Very glad to see another 5k desk still alive !
(and hello Matthias !)
We should bundle up all 5k info we can get.
Germany : -2
For now, I can tell there are at least 2 5ks in Germany. Pink studio and the one of Matthias.
But I do know there should also be an 80mono channel one somewhere in germany, with 510 implemented in each channel (man, that'll be a powerhungry beast...). That one was for sale on Ebay a few years back. It got sold in one piece, but I don't know where it went.
Originally, there were quite an amount of 5ks sold in Germany.
Austria : -1
In Austria theres a 36 channel broadcast 5k in somebody's homestudio, a collector of synths and stuff. More of a museum than a real studio. This one came originally from the broadcast company in Zurich, zwitserland, who had 3. The other 2 are decommisioned, sold in pieces and the remaining parts are thrown away. A friend of mine bought these at the time, and from him I bought most of the parts of my own console.
UK :..... No idea.
I don't think there's a working 5k left in the UK. But there are a few downsized ones in the UK.
The last original one I know of was for sale through Ebay a few years back. Many channels, but very basic IIRC. It was from a studio in Birmingham, and if memory serves me well, it was for radiostuff, not for musicproduction. It had computerproblems and was not operational anymore at the time of sale, it didn't pass audio anymore due to the defective computer....
France : -1
Studikken studio, added to the list
Italy :...
Not an original one, but a custom thing :
At this moment I'm helping a guy out in italy with building a fairly simple single stereobus summingmixer. I have modified an Amek PSU for the SSL, and I have pre wired the buscards for him. He's currently finishing the wiring for the I/O to the patchpanel. guess it'll be ready soon
4x 505/507/506 + 2x 521/527/506+ 2x 595/506, into 1x 557/506/578. The channels are prewired for use with EQ. Currently the summing is done balanced passive, but in the future we will probably add active summing using the fethybridcards. 2 mono auxes will also be added later on. Currently he has 1x 510 compressor and a 542, but I don't expect it'll take very long before he has eq in all channels.
US - 1
As far as I know, the last 5k in the US is the one of Skywalker Sound. Although I'm not even sure if they still have it... All other 5k's that I know of, are disassembled and sold in pieces....
Australia : 1
Can't recall where, but I know there's a 5k broadcast version in a studio in Australia somewhere.
Netherlands : -1
Only mine, also not an original one and without computer.
Mine is built up from scrap and parts gathered up from all around the world : UK, USA, Zwitserland, Germany, France, Denmark, Ukraine, and Uruguay.
Broadcastversion 5k 14channel. No computer, not even the SL581. I once had many more channels, but I decided to cut it down again. This is the perfect setup for me as I use it along with DAW based recording and mixing.
The channels :
-8 basic stereochannels (SL527+506)
-2 stereochannels with SL521/522/527/506 and 578meter
-4 monochannels 505/542/506/574
-2 monochannels 501/trident EQ (diy)/506/574 .
Subgroups :
3x 524/506/578. One with diy Neumann 492 eq, one with racked Amek BC2 stereo eq, and one with MS/Stereo insert and MS lowcutfilters (18dB /octave, copy of the SL501 filters).
Mainbus is a 552 IMO with my GSSL sidechainmodification.
And a lot of other patchable stuff in the console. 2 Nite 3d eq's, 2x SL510 compressor, 1x 555F TBcompressor, 502 eq, DAW controllers, Amek BC2 micpres, SSL 9k clone pres. SLC72 PPM meter, normal VUs, a bunch of analyzers....
Aux : currently 2 mono., although I used to have 513s and 523s on each channel earlier on. One of these days I'll add again 1 or 2 stereo auxes , but this time using a VCA midi automation along with an SL594 summingmodule. I'll be using the postVCA send lines from the S501 cable from each channel.
So, feel free to add more 5k mohicans !