FOH mixing console at Sunset Strip's infamous Whisky: Amek's Langley501!
The Whisky uses a 40-channel version of the Langley501 introduced by Amek in 1995. This console was designed and manufactured during the time Rupert Neve.. worked as consultant for Amek. Neve and his pre-amps are infamous in the music industry- need I say more? This baby has its quirks with maintenance issues [like any audio gear] and it's hard to find a certified tech to work on it; however the sonic character of the signal passing through those pre's and across the eq section just puts the engineer in a great position for an awesome mix. It's an extremely intuitive piece of gear for professional audio engineers- whether mixing on it nightly or guest-mixing one night on a tour.
Specs for the 501 are scarce- yet here's some tech info from memory:
• Whisky version 40-channel
• 4 VCA Groups
• 6 group outs
• 8 Aux sends
• semi-parametric EQ w/sweepable mids
• direct-outs each channel
• ShowTime software w/recall & scene snapshot
• stereo buss out +mono send w/faders
• master section w/matrix for group out assignments
• onboard oscillator for tones
• channel matrix for grouping
• 2 power supplies
Mixing 2000+ bands at The Whisky on Sunset Strip half FOH [front-of-house] on the 501 has left me with a technical fondness for this console. Now preparing to set up a digital recording studio back in the Midwest- I'd love to install the 501 on the front end of a digital rig strictly for the analog pre-amps and eQ! Maybe if the Whisky slams a new console in at FOH position, I can get a great deal on an old friend of a console.
The Langley501 sitting in The Whisky on Sunset Blvd has mixed so many national/regional acts it's crazy- but here's a short list:
TheDoors VelvetRevolver TimMcGraw FaithHill TaylorSwift JackIngram RebaMcEntire WillHoge JagermeisterMusicTour'08 BodogBattleOfTheBands CrueFestHlwd'06/07 SkoolOfRock PlanetRockSchool'08 JackDanielsRockin'CountryNights JackBlackBattleOfTheBands ProjectIndependent PeppermintCreeps AtomicPunks Prong LedZepagain MindDelay Grynch BlaxMyth BodogBattleOfBands PrettyBoyFloyd XEO3 TheDreaming Nocturne CaliforniaTransitAuthority TravisMcCoy[GymClassHeroes] Krome Three[3] Space/Franko ChainDriven OpusDai 10Years Dilana/NoDuh! Damcyan Fermata MProductions DayZero NitroRocks Desecrate Rattlehead Kaustk Genitorturers DareDevilJane BillyBoyOnPoison BifNaked MistyOdell GoddessAndShe PoetsAndPornstars TheWhoShow Optimus InterstateBlues LAGuns MotorGunHotel TypeONegative HateBreed 69Eyes Irate TheSkips +many more..
Thanks Amek and Rupert Neve! Long live the Langley501..
Mike aka AudioK9
eX-Whisky Sound
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