Anyone want a mobile recording truck?

[Hugh Robjohns]

Nicely put together mobile recording/ broadcasting truck for auction...

https://www2.ppauctions.com/lot/183371/ ... RP9JLU2PX8

[Sam Inglis]

Is that a Sony DMX R100? I thought those had all broken long ago...

[Hugh Robjohns]

It is... and I was impressed it's still going, too. It was a very nice desk in its day.

[Bob Bickerton]

Sure. Could you gift wrap it and post to my address........

Bob

[FrankF]

Where's the pool table?

[Zukan]

Meh...no hot tub.

[Wonks]

Meh...no hot tub.

The hot tub truck is lot 2.

[forumuser840717]

Nicely put together mobile recording/ broadcasting truck for auction...

https://www2.ppauctions.com/lot/183371/ ... RP9JLU2PX8

Might've been thinking about that one but I've nowhere sensible to keep it and I still can't drive! It'd save a few quid in storage space for some of the carry-in kit though.

It's been up for a while. Sealed bid with no deadline so not strictly an auction, more 'make a good enough offer' but it's a nice truck, and very well built, give or take a few issues for my normal way of working and needing a few upgrades.

[Drew Stephenson]

Sure. Could you gift wrap it and post to my address........

Bob

It's a truck Bob, just drive it home.

... oh wait...

[Matt Houghton]

Meh...no hot tub.

The hot tub truck is lot 2.

You should allow a number 2 anywhere near a hot tub

[Wonks]

You should allow a number 2 anywhere near a hot tub

Should? Should?

[Matt Houghton]

You should allow a number 2 anywhere near a hot tub

Should? Should?

D'oh! Lol. No, not if it's my hot tub anyway...

[Wonks]

You're obviously confusing a hot tub with a 'floatation' tank.

[The Red Bladder]

Value? Let's see now . . .

A pile of 1990s digital junk and a VW van, unsuitable as a transporter (no full rear loading) and no use for a conversion to a camper (not a walk-through) and with no MoT?

Take a wild guess - somewhere between zero and a minus figure! (But there will be some idiot out there who thinks that he can use this to start a business! There always is!)

[Urthlupe]

You just made me lose some of my lunchtime coffee you nuggets…..

Loopy xx

[amanise]

The meeting room is a bit pokey for me. The PowerPoint screen is way too small - how are the people at the back supposed to see anything? Forget the sewage filled hot tub - practicalities!!

[tea for two]

I wanted an ice cream van more than an audio truck.

I'd have to pimp my ice cream van to look as Indian trucks bling bling.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/PriestFromT ... truck-art/

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Current owners of truck Ninthwaveaudio.
http://www.ninthwaveaudio.com/ninth-wave-history.htm
"Tony Wass, a former BBC Senior Sound Supervisor, established Ninth Wave Audio in 1993 to provide sound recording services to the BBC, independent companies and CD and DVD producers.

He joined the BBC as a Technical Assistant at Bush House Control Room, London, in 1976 transferring a year later to BBC Pebble Mill as an Audio Assistant. He progressed to Audio Supervisor three years later during which time he gained a thorough knowledge of television, radio and film production techniques. He was promoted to Senior Sound Supervisor in 1988 and was responsible for the sound of many prestigious radio and TV productions from Pebble Mill and other BBC centres. One highlight was supervising the BBC TV simulcast of the 1991 Royal Gala opening of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, transmitted live to Europe via the EBU, in which the CBSO and Sir Simon Rattle performed Mahlers Symphony no.2."

[Drew Stephenson]

Value? Let's see now . . .

A pile of 1990s digital junk and a VW van, unsuitable as a transporter (no full rear loading) and no use for a conversion to a camper (not a walk-through) and with no MoT?

Take a wild guess - somewhere between zero and a minus figure! (But there will be some idiot out there who thinks that he can use this to start a business! There always is!)

The monitors are nice.

[ManFromGlass]

A pile of 1990s digital junk and a VW van, unsuitable as a transporter (no full rear loading) and no use for a conversion to a camper (not a walk-through) and with no MoT?

