our console journey

Since 2020 we have been working on a console.

At the time we started, we had only focused in designing and manufacturing rack mount and 500 series units like channel strips and eqs.

Our now good friend Walker Phillips reached out to us and asked us if we would build him a custom console for his studio in San Francisco. Walker had a pretty specific set of requirements since he works on 8 track tape.

We tried persuading Walker that we had not done consoles and it would take a lot of time for us to undertake such a project. Eventually he convinced us that that is when our journey begins.

The blog entries below are a chronological record of our journey.

getting and milling the walnut

We went to the local hardwood store and shopped for walnut. We then cut and milled the pieces for the console.

knobs

Now that the console is essentially a full working console, we can start focusing on final aesthetic and interface details like knobs.

mock build

Since we have all the ingredients, pcbs, faceplates and a case, we start the mock build. We spent months in this stage, working out...

faceplates

We received faceplates from our friends in Nova Scotia Canada, Protocase.