AMEK RECALL 56 BY LANGLEY
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AMEK RECALL 56 (YOM: 1995) (S#: RE7827) GOOD (7-8) MISSING CABLE TO CONNECT TO PSU.

FEATURES:

... COMBINES COMPUTER AUTOMATION WITH A SUPERBLY-CRAFTED AUDIO CONSOLE WHICH WILL SERVE BOTH FRONT-OF-HOUSE AND STAGE MONITOR DUTIES.

THE SHOWTIME AUTOMATION SYSTEM PROVIDES SNAPSHOT CONTROL OF FADER LEVELS, MUTES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. WITHIN EACH SNAPSHOT, EXTERNAL MIDI EVENTS OF VARIOUS TYPES CAN TRIGGERED, SUCH AS SETTINGS OF EFFECTS DEVICES. THESE CAN BE CHANGED AS EACH NEW SNAPSHOT IS LOADED.

IT CONTAINS A RECALL SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO MEMORIZE THE SETTINGS OF THE CONSOLE CONTROLS AND RELOAD THEM AT A LATER TIME - FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE SUPPORT BAND LEAVES THE STAGE AND THE MAIN BAND TAKES IT. IN ADDITION TO THE SCREEN GRAPHICS, THE RECALL SYSTEM HAS A VOICE PROMPT WHICH AUTO-SCANS THE CONTROLS, TELLING YOU WHICH ONE TO RESET NEXT. YOU CAN ALSO MASK CERTAIN FUNCTIONS, ENABLING YOU TO CHOOSE ONLY THOSE WHICH YOU WANT TO RESET.

FINALLY, RECALL INCORPORATES AMEK VIRTUAL DYNAMICS. VIRTUAL DYNAMICS USES DIGITAL CONTROL OF THE FADER VCA TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A CHOICE OF ONE FROM NINE GAIN PROCESSING DEVICES PER INPUT, REPRESENTED ONSREEN BY ICONS OF THE HARDWARE. EACH PARAMETER CAN BE ADJUSTED WITH THE MOUSE, AND SETTINGS ARE SAVED (AND LOADED) FROM DISK WITH THE PERFORMANCE MIX DATA. THE SYSTEM USES NO EXTERNAL RACK SPACE AND OFFERS A DEPTH OF PRECISION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WITH ANALOGUE EQUIPMENT.
THE SHOWTIME SOFTWARE RUNS ON 486 PROCESSOR-BASED COMPUTERS AND AMEK RECOMMENDS RUGGED PORTABLE MACHINES SUCH AS IBM'S THINKPAD. THUS YOU CAN TAKE YOUR COMPUTER AWAY WITH YOU BETWEEN SETS TO STOP ANYONE FROM INTERFERING WITH YOUR DATA. OR YOU CAN TAKE THE COMPUTER ON TOUR AND WORK OFF-LINE PREPARING YOUR CONSOLE SETUP IN THE COACH OR THE HOTEL ROOM.

RECALL BY LANGLEY IS THE LATEST IN A NUMBER OF GENERATIONS OF SR CONSOLES MANUFACTURED BY AMEK OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS UNDER THE AMEK AND TAC BRAND NAMES.

WE ARE USED TO DESIGNING CONSOLES FOR ROAD USE, AND UNDERSTAND THE RIGOURS AND STRESSES INVOLVED.

AUDIO STANDARDS AND FACILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPROMISED BY THE ADDITION OF AUTOMATION NOR THE FACT THAT THE CONSOLE IS EQUALLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING FRONT-OF-HOUSE OR MONITOR DUTIES.

THE RECALL CONSOLE IS AVAILABLE IN TWO FRAME SIZES, 40 AND 56 INPUTS. ECH FRAME HAS, IN ADDITION TO THE INPUTS, A MATRIX WITH 10 SOURCES AND 8 DESTINATIONS; 8 VCA GROUPS; 12 AUXILIARY SENDS; 8 MUTE GROUPS; 8 MONO RETURNS AND 2 STEREO RETURNS, NOT TO MENTION A WEALTH OF MONITORING AND METERING FACILITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD MONO INPUT CHANNEL, A FULL-FUNCTION STEREO INPUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

EXTRAS: NO CASE.

MODIFICATIONS: NO

HISTORY: THIS WAS OUR LIVE MIXING CONSOLE FOR 3 YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR 3 YEARS. IT IS A GREAT CONSOLE IN PERFECT CONDITION.
WAS A BIT TOO BIG FOR OUR NEEDS.

COMMENTS: THE END PLASTIC HOUSING ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE ARE CRACKED. THIS CAN BE NICELY REPLACED BY WOOD OR LEFT AS IS. THIS IS A BLOWOUT PRICE, THIS CONSOLE IS EASILY WORTH 8-10K. I REALLY ENJOYED USING THIS CONSOLE BUT THE FORMER MANAGER OPTED FOR A SMALLER YAMAHA. THE VIRTUAL DYNAMICS ARE FAST AND EASY TO USE AND SOUND GREAT.

THIS UNIT WAS NEVER TOURED