[BC] Re: LPB's Little "Blue" 5c Console

[Glen Kippel]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM, <wmroradio at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Glen,
>   We never have any visitors. The station is run by me and my wife. I have
> 3 sunday morning preachers and they thought it was a good idea to go to that
> little LPB Blue Board. They mention a larger console burns more AC, rather
> than the little LPB, and besides, the LPB Blue Board has digital lights on
> the meters and switches. I keep as many lite up as possible.
>   We are just a small station, in a building that is way too large for us.
> I would love to rebuild the inside of my building and lease office space
> out. All I need is a small office for me, the control room, and transmitter
> closet. That's right, I said closet for the transmitter. I have a BE AM1A in
> the rack in a climate control room right now.
>   I hope in 2 years, my live preachers will go automated and bring me a CD
> by Thursday's for playback on sunday mornings with the automation. They have
> the gear to do it at home already.
>
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Well, yes.  Whatever works.  My original point being:  there are no
cookie-cutter solutions.  Consider what will work best for your operations.
That's why I said a big glitzy board may have its advantages, especially if
you do a lot of live programming with multiple guests.  In that case you
might need lots of inputs, and something that looks impressive.  If
not, your LPB, or an Autogram Mini-Mix, AEQ BC-300, Audioarts Air-1,
etc. would do the job.  Or a "glass console" where all you have in front of
you are a keyboard and a couple of monitors.  Or no board at all.  Like I
said, whatever works.