Take a wild guess - somewhere between zero and a minus figure! (But there will be some idiot out there who thinks that he can use this to start a business! There always is!)

You’re not seeing it, man! One day the sound of the 90s will be much sought after . . . . . .

But then maybe the plugin will be cheaper

[Hugh Robjohns]

The Sony R100 console came out in 2000 and most of the other gear is post millennium too...

It's clearly a truck designed with live stereo broadcast and stereo recorded-as-live work first and foremost, with digital multitrack capability too.

It's the sort of truck that could handle things like Clue, Just a Minute, GQT, and so on, as well as orchestral recording.

The coach building and basic electrical fit-out appears to be to a high standard, and so audio modernising shouldn't be difficult — although most of what's there seems high quality and fairly current.

Value is a hard thing to quantify, and everything depends on the serviceability of the truck itself... but I would see a small positive value (a few thousands) rather than a negative business liability.

[The Red Bladder]

The coach building and basic electrical fit-out appears to be to a high standard, and so audio modernising shouldn't be difficult — although most of what's there seems high quality and fairly current.

Value is a hard thing to quantify, and everything depends on the serviceability of the truck itself... but I would see a small positive value (a few thousands) rather than a negative business liability.

You are of course right - and I was being deliberately provocative - yes, the truck may have some value, though most (sensible) people would bang it through a quick MoT to realise full value.

As for the kit - digital = worthless pretty damn soon. I should know, as I have just done a revaluation of our audio stock for the accountants - the only things to have increased in value are things like the Hammond, a vintage Fender Tele and the piano. Some of the better digital stuff like the 48-track Radar and the Lexicon 960L have managed to retain reasonable residual values, but that's about it. The vintage mics did very well!

The reality is that the van is only of value with an MoT and a full loading door. The market for so-called Luton vans is in seven figures. i.e. at least one million SMEs are out there looking for bargains. Same applies for camper vans - but they must be walk-throughs!

We must face reality - the age of residential studios is over. The age of audio OB trucks is over, replaced by off-the-desk hard-disk recorders. The age of video OB trucks and platoons of camera people will be over pretty damn soon - to be replaced by some AI-driven cameras and a flightcase of kit!

We are now in an age where most of that gubbins is a free download off the Interweb and the hardware is getting cheaper by the day.

The van with equipment might have been of interest to someone if it were of industry standards - a simple high-quality analogue desk and 96 IOs leading to PT + other DAWs, plus a wireless link and a video feed or two and a 96-way splitter box. As it stands, it's too quirky for most people.

But there is a wonderful lesson for us all here - amature and professional alike! When we build our state-of-the-art studios, recording vans, home studios, home cinemas, whatever, it REALLY pays to ensure that these things are readily and easily convertible to something normal people want.

That way, when the time somes to sell that stuff, it is actually able to find a market larger than a handful of impecunious anoraks!

[Arpangel]

The monitors are nice.

That’s what I was thinking! the best things in there, the rest of it no thanks.
Secondhand those monitors would go for around £4/5000

[amanise]

We are now in an age where most of that gubbins is a free download off the Interweb and the hardware is getting cheaper by the day.

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But there is a wonderful lesson for us all here - amature and professional alike! When we build our state-of-the-art studios, recording vans, home studios, home cinemas, whatever, it REALLY pays to ensure that these things are readily and easily convertible to something normal people want.

But surely the former is a good thing? If it hadn't been for the advent of PC based DAWs and such _ I'd have never had the chance to do anything in the recording department other than the odd thing I got super lucky to do on very rare occasions with established acts and Aunty. I'm very grateful for that - even if it is a disaster for the listener.

Agree whole heartedly with the latter - there's a room full of guitar amps, guitars, and cabs - and no-one to leave them to in my will. They only mean stuff to me and people my age and above - and they all have their own room full sitting there gathering dust. Still, I can't imagine a life without a spare room full of Marshall stuff.

[ceejay]

... I just chuck a couple of Alesis HD24s into the back of the pink taxi and I'm off to my next mobile recording gig ... http://www.subcompactculture.com/2014/0 ... ge-es.html

[dylanhughes81]

I am actually interested in this but absolutley no idea what sort of bid to put in.