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- or for a mere three times that amount - get an Onyx 1220:

http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1220/index.html

- mucho better sonics, kind of a baby Crest/Midas - linear faders, good 
sounding bypassable eq with a sweepable mid on the mono channels, nice 
pres, balaced direct outs - even on the stereo channels (on dsub, though), etc.

- makes a decent OTB (outside the box) mixer for DAW stems, too - just add 
an FMR (or better) compressor (RNC, RNLA) and shake well. I got one at the 
end of last year when the $399 FireWire option was a free addition.

- very nice stuff for the money.

Barry S.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Mark <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
> 
> Rather than deal with a matchbox, I would recommend a small mixer.
> Overall, you will get much more value for your money.  I use a Mackie
> 1202 all the time.  Which go for around $175 on the used market.
> It's a matchbox, a mic pre, a headphone amp, a mixer, a feedback
> control for looping effects, etc.  It even does FET distortion and
> has a 2-band EQ.  And unlike a matchbox, when used as an input for
> your filters and other modules, you can control the amount of gain,
> which is very important for what you want to do.