fredag 31 augusti 2012

Audio Technica AT-RMX 64.



I´ve noticed some of my visitors here from the US, Canada and Russia been googeling the Audio Technica AT-RMX 64 mixing consol. So I thought it would be of interest writing a few lines about it. Here is my story.
I got it about two years ago for almost no money at all. I just bought it, thinking I might have use for some extra preamps but after some searching I discovered it had quit a reputation. For being solid and probably the best 4track cassette recorder ever made. Also pretty expensive in the early eighties, my manual is dated 1984. I was told by the guy I bought it from that he got from his music teacher.
Oh yea, I found this picture of it while reading the John L Sayer forum. http://www.johnlsayers.com/Pages/Hello_Testing.htm  
The condition is good, I cleaned it a bit and bought a defluxer on ebay. Everything works except for the rew motor. So you have to turn the tape or use a pencil.
I´ve done some preamp test between my digi design 002r and the consol and I like how they sound. They are a bit more “thick” in the low end, more bass, and sound good on acoustic guitars with a condenser mic.   I have no idea if it is transformer balanced mic amplifiers or IC? It is really heavy thou. Anybody know how it is build?
The mechanic parts are very stable and works well, no speed or pitch issues during recording or playback.
I hope on recording this band I know of, using pretty much nothing but this console. I think it will be worth the effort. Now I use it for mixdowns and as extra preamps. I also made this video about the console. It’s in Swedish but you can always enjoy the footage.

  
Here are also a link to the audio files. http://soundcloud.com/krillepille/drums-tape-vs-digital
Please feel free to drop any comments/stories here or via my email! And don’t hesitate if you got some drum tracks or whatever you feel you want to mixdown on tape. To add some grit, analog air, saturation  to your tracks.