Big

The Amek Big By Langley is an automated In Line console designed by one of Amek's owners at the time, Graham Langley.

BIG by LANGLEY is nothing less than a revolutionary step
forward for mixing console technology. For the first time ever, the sophistication, flexibility and computer automation found on consoles usually costing fifteen to twenty times the price of BIG are affordable by virtually anyone in the professional audio industry. Features which were the preserve of the elite can now be in your hands. For the price other manufacturers charge for a standard product, we give you not only an In-line console with AMEK-designed signal path, but also Recall and Mix automation . The position of almost every knob and switch on the console can be memorized for later use. Mutes, faders, and some channel switches are automated using AMEK's SUPERTRUE automation software.

BIG takes into account the versatile production environment found everywhere today. Different synchronization requirements, audio for picture, music production, songwriting, multi-source systems combining MIDI-triggered keyboards, tape and hard disk recorders - all can be handled with ease by BIG.

BIG has more audio facilities than the world-famous AMEK
ANGELA, which sold over 500 consoles from its introduction
in 1982. ANGELA's famous equalizer is virtually duplicated in BIG - the fat, punchy low end, clean transparent highs and
accurate, detailed midrange are all retained.

Dual path modules and eq which can be split between both
paths double BIG's capabilities. The standard 28-channel console has 56 paths; the large 44-input console has 88 paths, and, additionally, all versions of BIG have 4 stereo line inputs and 4 stereo effects returns.

So how do we do it? AMEK software has been developed to
run on low-cost, powerful desktop computers . In our opinion, SUPERTRUE software is at least equivalent in power to competing systems which cost much more - so you lose nothing there. Good audio hardware is still relatively expensive, and will remain so for many years What your money buys is the hard part - audio signal path. Careful design, precise value engineering, cost-saving production techniques and 20 years' console building experience have all been brought into play to create BIG. Nothing has been sacrificed or compromised to deliver features for price.

AUTOMATION
The AMEK SUPERTRUE system is used in over 350 installations worldwide. You can take a mix disk from BIG and go to work on an EII\lSTEIN, HENDRIX or MOZART right
now. Basic SUPERTRUE data is upwards or downwards compatible . You can work on an AMEK MOZART-RN designed by Mr Rupert Neve by day and take the disk home
and perfect your mix on BIG by night.

If your work involves sound-to-picture, SUPERTRUE has both SMPTE and MIDI synchronization capabilities. The Cue List allows you to trigger external events - such as sound FX and inusic cues - und internal evenis, such as Mutes or Fades - to 1/4 frame accuracy. If someone recuts the picture, you can easily regroup your Events List to follow it. You can even save multiple versions of the Cue List.

SUPERTRUE also has an extensive off-line editing system, the Mix Processor. Here you can Merge one mix into another, Splice mix data from one part of the mix to another part, time Shift mix data to follow edits, and other time-saving functions which speed production work.

RECALL
BIG has a Recall system which allows you to store the positions of the knobs and switches on the console. You can
recreate a mix exactly by copying the screen ikons to the functions they represent. If you don't want to look, you can listen; BIG's Vocal Recall talks to you and tells you which knob or switch to move next, and when it's reset properly. The rapid scan system only stops at functions which need resetting; if a knob hasn't been moved, you don't have to move it.

If your record company or the video producer asks for a slightly different mix, you don't have to worry about what you did with the console last time . The settings are stored right alongside the mix Title, and you can store up to 10 different console configurations for each Title.