[BC] LPB's Little "Blue" 5c Console

[jon]

We have one at our remote studio. It's used less that an hour a day. I
don't really like the console, since I'm always cleaning the faders
because of complaints of "static". And, it doesn't appear to be field
serviceable.

I'd buy something that I could fix (ie replace faders).

Plus, LPB is all but gone.

Jon

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 wmroradio at bellsouth.net wrote:

> Why I have this on my mind, are there any commerical stations using the LPB "Blue 5c", small blue console? My sports guy came in this afternoon and asked me, "are we going to be using THAT on a permanent basis!???" I said for now, yes.
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> I laughed to myself, it does look like an "oversized" toy console, but it really isn't. Monday thru Saturday, my station is satellite automated with an ABC Music Format and we are only using the last 2 faders for that.
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> Sunday's I have to have 2 mics, 2 cd players, and the dial up line for church services. It seems to accommodate that well. The only pitfall it has, no audition channel. We always have used the control room board for what little production we do, and I have been using the cue channel on the little blue board to feed the PC to record.
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> My thoughts are this, why have such a "MONSTER" board for a little 1 KW AM station that is automated like we are? All my other stuff, spots, weather, news, special programming, is download from somewhere else, scheduled, and played back through the automation system.
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> Just some thoughts on the "cutest" board from the past 10 years. Does anyone have one they use as an on air console? If so, do you like it?
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