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Description: | Neve digital sound desk, ex-BBC DSP-1, 1985. The complete system (which includes several racks of processing equipment) is in the collection. Only the control surface is shown here. The Neve DSP was the first fully-digital sound desk. The analogue audio was digitised in the stagebox and sent as serial digital data down a fibre optic cable to the processing racks. All the Digital Signal Processing (hence DSP) - such as mixing, equalisation, dynamics etc, was carried out in the digital domain, the final signal from the desk appearing in digital form (AES/EBU) for recording, or converted back to analogue for broadcasting. This desk was fitted in an outside broadcast vehicle by the BBC and as a result of vibration during transit proved to be unreliable in operation. Probably the most complex and expensive sound desk ever made. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | digital mixing desk | Temporal: | 1981 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Neve Group of Companies | Identifier: | 1994-5025 | Go to resource |
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