Dear All
Are there any Dj's out there that still use the Citronic Tamar/ Thames range of consoles. I came across my Tamar console while clearing out the garage.
It brought back memories of earlier years.
It was reasonably modern technology then with the autocue system etc.
Cheers
Martin
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| QUOTE (DJ Martin @ Nov 16 2005, 11:54 AM) |
| It was reasonably modern technology then with the autocue system etc. |
It was really wierd watching the Auto-Cue system working on vinyl records...
For the un-initiated, you placed a record on the platter, put the stylus on the beginning and pressed Auto-cue. The platter started and continued until the cue system detected a notable sound (sometimes a scratch, pop or crackle, but usually the first bit of the music), at this point the motor powered down and went into a slow reverse, until it got back to just infront of that detected sound, and stopped - meaning that when you hit "start" it was more or less where you needed it to be.
The only other snag with it was that some heavier records would take longer to get up to speed than others so the deck didnt have time to get upto speed from the "just infront of sound" sometimes, so you occasionally got a drag start sssssllluur!.
Ghosts in the machine...
That must have been the Thames II. I had a Thames I for many years which gave great service. Have you still got the purple cardboard flightcase?
When I was a Boy the DJ i roadied for had one of these console's,
I fitted a Sony walkman cd player to it in the middle of the two turntables for him.
there is however a DJ who does pub quiz nights in my area who still uses one..
I fitted a Sony walkman cd player to it in the middle of the two turntables for him.
there is however a DJ who does pub quiz nights in my area who still uses one..
Weren't orange in colour ?
I was a purple flight case I had 1 way back when tho and its long gone now.
Great gear tho,theres some on ebay at the moment
Great gear tho,theres some on ebay at the moment
Only stoped useing my Thames II about five years ago great bit off kit
| QUOTE (ADS Entertainments @ Nov 16 2005, 02:36 PM) |
| Weren't orange in colour ? |
no
My Tamar came in a home made flightcase, got it from a disco shop in Bedford.
When I converted from vinyl to CD, it was used with two CD separates, just as a mixer. Large scale mixer then went onto a Cironic SM450.
Ah Memories
Martin
When I converted from vinyl to CD, it was used with two CD separates, just as a mixer. Large scale mixer then went onto a Cironic SM450.
Ah Memories
Martin
| QUOTE (brianmole @ Nov 16 2005, 12:40 PM) |
| That must have been the Thames II. I had a Thames I for many years which gave great service. Have you still got the purple cardboard flightcase? |
Yes, the Thames I had the tape player in the corner, the mark II had it in the centre. Had both, great!!
And the purple cardboard flightcase.
My first set up didn't have a Thames, but a CD/MD combi player 
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