Trident Series 88 Console - 88-32 is the 32-channel configuration of the Trident 88 — a professional fully analog mixing console for recording studios that need full-scale analog infrastructure without the spatial footprint and cost of a 40-channel installation. The Trident 88 in 32-channel format covers the large majority of commercial recording sessions — from band recordings through vocal productions to scoring work — while retaining the full sonic character of the Trident signal path.
32 channels as the Trident 88's practical operating point
The 32-channel configuration is for many commercial studios the balance point between operational capability, maintenance cost, and installation space. Thirty-two channels with complete channel strips — multi-band EQ, aux sends, and faders — handle large ensemble recording without multiplexing sources through shared channels. The console's buss architecture manages multitrack routing, group submixes, and performer monitoring directly from the console surface. For engineers working in a hybrid analog/DAW environment, the 32-channel Trident 88 allows a full recording session to be run with DAW returns coming back through console channels for final analog summing — without compromises forced by channel count limitations that smaller configurations impose once a session scales up.
Sonic character of the Trident 88 in 32-channel configuration
The Trident 88 is built on the premise that the analog signal path has its own sonic character — and that this character is an asset, not a measurement artefact to be minimised. The transformers, amplifier circuits, and physical properties of summing 32 channels through the console mix buss give the mix a coherence and stereo width that in a purely digital environment requires emulation to approximate. For an engineer who hears the difference between digital summing and an analog mix buss, the 32-channel Trident 88 delivers that difference in a repeatable and controlled way — session after session, without the variability introduced by outboard connected through a patch bay.
KEY FEATURES
- 32 input channels with complete channel strip sections
- Multi-band EQ on every input channel
- Aux sends per channel — monitoring, effects, and performer cue mixes
- Buss architecture for multitrack routing and group submixes
- Analog signal path with characteristic Trident sonic signature
- Master section with monitor control and speaker pair switching
- Construction dedicated to professional fixed studio installations
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Model: Trident Series 88, configuration 88-32
- Input channels: 32
- Type: professional-grade analog mixing console
- EQ: multi-band on every input channel
- Aux sends: multiple per channel
- Master section: monitor control with source switching
- Format: fixed-installation studio console
