AVO8

Thank for heads up I have bought these? I did a bit of work on the QM this weekend. Unfortunately the rotary encoders for the wheels are all a bit knackered. They are very stiff so the wheels are not able to turn them as the rubber bands slip. Any ideas how to fix or where to get replacements? I will also need some faders. Some are recovering with judicious application of switch cleaner a couple are just not working. AVO8:)

OOPS! comes of trying to do forum stuff on the phone in airport lounges with crap wifi AVO8

Well, Thanks to the forum I have made contact with a few people who have history with these desks, I have a power cable for the dimmers on the way and possibly even the manual! So a side issue has come up and that is the whereabouts of QM TD 1. Apparently it was sold from a school in Edinburgh to someone in Wiltshire. If anyone knows of it or sees it on their travels it would be good to know! AVO8

Hi folks! I have recently acquired the QM TD that used to belong to the Doyle Carte Opera Company and started this thread looking for help with it. It is also now in Edinburgh and works though is currently severely cosmetically challenged! If anyone is still interested in stories about the pre QM analogue AVO desks I toured them a lot in the early 1980s. Really lovely robust operator's desks, as were the QM500s AVO8 :)

Original production of Chess only had white and red in the squares, it was neon tubes back then. How about cheap LED tape and some decent DMX gear EldoLED for example. Using existing decking system particularly if you can hire it is least painful route. Building lightweight boxes under for lights is pretty easy! Plywood MDF nail/screw gun white paint on inside and gaffertape to solve light leaks. Something to provide diffusion under the floor and all is done! AVO8? Original production of Chess only had white and red in the squares, it was neon tubes back then. How about cheap LED tape and some decent DMX gear EldoLED for example. Using existing decking system particularly if you can hire it is least painful route. Building lightweight boxes under for lights is pretty easy! Plywood MDF nail/screw gun white paint on inside and gaffertape to solve light leaks. Something to provide diffusion under the floor and all is done! AVO8?

Well folks, the desk is in Edinburgh anyone passing this way is welcome to come and play with it. It seems I may even be able to get hold of a manual! AVO8 ?

Well found! I have been hunting unsuccessfully on ebay for a few weeks. I have sent a message asking if they will ship it to me:) Thanks !

Hi I tried that but they all got rid for "safety" reasons eons ago! Cheers AVO8

I recently got an AVO QMTD dating back to the late 1980s early 90s and a pair of dimmer racks of the same vintage. I bought these for nostalgic reasons as back then I was a touring rock and roll designer. I toured the very first AVO QMs and really got on with them. This desk however has much later theatre software and I really can't figure it out from what I remember! The desk I bought started out life with the Doyle Carte opera company and I am rather hoping someone on the forum may have a better memory than me and remember a bit more of the programming of this rather wonderful beast! For the racks I need a set of female camloc mains tails and a set of camloc links to power them up. Although these connectors are readily available in the USA the "safety conscious" UK seems to have replaced these with powersafe types, someone somewhere must have some old camloc tails or connectors that they don't want anymore, I would really like to buy these if anyone has them. They won't be used for real just to get this kit working as a collectors piece! Cheers AVO8