It arrived yesterday, a day early.
In my earlier posts I've commented on the paperwork and processes that accompany many aspects of being the "House Guy". Picking up new and expensive things from the receiving department is no exception. The equipment must be duly logged-in, forms filled out, items must be entered into the inventory, and bar code decals applied. Then and only then can you get the most expensive single piece of equipment under my purview out of their warehouse and into the Dome.
Of course, as son as we got it in the building I was late for a meeting... How about an hour long meeting when there's a brand new digital mixer in the very next room? No thanks man, I'm alright. There was no getting out of it though. So to the meeting I went. I even paid attention, mostly. :)
After the meeting there was some hunting for the appropriate people and equipment to get the large parcel upstairs and across the carpet to the control room. I also had to get the cases for the PM4000 and it's power supply. The venerable old mixer was unceremoniously unhooked, carted out of the room, and laid into it's case for the last time.
I'm going to miss the old 4K. It's a GREAT desk and I feel privileged to have used it for so long. If you read my previous post, you'll understand that I'm going to have a hard time parting with it.
The new mixer was in the room in about ninety minutes. We spent the hour or so before it was time to go home getting it mostly hooked-up. The power supplies went into the adjoining rack. The MY cards were inserted. The wiring harness that was custom made for the 4K had some slight modifications and was mostly plugged right in.
I had some other work to do today but I did get some time to play with the mixer. The mixer even did it's first show tonight. No, I didn't deploy a brand new mixer on a big show on day one. I had a set & forget gig where the internal client needs a mic and a CD player to come out of some speakers we set-up.
I should have more time tomorrow to check out the desk. I'll post some about the check-out and the install over the next few days.
