CH Vintage Audio Archives

September 17, 2024

1970s Pink Floyd Mixing Desk Viewings and Book Update

CH Vintage Audio will be displaying a reproduction of Pink Floyd’s quadrophonic surround sound mixing desk at several Australian Pink Floyd concerts in the UK. You will be able to see the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1973/1974 original sound system including the re-creation of the Pompeii and Dark Side of the Moon tour 28 channel into 6 surround mix Allen and Heath Mixer. Audio enthusiasts and those interested in the history of...

Nick Mason with CV Vintage Audio's Chris Hewitt looking over Pink Floyd PA recreation

Pink Floyd News

July 25, 2024

The Secrets Of Pink Floyd’s Quadraphonic PA

Pink Floyd pioneered live surround sound as long ago as the early ’70s. Chris Hewitt has tracked down the ground-breaking PA systems they used at Pompeii and on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour, and rebuilt the custom quad console operated by Alan Parsons. In Sound on Sound’s exclusive video feature, Chris explains how the Floyd created a fully immersive concert experience more than 50 years ago. Dig deeper links – Pink Floyd’s Quad...

Pink Floyd News

July 6, 2024

I’ve Been Mad for Fu***ing Years – Dark Side of the Moon Quote

During the recording process of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album, Roger Waters scribbled down some questions to ask people who he then recorded. You can hear various answers on the album. One of the most noticeable is the “I’ve been mad for fucking years” section during the song Speak To Me as answered by road manager Chris Adamson. This line is spoken by the band’s road manager, Chris Adamson. The song is...