[sdiy] [OT] great little mixer?? (was: Behringer MX1804)

[Rude 66]

don't know about all the specs, but as mentioned allen & heath, hill make
nice mixers too.. tascam.. but most of these might be too big for you,
though i remember the hill i used once as pretty small..
with mixers it still seems to be 'the bigger the better'..

ruud


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To: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
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Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: [sdiy] [OT] great little mixer?? (was: Behringer MX1804)


>
> >> > I'm surprised how many people who knock the Behringer mixers,
>
> It doesn't surprise me at all :)
>
> >my mixer is my main instrument, and especially use a lot of eq to beef
> >>things up sometimes. a decent large analogue board can be had for
peanuts
> >>these days, and sounds infinitely better than a behringer, cheap mackie
> >>(the new 1604 vlz pro does osund good) or spirit.
>
> Since we are already off topic (unless this leads me to building my own
> mixer :)  I'm looking to buy a compact mixer with at least 10 channels,
> tape/line switches, mutes, solo, 4 aux sends, four buses, and a decent
> monitor section.
>
> Any suggestions??  Since I am selling my Mackie 24*8, I want to get
> something that sounds better than a Mackie.  Money isn't the issue.  The
> issue is space.  I am selling a pile of gear to turn around and buy more
> powerful, more expensive, gear that takes up less space.  I'm also
planning
> to sell my 1963 4-ch tube mixer which is 3U and weighs a ton.
>
> I considered the TL Audio 8-ch "tube" mixer, but it is way too thick (or
> tall, or however you want to say it) to sit on a desk, only has 2 aux
> sends, and the whole tube thing is way too gimmicky -- it only uses 5 dual
> triode tubes (12AX7) for the whole board (one triode stage for each of the
> 8 inputs, and one on each output).
>
> The ideal solution would be a $20K wristwatch, kind of like Dick Tracy,
> that I could hold against my forehead, think about the track, and the cd
> would pop out of my shirt pocket :)
>
> The system will likely be a TiG4, MH Mobile i/o, 909, Prophecy, 1600x, one
> rack of effects, a few non-rack vintage gizmos, and a big flat motm system
> mounted vertically (and you though RPG made expensive diffusers :)  The
> trouble is that I can't seem to find the right mixer.  Any ideas??  The
> import thing is that it has enough bypass caps ;)
>
>
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