Tangent 3216. Project start and background...

I am rebuilding a circa 1979 Tangent 3216 analog recording console. I have installed three of these consoles in the 80's. This one is a 16 input model with a producers desk and patchbay. It is also a bit unique in that it has VU's in the master section as opposed to the LED meters.


The Tangent 3216 was one of (if not the first) to use a transformerless design.
It is an inline style console. There is not a separate tape return module group.
I personally prefer this style of console.


I will be reworking this console from the ground up and then add some modifications.


I will post as the project goes along.

1979  Tangent 3216 16 input 16 buss inline console with producers desk.

Picked up the console. Luckily a 16 input will fit in the truck.

Here are some old pictures from the 80's at Walk On Water studio in New Braunfels.

Walk On Water studio 1983.
I completely remodeled the control room and rewired the entire studio.
This was a 16 input 3216 and I built an external patchbay and effects rack.

Walk On Water Studio 1984. View from studio into the control room.

3216 in the control room. 1984 Walk On Water
Lexicon Reverb. The MS16 tape machine was in a soffit in front of the control room.