Abbey Road Studios and Chandler Limited have unveiled the REDD Mixing System, a fully modular console that brings together every era of EMI’s recording equipment.
Marking the first EMI Recording console released in over 50 years, the REDD Mixing System lets users design their ideal set-up, combining REDD, TG, and RS channels in any configuration, from home studios to world-class control rooms.
Six years in the making, the system was developed through an intensive collaboration and experimentation process between Wade Goeke of Chandler Limited, Mirek Stiles, Abbey Road’s head of audio products, and the wider team at Abbey Road – part of Universal Music Group UK.
All channels are 100% hardwired and hand assembled as they would have been made at the original EMI Hayes manufacturing facility
Wade Goeke, founder of Chandler Limited, said: “Development of the new desk was a labour of love. I wanted to include all the different sounding gear we make with Abbey Road as well as offering a modular approach that is more suited for modern recording setups.
“I can have a very small system at home and cover everything I need, whether it be tracking with tube or solid state gear, mixing in the box, reamplifying, inserting pedals with the sends, passive EQ on the busses, flexible control room options and even glow-in-the-dark faders that add a creative feel to a dimly lit studio. This has truly been the design of a lifetime and one I hope adds to the legacy of EMI, Abbey Road and Chandler Limited.”
This has truly been the design of a lifetime and one I hope adds to the legacy of EMI, Abbey Road and Chandler Limited
Wade Goeke
Mirek Stiles, Abbey Road’s head of audio products, said: “I was introduced to the TG and REDD desks at Abbey Road Studios when I was 18 years old. I’d never seen or heard anything like them. I was blown away watching how producers like Mike Hedges, Jon Brion or Peter Cobbin would use them to colour the sound of their recordings and mixes in such a musical way.
“Examples of the original desks used on everything from The Beatles to film scores like Raiders Of The Lost Ark are very rare indeed, so it’s with great pleasure to witness Wade revive these beautiful engineering classics for artists, producers and engineers of today, all of course with a modern innovative twist.
“Wade has created a modern classic, there simply isn’t anything else like this on the market. I truly believe the music production community now has access to a tool that will redefine what the mixing console is and how it’s used creatively.”
