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Re: [Evolver] Re: Poly-evolver keyboard has no mix input

2005-02-15 by Emory Stagmer

You (all) might want to look into an Akai MB76 for this.
It's a MIDI controlled audio mixer/patchbay.  They can
be had off of EBay for about $100 - the last one I saw went
for like $65.  

Emory

--- Miles Bader <miles@...> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:34:49 -0500, Ravi Ivan Sharma
> <sharmalaw1@...> wrote:
> > Other than that, the small behringers for sub $100 are easy to deal with. 
> 
> Hmmm I was hoping there's something that would be possible to
> duck-tape to the back of a polyvolver-kb and ignore -- surely the
> actual _circuit_ is about the size of a quarter (add space for jacks),
> but it looks like that's just not enough stuff for manufs to make a
> profit on... also pretty much everything seems to require a power
> supply.
> 
> Any electronics-types out there?  Is it possible to do this sort of
> thing passively?
> 
> Maybe the PAIA circuit is the best bet, at least then I could easily
> avoid a large clumsy enclosure...
> 
> BTW, those of you wondering why I don't just "use another mixer
> channel":  besides the obvious issue of never having enough channels
> available, I really hate having to fiddle with multiple identical
> settings for what is conceptually a single instrument.  So a
> "submixer" approach seems nice for this -- I thought Dave's idea of
> the mix-input jacks on the poly-evolver was brilliant for this reason,
> but then he had to go and leave it off the keyboard... :-(
> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
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Emory Stagmer
  Executive Producer, UnTied Music & Bass/12string/Keyboards/Windsynth for Ezekiel's Wheel
      http://www.untiedmusic.com
  Baltimore Chapter Coord for CMC 
      http://www.baltimorecmc.com
  Ringmaster for the Christian Music Ring
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