CADAC M SERIES - MONITOR DESK (TOURED WITH THE ROLLING STONES)
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CADAC M SERIES (YOM: ?) (S#: TBD) GOOD (7-8) FEATURES:

• THE MONO INPUT MODULE: FROM TOP TO BOTTOM)
•  INPUT GAIN, -20DB PAD, POLARITY FLIP, PHANTOM  AND AN INPUT PFL.
• THERE IS AN OSCILLATOR SOURCE BUTTON- TO SEND THE TEST OSCILLATOR TO THE CHANNEL STRIP) 14 -  CONCENTRIC CHANNEL BUS SENDS (28 OUTPUT BUSSES) , THE FIRST 8 OF WHICH CAN BE SET AS STEREO MIXES VIA SWITCHES ON THE CPU CARD. 
• 4 BAND FULL PARAMETRIC EQ, HP AND LP FILTERS WITH INDIVIDUAL IN/OUT SELECTION AND A MASTER EQ I/O SWITCH, AN INSERT I/O SWITCH, PFL, 7 SEGMENT GROUP INDICATOR AND ASSIGN SWITCHES, AN INDICATOR FOR GRAND MASTER 2 ASSIGNMENT, CHANNEL MUTE, MUTE VCA/SWITCH, RDY INDICATOR, ISO INDICATOR AND SWITCH.
• THERE IS A 100MM FADER WITH AN LED VU METER NEXT TO IT.
• ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP IS A FADER OPEN INDICATOR.- SHOWS THE FADER IS NOT AT MAXIMUM ATTENUATION
• AND BTW, ALL THE SWITCHES ARE EITHER ILLUMINATED OR HAVE AN LED NEXT TO THEM.
• EACH GROUP MODULE SERVES 2 OUTPUT BUSSES AS WELL AS HAVING  A VCA SUB MASTER.
• LIKEWISE THE GRAND MASTER MODULE SERVES 2 OUTPUT BUSSES AS WELL AS BEING A GRAND MASTER.
• THE MATRIX MODULES PICK FROM THE GROUP OUTPUTS - 4 MATRIX OUTPUTS PER CARD.
• ALL MODULES ARE HOT SWAPPABLE

FACTORY DOCUMENTATION

• BOX-O-FACTORY SPARES KIT (ASSORTED KNOBS, SUB-ASSEMBLIES, BUGS, ETC)
• EXTRA DESK-TO-DESK CABLES
• AND THE HARD TO FIND EXTENDER CARD.
• SPARE CPU CARD

MODIFICATIONS:

• I WAS TOLD WHEN THE DESKS CAME TO ME THAT THERE WERE NOTHING BUT FACTORY PARTS USED FOR MAINTAINANCE.
• AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOS ONE FRAME IS LOADED WITH 32 INPUT, 6 GROUP, 1 COMMS, 1 LISTEN, 1 CPU AND A MATRIX MODULE.
• THE REMAINING INPUT, GROUP AND MATRIX MODULES ARE IN THE OTHER FRAME.
• THE RESIDUE OF THE MODULES ARE NOT INSTALLED.
• BOTH SECTIONS HAVE 19" CUTOUTS ON THE DOGHOUSE FLAP (FOR MULTIPIN CONNECTORS, ETC)
• EACH FRAME COMES WITH IT'S OWN POWER SUPPLIES (2- ROAD CASED) AND THERE ARE CABLES FOR COMBINING THE DESKS.
• THESE RUN ON 220/240 VAC 50/60HZ.

HISTORY:

(TOURED WITH THE ROLLING STONES)

I HAD THE FULLY LOADED FRAME AT A SEASONAL INSTALL, NEVER AN ISSUE.

GREAT SOUNDING ELECTRONICS AND SANE ERGONOMICS, FULLY 'FLOATING' ARCHITECTURE- ANY MODULE CAN BE IN ANY LOCATION.

COMMENTS:

• THE DESK(S) HAS (HAVE) WORKED WELL FOR ME AND SOUND AMAZING- THEY WERE LAST FIRED UP IN EARLY SEPTEMBER WITHOUT ISSUE.
• REASON FOR MOVING THEM?... IT IS NOT WORKING AS MANY EVENTS AS I WOULD LIKE IT TO. 
• THERE IS A LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN THEM.
• THESE DESKS COME IN THEIR ORIGINAL FLIGHT CASES.
• THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY ARE NOT "BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT" HOWEVER THAY ARE SOLID.
• THE FRAMES ARE FORCE AIR COOLED -MULTIPLE FANS-  WITH INTAKE VENTS ON THE FRONT-OPERATOR-SIDE OF THE FRAME AND REMOVEABLE FILTER MEDIA.
• THEY ARE NOT SILENT.
• POWER SOURCE IS 220/240 VAC.

 INCLUDED ARE:

• 2 DESK FRAMES -  EACH 5' LONG IN THE CASE/DOGHOUSES.
• 54 MONO - 24 MIX INPUT MODULES W/ 4 BAND FULL PARAMETRIC EQ AND  HP/LP FILTERS, INSERT I/O JACKS AND A DIRECT OUT.
• 12 - 2 OUTPUT GROUP MODULES,
• 8 - 4 OUTPUT MATRIX MODULES,
• 2 GRANDMASTER - 2 OUTPUT  MODULES
• 2 CPU, 2 COMMS, 2 LISTEN, 1 EXTERNAL PC COMBINER MODULES.
• FACTORY DOCUMENTATION, A SPARES KIT, EXTRA DESK-TO-DESK CABLES.

TAKEN FROM THE CADAC WEB SITE :

"THE CADAC NAME HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH PREMIUM QUALITY AUDIO MIXING CONSOLES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDING STUDIO DESKS IN THE LATE 1960S, WHICH RECORDED CLASSIC TRACKS FROM MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, THROUGH TO THE LIVE SOUND CONSOLES FOUND IN PRESTIGIOUS THEATRES AND ON GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS, CADAC HAS ALWAYS SET THE BENCHMARK FOR QUALITY.  IN FACT, THERE ARE FEW BRANDS THAT CAN MATCH CADAC’S UNPARALLELED PEDIGREE IN THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL AUDIO.

NOT ALL CADAC CONSOLES WERE FOUND IN RECORDING STUDIOS AND THEATRES, THEY WERE ALSO THE CONSOLE OF CHOICE FOR CONCERT TOURING FOR MANY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMERS INCLUDING; ROLLING STONES, VAN HALEN, FRANZ FERDINAND, PAVAROTTI, ANDREA BOCELLI, STATUS QUO, THE BEACH BOYS, TOM JONES AND BRYAN ADAMS."

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