1996 SOUNDCRAFT EUROPA 40-CHANNEL MIXING DESK WITH 2 CPS 1000 POWER SUPPLIES. CO
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1996 SOUNDCRAFT EUROPA 40-CHANNEL MIXING DESK WITH 2 CPS 1000 POWER SUPPLIES. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE IN CUSTOM FLIGHT CASES. CADILLAC OF LIVE SOUND CONSOLES - IN GREAT CONDITION. THIS WAS PURCHASED IN 1996 AND WE HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER. THE BOARD IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. FEATURES: 40 MONO XLR/ 1/4" INPUTS 4 ADDITIONAL EXPANSION SLOTS 8 STEREO 1/4" LINE INPUTS 8 STEREO SUBGROUPS 8 VCA'S 8 MUTE MASTERS GATES ON EVERY CHANNEL 12 PRE/POST GLOBALLY SELECTABLE AUXILLIARY SENDS BALANCED INSERT POINTS ON CHANNELS/AUX/MASTER

CUSTOM ROADCASE WITH METAL DOGHOUSE - REMOVABLE PANELS ROADCASE HAS A REMOVABLE SECTION FOR ACCESSING DOGHOUSE WITHOUT UNCAPPING ENTIRE DESK 2 CPS1000 POWER SUPPLIES IN A SEPARATE CUSTOM ROLLING ROADCASE

DETAILS: CHANNEL STRIPS EACH CHANNEL HAS 8 SELECTOR SWITCHES FOR ROUTING TO SUBGROUPS. THERE IS A "MONO" SWITCH FOR MONO ASSIGNMENT TO THE MAIN MONO OUTPUT. THERE IS AN "IN" SWITCH FOR ACTIVATING THE CHANNELS "PAN" POT (YELLOW) AND AN "L-R" SWITCH FOR STEREO ASSIGNMENT TO THE MAIN OUTPUTS.

BELOW THE PAN POT, THERE IS A "SENS" POT (RED) THAT CONTROLS MIC GAIN ON EACH CHANNEL. THERE IS A "48+" SWITCH THAT ENGAGES PHANTOM POWER. THERE IS A "RNGE" SWITCH THAT ENGAGES A 20 DB INPUT PAD. THERE IS AN "DIR" SWITCH THAT SWITCHES POLARITY.

BELOW THE PRE-AMP SECTION, IS A HIGH-PASS FILTER KNOB (BLACK) WITH A "CHAN" BUTTON THAT ASSIGNS IT.

BELOW THAT IS A LOW-PASS FILTER KNOB (BLACK) WITH A "CHAN" BUTTON THAT ASSIGNS IT.

BELOW THE FILTERS SECTION, IS A GATE SECTION (TEAL KNOBS). THE FOUR KNOBS ARE "THRESHOLD", "ATTACK", "RANGE" AND "RELEASE/HOLD" KNOB. THERE IS A "HOLD" BUTTON NEXT TO THE "RELEASE/HOLD" KNOB. THERE IS AN "IN" SWITCH TO ENGAGE THE GATE CIRCUIT FOR EACH CHANNEL. THERE IS ALSO A "GATE" LED THAT INDICATES OPERATION OF THE GATE.

BELOW THE GATE SECTION, IS AN INSERT SECTION WITH 2 SWITCHES. THERE IS A "PRE" EQ BUTTON TO ACCESS THE INSERT POINTS PRIOR TO THE EQ SECTION BEFORE OR AFTER THE CHANNELS PARAMETRIC EQ AND AN "IN" BUTTON TO ENGAGE/BYPASS THE INSERT POINTS.

EACH STRIP HAS A FULLY PARAMETRIC 4-BAND EQ. THE FOUR BANDS ARE "LF", "LMF", "HMF", AND "HF" AND EACH HAS A SWEEP-ABLE Q, FREQUENCY AND BOOST/CUT POT. THERE IS AN "IN" SWITCH THAT ENGAGES/BYPASSES THE EQ CIRCUIT.

THERE ARE 12 AUXILIARY SENDS THAT ARE PRE/POST SELECTABLE. EACH NUMBERED POT HAS AN LED TO INDICATE ASSIGNMENT FROM EACH CHANNEL AND IS ASSIGNED BY PRESSING THE POT IN. AUX 12 IS ASSIGNABLE PRE/POST FADER TO THE DIRECT OUT OF EACH CHANNEL VIA A "PRE" AND "DIR" SWITCH NEXT TO THE AUX 12 POT. THERE IS A RED PEAK LED AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH STRIP.

EACH CHANNEL HAS A SEPARATE FADER IN 4 CHANNEL BLOCKS. EACH FADER HAS A BULB-LIT RED "CUT" (MUTE) SWITCH AND A BULB-LIT YELLOW "SOLO" SWITCH. THERE ARE 8 VCA LED'S AND 8 MUTE GROUP LED'S THAT INDICATE ASSIGNMENTS OT EACH, AS WELL AS TWO SEPARATE "SEL" SWITCHES THAT ASSIGN A GIVEN CHANNEL TO A GIVEN VCA OR MUTE GROUP.

MASTER SECTION ON THE AUX SEND MASTER POTS (LIGHT BLUE), THERE IS A "PRE" SWITCH FOR MAKING THE AUX PRE/POST FADER, AN "INS" TO ENGAGE/BYPASS THE INSERT POINTS, A "MUTE" AND "AFL" BUTTONS. THERE IS ALSO A 5 LED PEAK METER FOR EACH SEND.

