STL Studio 12

You may recall that in an earlier post, I told you how I work for a software house called STL Technologies. We produce software for the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. But we were not always involved in this. STL is an acronym for Sound Techniques Ltd and the original company was born in the 60’s as a manufacturer of mixing desks and studio recording equipment. The studio in Chelsea, London hosted such artists as Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Incredible String Band, The Pentangle, John Martyn, Beverley Martyn, Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, Judy Collins, John Cale, The Yardbirds and The Who. In the 70’s, when the market was no longer a viable place for STL, they diversified into the emerging computer software market and have remained there ever since. The founder, Geoff Frost, still indulges in the music industry with one of our sister companies (Sound Techniques), and produces music tuition DVD’s from our purpose built TV production studio.

Anyway, I received an email from a blog reader called Erik, asking for pics of the Studio 12 Desk that was such a groundbreaking piece of equipment back in the day, so I though I’d share them here. This desk is a dummy, recreated for our head office reception area. Enjoy :o)