REDD.17 desk (1950s)

The heart of any studio is the mixing desk. Usually the most
complex and powerful item used when recording, it routes the
signals, changes tone, volume, panning and allows the engineer
great control over all sonic elements of a session. One of EMI's
greatest designs is the REDD.17, the first of a powerful series of
valve mixing desks. The later versions of these REDD desks, the
REDD.37 & REDD.51, were used on many of the recordings made
at the studios during the 1960s.

The REDD desks were sleek and powerful for the time, designed to
be used as either portable or permanent installations. Four of these
REDD.17 desks were built and usedd for remote recording all over
the world, as wel as in various mixing rooms at Abbey Road
Studios.

REDD stands for Recording Engineering Development Department.