REGARDING THE STEREO RETURN CHANNELS, AT THE TOP IS A RED "SENS" GAIN KNOB, A HF BOOST/CUT KNOB (GRAY) AND A LF BOOST/CUT KNOB (GRAY). THERE ARE 6 BUSS-ASSIGNMENT SWITCHES "1-2", "3-4", "5-6", "7-8", "MONO" AND "L-R". THERE IS ALSO A "BAL" (PAN) KNOB.

REGARDING THE REST OF THE STEREO RETURN STRIPS; THERE ARE TWO AUX ASSIGNABLE POTS (LIGHT BLUE) AND 4 ASSIGNMENT BUTTONS. THERE ARE 8 MUTE GROUP LED'S AND A "SEL" SELECTOR BUTTON, AS WELL AS A MUTE BUTTON. THERE IS A FADER, MUTE BUTTON AND PFL BUTTON ON EACH RETURN.

ON THE TOP OF THE SUBGROUPS, THERE IS A PAN POT (YELLOW) AND 4 SELECTOR SWITCHES. THEY ARE "IN", "MONO", "TB" (TALKBACK) AND "L-R". THERE IS ALSO A RED BULB-LIT CUT SWITCH AND A YELLOW BULB-LIT "PFL" SWITCH.

THERE IS A WIDER SHOT OF THE SUBGROUPS. THEY HAVE LONG-THROW FADERS (RED) AND DETAILED PEAK METERS ON EACH GROUP.

ON THE VCA SECTION OF THE CONSOLE, THERE IS A RED BULB-LIT "CUT" BUTTON AND A YELLOW BULB-LIT "SOLO" BUTTON ON EACH STRIP. THERE IS ALSO A LONG-THROW BLUE FADER AND AN "ON" SELECTOR SWITCH.

REGARDING 4 PEAK METERS IN THE MASTER SECTION OF THE CONSOLE, THEY ARE "L", "R", "MONO" AND "AFL/PFL".

THERE ARE "PFL TRIM" AND "AFL TRIM" POTS (SEAFOAM) AND A MASTER RED BULB-LIT "CUT" BUTTON AND A MASTER YELLOW BULB-LIT "SOLO CLR" BUTTON. THERE IS AN ONBOARD OSCILLATOR, WITH A "FREQUENCY" POT (BLACK) AND A "LEVEL" POT (GRAY). THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENT BUTTONS FOR ROUTING THE OSCILLATOR TO DIFFERENT OUTPUTS. THERE IS A 2-TRK REPLAY A/B (STEREO XLR/ 1/4") SECTION WITH A FADER (YELLOW) AND TWO EQ POTS "HF" AND "LF" (RED). THERE IS ALSO A RED BULB-LIT "CUT" BUTTON. ALT PA CORRESPONDS TO A SEPARATE SET OF XLR SENDS ON THE BACK OF THE CONSOLE. THERE ARE "PRE", "MONO" AND "AFL" SELECTOR SWITCHES IN THE ALT PA SECTION. THERE IS ALSO A TALKBACK SECTION WITH A "GAIN" POT AND ROUTING ASSIGNMENT SWITCHES.

ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MASTER SECTION STRIP, THERE ARE THREE MASTER FADERS "L", "R" AND "MONO" (YELLOW). THERE IS A MONITOR SECTION WITH A "GAIN" POT (RED) AND 6 DIFFERENT MONITORING SELECTOR SWITCHES. THERE IS ALSO A "CONTROL ROOM" (RED) POT THAT CORRESPONDS TO STEREO BALANCED XLR SENDS ON THE BACK AND A "PHONES" (RED) LEVEL POT. THERE IS ALSO A POWER SECTION WITH 7 LED INDICATORS. TO THE RIGHT, IS A "DIMMER" POT (BLACK) FOR THE CONSOLE LIGHTS AND THE "PHONES" 1/4" JACK.

ON THE LOWER DECK OF THE MASTER SECTION, THERE IS A GRAND MASTER FADER WITH A RED BULB-LIT "CUT" SWITCH. THERE IS A VCA WRITE AND MUTE WRITE SECTION WITH ENBL AND NUMBER SELECTOR SWITCHES. THERE ARE ALSO 8 RED BULB-LIT SELECTOR SWITCHES FOR MASTER MUTES.

REAR PANEL ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE MASTER SECTION, THERE ARE 12 XLR AUXILIARY OUTPUTS AND 8 GROUP OUTPUTS. BELOW YOU CAN SEE A ROW OF BALANCED TRS INSERT SEND AND RETURNS FOR THE GROUPS. BELOW THAT ARE 1/4" UNBALANCED INPUTS FOR THE STEREO RETURNS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE INPUT #24 TO THE RIGHT. EACH INPUT CHANNEL HAS AN XLR INPUT, A HI-Z 1/4" INPUT, A S/CHN 1/4" INPUT, A BALANCED TRS SEND AND RETURN AND A 1/4" DIRECT OUTPUT.

ON THE REAR PANEL YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE MAIN MIX OUTPUTS AND ALT PA OUTPUTS, AS WELL AS THE MIX INSERT POINTS. AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE 2-TRK INPUTS AND CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS EACH INPUT CHANNEL HAS AN LED PEAK METER ON THE METER BRIDGE. THERE ARE TWO VU METERS FOR THE MAIN LEFT AND RIGHT OUTPUTS. THERE ARE LED PEAK METERS ON FOR THE GROUPS ON THE METER BRIDGE AS WELL. WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL MANUAL FOR THIS DESK AND WILL INCLUDE IT WITH THE DESK'S SALE.

THIS IS AN AWESOME CONSOLE, PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING IT A GOOD HOME.

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