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Tweed Broadcast Console

Tweed Broadcast Console

Brand: Tweed Audio

Regular price £29,500.00 GBP | Inc.VAT: £35,400.00 GBP
Regular price Sale price £29,500.00 GBP
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Stunning compact Tweed console: overhauled and maintained to a high standard. Exceptional quality from a company founded by ex Neve employees.

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INFORMATION FROM THE SELLER:

Up for sale, the famous Tweed Audio console from Kore Studios, West London. One of only a handful of these beautiful desks still in service in the world. The Tweed Company was formed in the 1970s by ex-employees of Neve. As a result Tweed consoles share many of the same design characteristics as their famous cousins.

This desk is the embodiment of a golden age in audio electronics. No two Tweed desks are ever the same. This model was originally commissioned for Radio Forth in Scotland. It was purchased by Kore Studios 10 years ago and we believe we are its 3rd owner. The console was refurbished on receipt by renowned tech Pierre Oliver Margerand (POM). He expended considerable time and effort recapping and cleaning all the input modules, the buss amplifiers and also serviced the large external psu.

The configuration of this desk is highly flexible:

Left hand side:

8 x 515 (Mic/line Modules) with 3 band eq. These are extra special as they were fitted with Marinair transformers. Similar Tweeds of the same period featured Sowter transformers. The high and low bands are shelving, with a parametric mid band. The last two modules (7/8) are mic input only but have an a/ b path, so that you can audition two different mics on them. For line level use we favour the Avedis Audio Linepad (not included) to show these inputs a sensible level at mixdown.

Sound wise these modules have that instant ‘larger than life’ transformer sound. The low end is deep and full. The midrange and top-end has a beautiful, buttery smoothness to it. You can hear a comparison of the c515 to a Neve 1081 at the following link:

https://soundcloud.com/kore-studios/guitar-1-c515

One regular client at the studio was so enamoured with the sound of these modules that they requested to use them in our A room downstairs. Bearing in mind the A room had a 32 channel Api console and a number of vintage Neve channels, this was quite the endorsement! As a result we had POM build us a special 8 way rack to allow for this. This rack will be included in the sale.

The routing modules below feature 4 mono aux sends and 4 buss assign switches. The mix buss architecture of the console is very flexible. The desk has 4 groups: 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. Groups 1 & 2 have an insert point and are then cascaded into Groups 3 & 4. This allows groups 3 & 4 to function as a post mix buss attenuation fader. You can drive the mix buss and its insert to get a beautiful colour and then attenuate this with a separate output stage, so as not to overload your 2 track print. 

Centre Section: 

The desk was designed for Radio broadcast, so the centre section offers a desk surface in front of the Monitor bucket. This provides the perfect space a for a large Monitor screen, a keyboard and a mouse. Many visiting clients at Kore bring in their laptop, set it down in this section and connect a single cable to our interface. They are then ready to mix / record straight away, right in the sweet spot. The days of having your DAW screen off to the side will be long forgotten with this desk.

The centre section features four large VU meters with assignable selection. All the metering functions perform as expected and can be relied upon for accurate presentation of levels.

The monitor bucket features a very detailed and comprehensive set of eye lid selector switches. Because these switches can become unreliable over time , we took the decision to circumvent this section all together. We have always used the desk with an outboard monitor controller. The desk’s accompanying patch bay provides a number of different points at which to tap its outputs, so this always seemed to be the purest and simplest way of configuring the monitoring. I have no doubt that, with some TLC, the monitor bucket could be restored to full health should any buyer wish to use it.

Right Side:

This section features 6 very nice stereo inputs, including gain trim, filters and L/R balance pots. The first two pairs also have very nice hi / lo shelving eqs on them. There are an additional two mono fx return line inputs. This gives the desk a total of 22 line inputs at Mix down.

At the far end of the desk are a number of input channels that were heavily configured for broadcast use. Like the monitor bucket, we have never found a use for these. They do appear on the patch bay, so no doubt they could be put to use if the buyer so wished.

Additional Items Included:

Console PSU / Original GPO patch bay in metallic wheeled rack / A variety of GPO patch cables and looms.

We will be very sad to let this incredible console go but studio B is about to be reconfigured and the desk will no longer be used to its fullest abilities. Anyone who purchases it will be have a beautiful 70’s console, with a removable set of input channels,  at a fraction of the cost of its famous cousin whose name begins with “N”.

The console will be in use right up until the point of sale. Serious parties are welcome to audition it in situ at our West London premises.

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Note that this is a brokerage sale:

All information and photos have been provided by the seller. This is a brokerage sale by Soundgas on behalf of the owner. This item is not at Soundgas and we have not (sadly) had a chance to use it ourselves. As such, we can offer no guarantee on this item. It is the buyer’s responsibility to confirm details provided in the listing by the seller are to their satisfaction.

IMPORTANT: Due to the nature of this item it will need to be transported by private courier within Europe, or will need to be crated for overseas transport. The buyer should have access to a suitable engineer as even with careful handling it will need installation and adjustment on arrival. Collection also possible.

International shipping is possible – please get in touch for a quote.

Full terms available on request.

Condition

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Voltage Information

Switchable voltage for use anywhere in the world - it will be set up ready for you to use before we ship.

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