Comments on: ADM Mixers and Consoles of the 1970s and 1980s

By: Ricki Baron

Ricki Baron — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:20:26 +0000

In reply to Steve Parus. Thank you for reminding me of Jerry Johnson. I worked there in 1972 as well. I did engraving for the most part. I also did some work in the machine shop.

By: Ricki Baron

Ricki Baron — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:16:15 +0000

In reply to Paul Zalewski. Hello Paul, I just wanted to say that I also used to work one these consoles. I was there in 1972, if I remember correctly. This was before you worked there. I worked in the engraving and machine shop part of building these. I happen to run across this site when I was looking into weather or not the company was still in existence.

By: Orange Twin

Orange Twin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:33:03 +0000

Hi,
I believe one of these mixing consoles appears in the movie “Phantom of the Paradise.”

By: Mitchell Sigman

Mitchell Sigman — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:17:05 +0000

I know this an old thread, but @Bob Bloom, if you see this, I believe you and your wife were friends with my folks, Rose and Stan Sigman. My dad was sort of peripherally involved with the AMJALAK amp project which you’re probably familiar with (Alan Miller was the brains behind it). I was really young, but I have memories of my dad and Burt Bacher forever bringing new iterations of the AMJALAK setup to our house to “test” them. I don’t know what ever happened to my dad’s AMJALAK setup; he had it for decades. (I still own the Pioneer turntable they had back then though.)

By: Robert James

Robert James — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:13:32 +0000

In reply to Bob Bloom. Bob -- I believe my dad worked for Audio Designs in the early- to mid-1970s (Don James). It was quite a trip to find this page. Pretty sure we had a few of these boards at home!

By: Commodor Barrett

Commodor Barrett — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:10:46 +0000

Is this site still active, March 7, 2023?

I have 5X ADM 780 mic pres racked up along with 3X 1540 EQs and 3 mic pres I believe one model newer than the 780’s (they have 2 IC’s added).

I also have 6 full channel strips of the older 770 ADM’s.

MAN… the SOUND of these things!!! Whooa. I’ve recorded and mixed wtih vintage Neve’s in Muscle Shoals, AL and vintage API’s in Vancouver…. these ADM’s are up there with a glorious lush sound!

I just wish I had bought more of them when I had the chance many years back. I had a chance once to pick up a functioning 24 channel console with 780 mic pres and 540 EQ’s for a $1,000 and let it slip through my fingers. I still regret that after 15 years or so.

I got quite a kick reading through here. All the best to ALL!
Commodor Barrett

By: Thomas Chrapkiewicz

Thomas Chrapkiewicz — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:08:25 +0000

In reply to Gary A Rubin.

Gary Rubin: Please drop me a note: tchrapkiewicz@gmail.com

By: Gary A Rubin

Gary A Rubin — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:35:42 +0000

Great to see the site is still attracting attention. I was around at the beginning of ADM. And Owned and operated Pioneer Recording Studio, on James Couzens Hwy.

By: Gary A Rubin

Gary A Rubin — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:31:55 +0000

In reply to Bob Bloom. Nice to see you still checking back on this site. It is June 7, 2022, and just was scanning the Internet came across this site again. Hope you and the family are doing well.

By: Stephen Egerton

Stephen Egerton — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:16:44 +0000

Hello again, fellow ADM enthusiasts.

I’m fortunate to be coming into possession of an ADM ST100 (not the series II version), which is loaded with three 715 modules, seven 725 modules, two 1545 EQ’s, and two 320 compressors. I haven’t been able to find any info on these input modules. Is anyone here familiar with these, or have schematics for them?

I have schematics for the 1540 EQ, and the 1320 compressor, which I’m hoping will help make sense of them, but on the whole, this console is a very different beast from the 1600 I already have.

Any help would be much appreciated! Best to you all.

Stephen