ABOUT THE DESIGNER:
Ocean Audio products are designed by the distinguished pro-audio designer, Malcolm Toft.
Malcolm joined Trident Studios in 1968 as it’s first recording engineer. At that time
it was the only studio in europe to have 8 track recording facilities. It soon gained a
worldwide reputation for the quality of it’s equipment and engineers.
Malcolm worked with Tony Visconti on three Tyrannosaurus Rex albums (the band later
became T-Rex). He also engineered David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ album and James
Taylor’s first album. He was also a mixing engineer on the Beatles biggest selling single
‘Hey Jude’ which was recorded at Trident.
In 1971 Malcolm became manager of the studios and was tasked with finding a new
24 track console for the studios. It soon became apparent to him that they could not get
a console to the specifications and facilities that they required from any of the
manufacturers around at that time. So Malcolm convinced the studio owners that they
could build their own console. Consequently, In conjunction with the studio’s maintenance
engineer Barry Porter, he designed the Trident A Range console as it became known.
This led to the birth of Trident Audio Developments which Malcolm ran until 1988 when
he sold it to a public company. In 1992 he was asked to design a replacement for the
Trident Series 80 console which the new owners were no longer manufacturing. This
Malcolm did and he started a new company Malcolm Toft Associates Ltd (MTA).
Clients for MTA consoles include Radiohead and The Liverpool Institute of performing
arts.
Latterly he has designed the highly successful Toft ATB console range for PMI Audio.
He was made a visiting professor at Leeds College of Music in 2008
PRODUCT REGISTRATION
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Input Impedance: >20Kohms balanced.
Output Impedance: < 150 ohms balanced.
Maximum output: > +26dbm.
Distortion: < .05% at +20dbm 1kHz.
Frequency response: ± 1db 20Hz to 20kHz.
Noise: > -75dbm eq in, 20Hz to 20kHz
Power requirements: ± 16V D.C. 30mA approx.
Ocean Audio products are warranted for two years after first purchase against faulty
manufacture or component failure. This warranty does not apply to excessive use of
mechanical components such as potentiometers and switches.
The decision to replace potentiometers and switches shall therefore be at the discretion
of Ocean Audio or its representatives.
DATE PURCHASED:_____________ SERIAL No:_____________
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ADDRESS:_______________________________________________
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Product registration does not affect your statutory rights.
Please return to:
Ocean Audio, The Music Mill, Bradley Lane, Newton Abbot, Devon, England TQ12 1LZ
Or fill in on line at: www.oceanaudio.co.uk
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