I've started documenting my project to refurbish my 1990's Soundcraft Spirit Studio 16, for thos who registered interest.

For those unfamiliar, Github is a site devoted to managing source code for software projects, but it has some documentation features. Because I am a sofware engineer by trade, I ...

"The bylaws state that we must be enemies."

Classic! Maybe not enemies, but certainly a passport is needed to breach the borders!

@Adam P - The 32 channel Ghost would have fit in the spare bedroom that serves as my studio but it would have required a stand or some kind of table (which the console did not come with, unfortunately.) Likewise, it would have made other things rather cramped. That, combined with the fact that it ...

Definitely no diss detected, I asked people here for a reason.

As I mentioned, I mainly picked this up to hone repair skills and see whether I'd like having an analog console in my DAW based setup. Prior to this, I was mixerless and have a lot of I/Os in my mostly synth-only setup. Almost every I/O ...

That's the first time that I've heard that they are worse than a Mackie!

Both the Spirit Studio and the Ghost have a monolithic chassis but individual cards, as you state. I serviced one channel so far including a fader, and found it to be straightforward. I am surprised to hear about loose-feeling ...

I am interested in hearing thoughts / opinions on the old 1990's era Soundcraft Spirit Studio consoles (and also perhaps the Ghost.)

While sort of a "Crap or not crap" discussion, I am interested in nuance, and nuance seems forbidden per the "crap/not crap" rules.

I purchased a 16 channel spirit ...