aux return to master and separate to Pre Aux outs, so easy to bus in the Mackie for extra channels, and still get its output through the monitor auxs! Alesis 1U twin 31 band graphic, KAM GMX7 Mixer (with 4 second sampler!), LAD turntables. Vestax Twin Top Loading CD turntables (the ones with plastic lift up lids over the CDs). No X-Over. If you held each end of the GMX7's X-Fade in your hand, whilst still wired in, you could get Radio 5 Live. NAD 5.1 Processor, with line outs. Normalised patchbay to route audio all over! Some naff 2000 lumen 4:3 projector for film nights. Comb City, but I loved it. Sounded like a bag of bolts, but loadsa fun had. My Halls Of Residence "House" system! Painful and crude, but fun. Never managed to blow more than the odd rail fuse in the MXFs, and the occasional 10 Ohm piezo dropper resistor in the iBL 1x12". Loads of Abstract 1CE and Galactic moon DMX stuff, with 12 PAR56 off a ryger 12 Chn touch panel, with 12 Ways of Switch pack (not even dimmers)! |
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8x18 ![]() New Member ![]() Joined: 13 January 2016 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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this is a mint thead , the memories keep coming back
i had helped another mobile roadshow for years so was the roady , seen all the mistakes , wrong songs at the wrong time , too loud , late arriving , so it was time to take the plunge my first was a soundout console ( the one with the red fins ) powered but everytime you turned it on , you prey it worked ![]() lighting loads of light boxes , i had stereo so i had 2 pulsar 2250 running different sides so the light boxes ran not the same each side pulsar pinspots on the floor 4 channel in white , smoke pellets that smelt terrible transport landrover lwb with horse box ( this did get a lot of looks at posh hotels , manor houses ) after this it went down hill , i dechoked 4ft uv tubes putting 200v in them and adding the last 40v from a modded chaser , no one had done this before in lightboxes with 6 pygmy bulbs each side equally spaced running sound to light , horizontal on a custom frame 4 in a row , 16 feet in all long them it got worst ![]() i always wanted to be different , sound stayed the same but lighting always had to change , if i did a 18th birthday for someone , when they had there 21st the apperance of the front was never the same , then the engagement , wedding , ect so good old pulsar , 10 way ,mmmmm i thought 10 x 4ft tubes Colored each side hanging under the light boxes 6 inches apart vertical , sorted this was the dogs , thats why the big mobile discos were called roadshows , 3+ hours to carry in and change dead bulbs , get it running , and get out as fast as you could lots more if you are interested |
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njw ![]() Old Croc ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 March 2010 Location: S. Wales Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
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A Pulsar Zero 2250!! We had one of those but never used it because we had an NJD SC4000 ![]() ![]() |
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SamV ![]() Old Croc ![]() Joined: 21 October 2008 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 8707 |
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When I were 13 I built my first cab, it was a coaxial design of sorts, a 15" Goodmans Axiom with a 12" McKenzie built into a box which was made from the cupboard my mum was chucking away and some paper mache, none of it joined together perfectly and it was gappy as hell and after the 6th rebuild it sound fantastic. It was powered off a Hitachi HA150 amp IIRC. The box was a bit of an odd ball which to this day I have no idea how to describe it. It was a box within a box, the inner box was a rudimentary horn I suppose which the McKenzie fired into, then that sit inside a bigger box, with the Axiom on the outside firing into it but then folded back into the first horn. It went loud and everyone loved it, apart from the old lady who lived downstairs. But when summer came round we carried it downstairs to the big shared courtyard and run a very long chain of power extensions back home and everyone would come round and chill and dance. Ah good days. I'll do a sketch and post it up. The internet wasn't really around and I knew nothing about speakers but it was fun.
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APW ![]() Young Croc ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 November 2012 Location: Kent, UK Status: Offline Points: 1137 |
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Hi James, I've just found that and yes, it was the Zero 2250.
The commander I had was much earlier and NOT DMX, it was a 4U 19" thing that was basically 4 x 4 channel chasers and a 8 channel switch bank, the whole thing was programmable. Edited by APW - 05 June 2018 at 12:41pm |
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James Tengo ![]() Old Croc ![]() Joined: 09 May 2008 Location: Brighton Status: Offline Points: 2144 |
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The mighty pulsar zero 2250? http://www.karillon.com/Articles/pulsar/2250lf.jpg .
I remember the Light processor Q Commander, but that was dmx, and was using them in the late 90’s.
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Makes fascinating reading this thread..if only we had all taken photos back then..but of course that would have involved going to the chemist to buy a film, taking the pics, going back to the chemist with said film,waiting for the fat miserable assistant to fill the form in, hand you a receipt, and then wait three days for your fuzzy grainy prints to arrive back....usually a disapointment when you saw them too.
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APW ![]() Young Croc ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 November 2012 Location: Kent, UK Status: Offline Points: 1137 |
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My first system (mid to late 70s) had a homemade rotary mixer that used mullard
PL1184/2 and PL1183/2 modules (http://www.electrojumble.org/data/mullard_lp1180-1402.pdf); it was only rotary as I didn’t have a clue how
to make neat slots for faders!! The turntables were a pair of modified BSR P128’s.
At first we only used a hi-fi amp and speakers but quickly moved to the Maplin 150watt mosfets modules. Next we purchased a 2nd pair of the Maplin mosfet modules and a couple of bridging modules. The bridging modules caused nothing but problems so we ditched them and designed our own. Then we changed all the driver transistors on amp boards for higher voltage versions, changed the outputs for 2 pairs of 2SJ50 & 2SK135 per module and upped the rails to about 65Volts, the amps would then do over 500watts/channel and were able to drive 4ohm loads despite being bridged. I had no problems getting large Toroid transformers as my best mate was doing his apprenticeship with ILP, although their amp modules were utter junk and usually failed spectacularly their transformers were extremely good. We later started bi-amping and used BK electronics amps for the mid-HF cabs. This homemade amp was in service until the late 90’s when I purchased my first Crest amps. Speakers were mcKenzie studio C15-400 on bass, Studio C10-200 mids and two Motorola KSN1025 rectangular piezos per side. First lighting control was a Tuac chaser and a Pulsar 3 channel light organ, I cannot find any info on the Pulser however it was just a black box with a bulging on the top and power going in… I believe the same unit was also sold under the Fal brand. Later we had a Pulsar 4000 and also a 4 x 4 matrix lighting controller, I cannot remember who made it. Finally (late 80s) and before going DMX we had a Light Processor commander and dimmer/switch packs, again I cannot find any info on this piece of kit, It was primarily a nightclub lighting controller and I suspect they were all wrecked many years ago.. Edited by APW - 05 June 2018 at 2:54pm |
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