Malcolm Toft - Trident Mixers

Malcolm Toft gives a fascinating insight into his career, from building his first mixing desk at age 17, being part of the team at the launch of the iconic Trident Studios, where he recorded Elton John, Queen and David Bowie, to setting up his own recording studio in Devon where he continues to design and manufacture music equipment. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:25 - First Encounters With Recording Equipment 04:12 - Getting A Recording Studio Job 07:46 - The Launch Of Trident Studios 17:48 - Designing And Building Trident Consoles 25:41 - Setting Up Malcolm Toft Associates 30:29 - A New Studio And Working With Jo Meek 33:28 - Designing The Toft Audio Console for PMI 36:52 - Ocean Audio And The Punishr 40:57 - Current Projects Malcolm Toft Biog Professor Malcolm Toft is a legendary recording engineer and console designer with over 50 years experience in the recording industry. Malcolm joined Trident Studios in 1967, first as an Engineer, becoming the Studio Manager in 1971. He recorded David Bowie’s Space Oddity album and mixed The Beatles’ single Hey Jude. He also recorded James Taylors' first album, plus three albums with T-Rex. In 1973 he founded renowned console manufacturer Trident Audio Developments, which became a leading company in the recording industry supplying top recording studios across the world. His consoles are still widely used and are highly regarded for their depth of sound and warmth. In recent years Malcolm has designed and built a range of replacement energy-efficient power supplies for SSL and Neve consoles under his Mpower systems brand. Paul White Biog Paul White initially trained in electronics at The Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern then went on to work with Malvern Instruments, a company specialising in laser analysis equipment, before moving into technical writing. He joined the Sound On Sound team in 1991 where he became Editor In Chief, a position he held for many years before recently becoming Executive Editor. Paul has written more than 20 recording and music technology textbooks, the latest being The Producer’s Manual. Having established his own multitrack home studio in the 1980s he’s worked with many notable names including Bert Jansch and Gordon Giltrap. He’s played in various bands over the years and currently collaborates with Malvern musician Mark Soden, under the name of Cydonia Collective. Paul still performs live claiming that as he has suffered for his music he doesn’t see why everyone else shouldn’t too! Catch more shows on our other podcast channels:

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Malcolm Toft - Trident Mixers is an episode from People & Music Industry by Sound On Sound Ltd.

This episode is 51:41 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2025.

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