A simple Calrec desk (sarcastically referred
to as the Fisher-Price desk) in S14 (originally the studio of
S1) - OK for basic transmission and recordings, not so good
for more complex features. Taken in 2004, while the changeover
to RadioMan was still in progress, hence the presence of the
Darts and a MiniDisc player. Swapping over the cubicle and
studio in what had once been S1 (necessary because of all the
equipment that had to go in it) had an annoying side-effect -
the ventilation had been designed to keep the old cubicle -
which was full of valve equipment - cool, and the studio
reasonably warm. After the change the studio was seriously
cold - the sections kept complaining about it - and the
cubicle unpleasantly hot until finally an air-conditioner was
installed.
© Roger
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