Universal Audio 610

Category:  Products / mixing desks / vintage & classic mixers

Added: 11-Jun-23  |  Author: admin

New price: discontinued vintage  |   S/H price: US$ 5000 approx

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Universal Audio 610

The Bill Putnam designed 610 Pre-amp with Lo/Hi EQ module was created in two versions, the 610A & 610B & is fitted to various frame configurations (usually hand built by the studio owners who purchased the modules at the time), although UA did on about 25 occasion build a complete console frame with modules fitted, including for Ray Charles & Frank Sinatra.

 

The 610A featured a Line/Mic switch in the centre with a single 'echo' send knob at the bottom, while the 610B featured a mic/line, phase & -10 & -20 pad switches in the centre with two 'echo' send knobs at the bottom.

 

Both modules featured a +/- 6dB @ 70Hz Lo filter and a -6dB @ 10kHz or +3dB/6dB @7kHz Hi filter & a 3 channel switch to route to any of 3 program busses and 3 echo busses (the L-M-R switch at the top).

 

The list of famous users who recorded through these 610 desks is extensive and features some of the biggest names & tracks in the history of popular music. In fact in the image above, the separate 610 modules on both black & green plates are from a 2017 auction & belonged to Neil Young.

 

The eleven green plate modules finally sold for $56,250, while the 16 black plate modules sold for $68,750, to give you some idea of what they are worth today!

 

A 610 console was famously used at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama back in the old days and was used to record classics like The Stones' Wild Horses & Brown Sugar as well as hits from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding & Wilson Pickett. 610 consoles also recorded classics such as Neil Young’s Harvest, The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds & The Doors’ L.A. Woman as well as hits by Sinatra & recent artists like Adele, Arcade Fire & many more.

 

You can buy an emulation of the 610 today in plugin form from Universal Audio.

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