Is ANYBODY still using an AMS Audiofile

[Betsy Harmatz]

Hi–i am a current Audiofile user and read your post. If you decide to sell off your SC, please please contact me and we’ll try to work something out. i hope to continue working on an Audiofile, for the very reasons you mentioned. Please be in touch. thanks–betsy/BH Audio/Baltimore, MD.

ps. my contact info is: bhaudio@comcast.net
studio: 410-486-0555 cell: 443-831-1987

many thanks–b

[Mike Reddick]

Hello Richard!

I am good thanks. Nice to hear from you.

It’s been a year since I left AMS now so I might be out of touch with current developments but as regards the AudioFile SCX most recent platform I was involved with, the upgrade actually replaces your entire SC computer and 8U mainframe with a single 4U box which contains the PC motherboard and the proprietery AMS SCX hardware. This single box countains hard drives and connects to the Spectra controller.
The I/O is solely MADI on the rear of the unit.

The early SCX upgrades attempted to retain the 8U mainframe and replace the PC motherboard and much of the hardware in the mainframe with the SCX hardware. This turned out to be much to complex to do in the field and I came up with the idea of housing everything in a single 4U box. So – whilst it is called an “upgrade”, in fact you replace everything except the Spectra. Having said that, it was priced quite reasonably considering what you were getting.

Some of the latter improvements to this platform included using Solid State drives instead of SCSI and also including a Blu-ray burner.

Mike

[Mike Reddick]

Hi Betsy,

Glad to know you got some help in the end. I’m now working for an English company called Calrec who manufacture digital audio consoles aimed primarily at the broadcast market. Actually I will be at the NAB on the Calrec booth 🙂

Best regards,

Mike

[Peter Groom]

HI Mike. Just thought Id pop up and say hi. Seems all is good at Calrec. Is Dave Somers well too?
Peter Groom

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Mike Reddick]

Hello Peter,

Nice to hear from you! I’ve not seen or heard from Dave since AMS made him redundant a few years ago but I did hear that he was working for the BBC.

Mike

[Peter Groom]

HI Mike
Thats a pity. You were close co workers on the audiofile development for a long time.
No doubt ill see you at a show etc sometime
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer