personally id love to see any giant mixing desk be reviewed by you something about the way you mix german into your English, and the calm nature of the reviews makes them perfect for casual watching ❤

I did this with My SS24, many years ago with a Motu 24io. Well, turned out, the opamps in the Spirit is the low quality TL072. Everywhere! In Eq, preamp, bus driver, summing, pan circuits…. Super noisy and has distortion on zero crossings. So what I did, I modified only 8 channel, and replaced all TL072 with BB 32 high-end opamps in the path up to the buses, then changed the coupling circuits, replaced all elcos, mostly with film caps. Not so cheap 😂! After summing I recorded back the bus output to a mastering CD recorder. One of my best mix ever exported from box! Chhers!

Another excellent Tobi Tweaks vid! In the day I did so much work on a Soundcraft (and before that a Mackie 32x8 as well)! The EQ is so musical on the spirit. I use a Tascam DM4800 these days for the best of in-line console mixing + digital sonic consistency.

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i just got a second spirit studio 24 so yes, i would mix on one. great vid!

I've got one one of these, in 24 channel. Improving the power supply helps with better sound, able to power more channels. PS is underpowered.

I’ve at different times had both Soundcraft Spirit and soundcraft Delta 200 mixers. I hear that little extra bit of dirty saturation and unexpectedness they add to the mixes. Watching this made me remember and miss that. Might just have to get one again…

Alle Lampen an! Jawoll! Great track!

Hey man, great video! I just aquired the same console, had to do some work on it first but am now in the process of testing all channels. I noticed you run the same soundcard as mine being the RME digiface usb. Only difference is that i use a Ferrofish 16mx so i only am able to send out 16 mono tracks out of my daw (or 8 stereo ones). How did you set everything up? I am really curious about the way you run it in your situation. Maybe i could learn a thing or two from you. Really glad i stumbled upon your video. Nice! Cheers from Antwerp!

Hey, i am experimenting with this board for the last year i upgraded power supply from 150w to 300w and it sounds better, i have 24 channel with stock cps150, then i noticed it sounds a lot better when i record to dat than any new interface, i tried apogee, audient, focusrite and it sounds like crap, then i went to dat and there it is, the specific 90s sound. I will try to use alesis blackface adats for the da converters, i am in the process of collecting them and it should sound better also. I am not completely satisfied with this board, i compared it with mackie 1604 original one and it sounded like 20% better than the Soundcraft and i also like that you can clip it, Soundcraft is not good when clipped it cramps it alot. Anyway thank you for this video so much :)

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Thanks for the video. 1 qust! What Audio interfaces do u use? At least u have 24+ channels. Thx

I have a soundcraft series 500 which I’m fixing. Ex television so I’m having to deep dive all the modifications, output bus isn’t working yet, channels up to 23 are though but yeah, it’s not the standard model and has modules I’m trying to get my head around still. It sounds beautiful for what I’ve got working so far. It’s a 1973. One more thing, I also have a soundcraft 200b from the 80s. These two consoles sound nothing alike. The 200b is a good desk, but the series 500 literally pisses all over it. You can’t even compare them, the old one make’s the newer one sound like absolute shit.

How would you say the Spirit Studio compares to the Zed 428?

hi was für ein interface benutzt du für das pult ??

Hmm, actually not a fan of the sound of this one compared to the others you've done. It definitely has a sound, but nothing I'd really want. It has that kind of 90s garage band "demo" sound. I'd love to see you shootout a CAL modified Ghost, maybe even before and after mod. I have seen so much hype on these.