Recording with an original Universal Audio 610 console. ///
A little bit of history.
Universal Audio recently had the privilege of borrowing one of the most famous examples of the very rare tube-amplified 610 consoles. This extremely well-built example was originally fabricated by Frank DeMedio for Wally Heider’s remote recording service in the early '60s.
In the early '70s, Neil Young bought the 12-channel board (which had ended up in San Francisco by that time) from Wally Heider.
The UA 610 console in particular stands as one of the most beloved designs in audio history, used to record everyone from Sinatra to the Beach Boys to Van Halen I. This was clearly a different era, before mass-produced audio equipment was widely available and when “audio engineer” often meant more than just making records.
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