Sela mixer for music?

[Phil Rynhart]

Can anyone tell me if a Sela is suitable for recording music sources,
i'm thinking of buying a 2880bt to use the mic amps as my front end.
Good idea? any words of wisdom please. Phil

[Marc Wielage]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 4:50:42 -0800, Phil Rynhart wrote
(in message >):

> Can anyone tell me if a Sela is suitable for recording music sources,
> i'm thinking of buying a 2880bt to use the mic amps as my front end.
> Good idea? any words of wisdom please.
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The Sela mixers were (unless I'm mistaken) marketed by Nagra in the U.S.
during the 1970s. Their chief virtue, as I remember, was that they could be
battery operated. They were also very well-made and lasted a long time. I
can't recall ever seeing one that was stereo, however; the two or three I
used in the early 1970s were all mono, and were intended to be used with the
Nagra III. They also were designed to fit right underneath the Nagra III
transport, as I recall. On the other hand, I saw an illo on the net that
showed a Sela 2880 being used with a Nagra IVS, and that was definitely
stereo.

While the Sela's mike preamps were very clean and low-noise for the time
(circa 1975), I think there are better ones today. I'd say the newer Shure
mixers (FP-42 & FP-33) are better, and you can get them for a few hundred
bucks on eBay.

--MFW

[Bo Hans?n]

(Phil Rynhart) wrote in message >...
> Can anyone tell me if a Sela is suitable for recording music sources,
> i'm thinking of buying a 2880bt to use the mic amps as my front end.
> Good idea? any words of wisdom please. Phil

Hi Phil,

I can tell what I know about Sela 2880 mixers.

First, this mixers was made by SELA "Svenska Elektronik Apparater AB"
in Stockholm, Sweden.
The first made mixers in the 1960´s was build with old
germaniumtransistor then they use silicon transistors and then
op-amplifiers (ic-circuits).

This mixers have a very good reputation in the film/motion picture
industries through the years.

When SELA start to design with op-amplifiers they use a very early
generation of op-amps like uA-741 and Amelco 805, and they have a very
hard sound with bad Sssss problems.

Maybe this mixer you have find are later version with newer op-amps.

--Bo Hansén, Gothenburg, Sweden