1969 Universal Audio 2100 Recording SideCar Console Channel Strips 1108 Mic PreAmplifiers Class A Discrete Analog Mixer Mixing Board by Bill Putnam UA Audio from Western United Recorders Indigo Ranch Studio

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- (10) 1969 Universal Audio 2100 Recording Console Channel Strips

- Incredibly Rare Opportunity to Purchase TEN UA 2100 Channel Strips, Recently Acquired from the Indigo Ranch Studios Collection. Read Below for More Indigo Ranch Info…

- Serial Numbers: 1067, 1073, 1088, 1089, 1123, 1138, 1145, 1181, 1186, 1187

- As Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire Engineer) Mentions in an Article Published on UAAUDIO.com, it is Believed That These Incredible Strips Originated from Either Western or United Recorders. Very Few 2100 Series Consoles Were Installed, with Only Several Intact Consoles Being Documented Since 1969. One of Which is Pictured Alongside Bill Putnam in Western Recorders, Which Would Later Be Purchased by Eddie Van Halen for 5150 Studios. The Other Was Apparently Parted Out.

- All Ten Strips Utilize an 1108 Discrete Class-A Mic PreAmplifier with Both Lo and Hi Inductor EQs

- Seven of the Ten Feature the Early Bill Putnam Designed Optical Limiters / Opto-Compressors

- Hi Inductor Eq with +- 10dB at 2.5, 5, 7, 10 kHz

- Lo Inductor Eq with +- 10dB at 50, 70, 100, 400 Hz

- Optical limiter - Overdrive / Gain Reduction Indicator Lamp

- PreAmp Gain Structure is Set With a 0, 20, 40, 60 dB Input Pad and the Original Fader (All Original Slider Caps) Control the Channel Output

- The Indicator Can Be Switched to Monitor Channel Overdrive of the Presence of Compressor Gain Reduction

- These Do NOT Include a Power Supply, However the +24 and +48V PSU Specs. Are Very Much Like Neve, Making it Rather Easy to Re-Appropriate an Existing PSU

- Bill Putnam Was an Absolute Engineering Genius Far Ahead of His Time, and the 2100 Channel Strip is a Seminal Contribution to the World of Pro Audio & Recording Technology

- Indigo Ranch, nestled on 60-acres in the hills of Malibu, California, operated from 1974 until 2006, under the guidance and obsessions of Richard Kaplan. Clients took advantage of his meticulously built studio, hundreds of effects pedals, 400 guitar amps, and rare Aengus console. Artists as diverse as Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton John, Jeff Lorber, Korn, Sepultura, and Limp Bizkit all made albums at Indigo Ranch. Vice published an article on how Indigo became the “improbable birthplace of Nu-Metal,” and Tape-Op Magazine interviewed Richard Kaplan, Ross Robinson, and others about the numerous important albums made at Indigo Ranch over the many decades it actively changed the landscape of both music and culture.

- While ALL Strips Are Complete with No Missing Components, They Are Being Sold AS-IS, Ready for Custom Installation and Corresponding Service.

- More Photos Available Upon Request

- Can Safely Ship Worldwide!