Trying to figure out the difference in console emulations in S Plat

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Neve
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Thanks Folks! I think you are both saying the same thing :)

...and Grem was more educational...

Noob question. So how come the  emulations are all Brit? Did 'Merica fall sleep at the wheel?

Any idea if the S Plat Tape Emulator module is based on any specific real tape recorder? 

Anderton

charlyg
Noob question. So how come the  emulations are all Brit? Did 'Merica fall sleep at the wheel?

Unfortunately, this is due to a very short-sighted design decision by Cakewalk's engineers. The Console Emulator is wired only for 220V. They tried emulating a Harrison console, but the CE blew up and started smoking. Not a good user experience, to say the least. 
 
Noel is investigating a step-down transformer for the CE, as well as a suitable physical adapter for the plug, but the step-down transformer adds so much weight to SONAR's boxed version it won't be able to be sold in stores any more.

Could have got us to test in Australia as we're 240v. Though in some of the country areas where long power lines run pumped up to 55k volts the step down often results in upto 240+/- 12% can sure blow those delicate op amps when 270 volts hits them.

Anderton
 
Unfortunately, this is due to a very short-sighted design decision by Cakewalk's engineers. The Console Emulator is wired only for 220V. They tried emulating a Harrison console, but the CE blew up and started smoking. Not a good user experience, to say the least. 
 
Noel is investigating a step-down transformer for the CE, as well as a suitable physical adapter for the plug, but the step-down transformer adds so much weight to SONAR's boxed version it won't be able to be sold in stores any more.

Could I use external converters instead, via insert external eff, hardware style? 
But looking forwards to the internal converter Weight no problem

I am sorry! It was intended as a joke from my side as well

Kamikaze
UK is 240 too, 220V is the continent.

Kind of. Officially the entire EU is meant, by treaty, to move towards a harmonised single EU standard in lots of technical fields. Mains supply voltages being one, the idea being that if something works in one member state it will work in all. However, because replacing every electrical item in the EU would be both expensive and impractical and there's no technical reason to do it the Directive that implements the treaty allows for quite a bit of leeway when member states draw up their mains supply laws.

So the current law in the UK says that delivered mains voltage must be at 230V with a leeway of between +/-10%. Which conveniently means nothing in the UK has to change. The other EU member states have their own laws with similar leeway to mean they actually have to change nothing. This is one reason why e.g. laptop, synth and effects power supplies are generally switched mode, unlike a transformer circuit the switched mode can supply the same output over a big range of mains voltages and what works in the UK will therefore also work in e.g. Germany (plug differences apart).

The household voltage we get tends to be around 235-242V, which is pretty much what it was when we moved here 30 years ago.

(this post provided by TriviaRus).

Larry Jones

charlyg
Noob question. So how come the  emulations are all Brit? Did 'Merica fall sleep at the wheel?

 
The British version of Sonar features all U.S.-made console emulations: Peavey, Carvin and Mackie. A lot of Brit engineers are using grey market U.S. versions, however.

Not anymore. Current legislation is that Sonar in Europe can only support EU equivalents.
 
jdf

tlw
The household voltage we get tends to be around 235-242V, which is pretty much what it was when we moved here 30 years ago.

(this post provided by TriviaRus).

 Sorry for duplicating your Tech-No-Trivia. FWIW, here in the English countryside our voltage moves sharply between 230V and 0V depending upon how recently a tree was blown through the overhead lines.

The Beach Boys...

For a number of years they recorded in their own studio which had a console built by a company called Clover... I know as I owned one of very few other boards made by them... Mine was much smaller and owned by the band Bread...

Wonderful sounding console, but not as warm and beefy as a Neve...

Ah - Beach Boys and Brian Wilson - my hero. It's incredible that Pet Sounds was recorded in four-track (I think the Beatles' Pepper was eight track?)
 
Keni - Was it the Clover equipment they had built in California, and then shipped piece-by-piece to Holland (Steve Desper being the engineer, I believe)?