Trident 68 Console - 24 Channel is an analogue recording console in split/inline configuration with an LED meter bridge, twenty-four input channels and eight subgroups. Trident introduced the split/inline layout on the A-Range console in the late 1960s and it has been an industry standard ever since.
Servicing without shutting the studio down
Input channels sit on individual boards in eight-channel panels, faders included, and lift out from the top of the console. Subgroups work the same way, and the master channel is entirely independent of the rest. A fault on one channel does not idle the room for a week, because the panel comes out and goes back without dismantling the desk.
Preamp and EQ with headroom for ribbons
The preamps give 65 dB of gain, equivalent input noise below -128 dBu at full gain and a response from 10 Hz to 55 kHz, which is enough to drive a ribbon microphone without lifting the noise floor with it. The three-band Trident EQ derives from the Series 80 console: the high band sweeps from 1 to 15 kHz, the mid from 200 Hz to 3 kHz with a choice of 1 or one-third octave bandwidth, and the low band from 40 to 650 Hz. Add a 50 Hz high-pass filter and a selectable channel insert. All multichannel connections use DB25, with main and monitor outputs on XLR.
KEY FEATURES
- Split/inline analogue console with 24 channels and 8 subgroups
- LED meter bridge included
- Channels on individual boards in eight-channel panels, removed from the top
- Independent master section for straightforward servicing
- Wide-bandwidth 65 dB microphone preamps
- Three-band Trident EQ derived from the Series 80
- Six aux sends and eight stereo FX returns
- DB25 connections with main and monitor outputs on XLR
- 2U rackmount power supply included
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Input channels: 24
- Microphone preamps: 24
- Subgroups: 8
- Aux sends: 6
- Preamp gain: 65 dB
- Channel headroom: under 27 dB
- Response, mic input to main output: 10 Hz - 55 kHz, +0 / -0.3 dB
- Response, line input to main output: 100 Hz - 60 kHz, +0 / -0.3 dB
- EIN: below -128 dBu at +60 dB gain, 150 ohm source
- THD+N: below 0.003% at +15 dBu
- Maximum XLR mic input level: +10 dBu at minimum gain
- Maximum line input level: +37 dBu at minimum gain
- Mix, group, aux and monitor output level: +26.5 dBu into 600 ohms
- High band: sweepable 1 kHz - 15 kHz, shelving response
- Mid band: sweepable 200 Hz - 3 kHz, 1 or 1/3 octave bandwidth
- Low band: sweepable 40 Hz - 650 Hz, shelving response
- High-pass filter: 50 Hz
- Analogue inputs: DB25 mic and line
- Analogue outputs: 2 x XLR main, 2 x XLR monitor, DB25 line and mic
- Master section: main and alt monitor control, mute, dim, mono, talkback, headphone output
- Power: external 2U rackmount power supply
- Dimensions: 110.2 x 73.0 x 31.2 cm
