Larking's List recently sold and shipped another very nice Cadac J Series all the way to New Zealand for Graham Gilleberg's new studio project "Mount Tiger Studio". https://mounttigerstudio.com/
Graham kindly sent us some great feedback and some un-boxing pics.
Graham's 58 slot Cadac J Series set up in the studio
"I was attracted by the versatility, extremely high quality and great reputation of the Cadac J series, and the exceptional value for money!
Also it was going to be shipped all the way to New Zealand so it needed to be easy to service and repair locally without fuss. I am super happy with my 58 slot J supplied by Don Larking…it sounds fantastic, integrates really well with an interface and DAW and can be so easily adapted to workflows.
There are also hundreds of enthusiastic and super knowledgeable Cadac owners out there keen to help out with any thoughts, ideas, or problems via the “Cadac Desks” FB page. Check it out!
Don’t worry about shipping either; Don was fantastic and the 20,000km trip here was to be honest less hassle than trying to organize something local!"
Graham Gilleberg - New Zealand
Last year we sold a CADAC J series to Superfly Studios.
They had a custom wooden console made for it and then wrote to us.
This is what they wrote:
"Hi Don, just wanted to say a huge thank you for introducing me to this console. I absolutely love it!!
it's the sound I've been after this whole time. I'm a big fan of the preamps and eq they sound lush and open.
What a great find and thank you for your expertise".
Cheers Andy
Superfly Studios
Some time back, Don bought in 2 x Studer A80 multi-track tape machines from legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.
One belonged to guitarist Jimmie Page and the other to bass player John Paul Jones.
Both were originally 8 track decks when new but they had been up-graded to 16 track at great additional expense.
When Don bought them, 10 years or so later, neither had more than 300 hours on the clock yet a 4 track Portastudio also from Jimmy had been virtually thrashed to death.
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Sony award winning producer Shaun Lowe gives us some great feedback.
Prism Studios first acquired a DDA Profile 56 channel recording console from us and then returned recently to snap up a Soundcraft Saturn 24 track analogue tape recorder.
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Here's another iconic component of UK music history..
This custom built Helios console was bought from Strawberry Studios in Stockport by Don Larking for re-sale in the early 1980's. It was commissioned specially for Strawberry and was one of the UK's first ever "wrap around" console designs.
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