Due to popular demand: Ward-Beck Systems RTO-214 Rack Mount Chassis

Due to popular demand:

Introducing: the Ward-Beck Systems RTO-214 Rack Mount Chassis


APKaudio and Ward-Beck Systems are excited to announce a new lineup of retro products. Started with possibly the most requested and in demand item the WBSps.ca has needed: 

a 2RU rack enclosure for (2) 14″ WBS modules.

Most rack users have a 3RU box to enclose (2) WBS modules. With Studios shrinking in size and gear filling up the cramped racks with all the killer deals these day… there has been a need for this enclosure. 

Originally designed by veteran WBS fabricator Erwin S. for the current lineup of WBS AMS-8 products. The design updates and fabrication are carried forward by Shop Manager and Mechanical designer at Ward-Beck systems Dave Adams. Dave is a master metal smith utilizing the tools that built the modules WBSps users want to have rack mounted. Dave has been working with APKaudio to create a stable platform in a 2RU enclosure.IMG_0573-2014-05-05 IMG_0577-2014-05-05 IMG_0584-2014-05-05 IMG_0585-2014-05-05 IMG_0586-2014-05-05 IMG_0589-2014-05-05 IMG_0596-2014-05-05



The BUM (Back Unit Mount) will be pre-punched for however you decided to wire it. Power options and i/o varieties make for easy design. 

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Future options will include:
– Internal Power supply
– DB25 pre-wired breakouts
– DB25 to EDAC connectors for the modules of your choice

It’s a banana now, but it will be ripe summer 2014!

pre-order now and get a free WBS mug

http://audioaholics.com/item/276

4 racks of gear loaded up for sale

Loading up the studio on the last night  got some AA stickers with numbers to follow!  Most of this stuff is for sale with the exception of a few things…

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Rack 1
http://audioaholics.com/item/267
http://audioaholics.com/item/137
http://audioaholics.com/item/36

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Rack 2

http://audioaholics.com/item/99
  http://audioaholics.com/item/49
http://audioaholics.com/item/139

2014-04-30 21.46.01Rack 3

http://audioaholics.com/item/264
http://audioaholics.com/item/99
http://audioaholics.com/item/262
http://audioaholics.com/item/263
http://audioaholics.com/item/49
http://audioaholics.com/item/139

2014-04-30 21.39.07Rack 4
http://audioaholics.com/item/25
http://audioaholics.com/item/175
http://audioaholics.com/item/176
http://audioaholics.com/item/255

A project I’ve been working on has come… full circle ;-)

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Congrats to Kevin Park and the Lacquer channel team for getting the Neumann VMS70 back in the game. A fantastic project to have been a part of! We recapped the entire audio electronics for Kevin before he had lathe aficionado Chris Muth calibrate it. It’s a fine precision piece of audio electronics and Kevin is one HELL of a lathe mechanic and cutting engineer! It, and he, are in good hands over at Toronto’s Lacquer Channel. I’m excited to cut a few plates myself!

Photo and story here: http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/play-it-as-it-lathes/

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Many Thanks to Dave, Jose, and Tyler for their help and enthusiasm about the project!

Making snakes for a Patching system

 

We Built some 24 Channel snakes from some re-claimed Blenden Bundles.  All the EDACs were de-pinned and re-inserted into a 90 pin housing.  The other end has been cut to length and re-prepped into various configurations. Dave got some really good practice on this build and his chops have come a long way in a very short time.
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To give you more of an idea of what’s going on in the patchbay here is the design preliminary that’s ever changing and evolving!

looking back 10 years

finding pictures in the archive.

I made some good records with that gear. I kept only two pieces and gradually weeded out and upgraded the restHewlett-Packard

The back was the best part. I remember one of the guys who worked for me getting out of helping me build any of this. He cut the wire and started stripping it with his teeth. Then went on to tell me how many hundreds of EDACS he had done. I guess if you really want to get of wiring work do that, or be a real man and learn a craft.
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