ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Malcolm Toft started his career in the late 1960's as a recording engineer and was the first engineer
to be employed at the famous Trident Recording Studios in London. Among his credits are the
recording of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' album, James Taylor's first album and three albums with
T-Rex. He was also the mixing engineer on the Beatles 'Hey Jude' single.
In 1972 Trident studios decided to buy a new recording console and Malcolm was able to convince
the owners that they could in fact build one themselves. From this idea was born Trident Audio
Developments Ltd, which went on to become a leading manufacturer of music recording consoles.
One of the company's earliest advertising slogans was 'designed by recording engineers for
recording engineers'. This became a key component of what made the 'Trident Sound' unique. As a
recording engineer rather than an electronics engineer, Malcolm has always designed with his ears
rather than a text book and it is this coupled with over thirty years experience that has enabled him to
develop his own 'philosophy of sound' that is his trademark.
The Series 80B rack unit is derived from the legendary Series 80 Consoles designed by Malcolm in
the late 1970's. It incorporates an exact replica of the mic preamp and equaliser design that gave the
original console its unique sound. These consoles have been used to record just about every major
artist in the past three decades, including Elton John, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Rod Stewart and
Stevie Wonder to name but a few. More recently they have been used to record artists such as
Radiohead and Pavarotti.
The Trident Audio Developments Series 80B rack unit therefore brings with it a historic pedigree
but what excites Malcolm tremendously, is the fact that he is able to offer his designs at a price that is
now affordable to the smaller studios and home recordists.
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