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Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?
FWIW, I've given a rundown on the Simmons 1U mixer before (check the
archives). I've got four of these and they work great. And they seem to
be going for a *lot* less than I paid for mine... :P
There's a (super)cheap one on Ebay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2558937753&category=23785
-c-
At 06:01 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, wavelet wrote:
>I've been using a Ashly single space 8 channel, and it is a very
>versatile mixer but it lacks sends/returns. It is basically
>a broadcast mixer but it has great fidelity and stereo/mono
>capability. MX308 is the model, but it may have been replaced.
>It isn't in my rack at the moment because it is on loan but
>I've had noting but positive experiences with it.
>
>My other rack mixer is an Alesis 12r but it is 3 spaces, not one.
>
>Pete
>
>On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 17:27 US/Eastern, Henry Heine wrote:
>
>>Sure. As long as you don't need a mic in with phantom power and a
>>headphone amp.
>>
>>Henry
>>
>>Matthew Wiley wrote:
>>>henry,
>>>then Rane SM-82 is the best single space line mixer. period.
>>>-matt
>>>>From: Henry Heine <henry@bagend.com>
>>>>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>>>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>>>Subject: Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?
>>>>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:19:54 -0500
>>>>
>>>>Check out the Rolls RM203x
>>>>
>>>>http://www.rolls.com/rollsproducts/
>>>>
>>>>Mike Barrs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Right now I'm using my Repeater as an inline, downstream effect after
>my
>>>>>Roland VG-88 guitar processor. For various reasons (including the
>latency
>>>>>issue which has been mentioned here), I'd like to try moving the
>Repeater
>>>>>off into a side-chain (parallel) FX signal, instead of running it
>inline.
>>>>>
>>>>>The easy and cheap solution would be a compact horizontal-format
>mixer
>>>>>with
>>>>>two AUX sends per channel (Behringer, Mackie, etc.) But I'm trying to
>keep
>>>>>my rig as compact as possible, and I would prefer doing this with a
>>>>>1-space
>>>>>rackmount stereo line mixer.
>>>>>
>>>>>One complication here is that I would like a headphone output in the
>>>>>mixer,
>>>>>since I've been using the Repeater's headphone jack to monitor
>practice
>>>>>sessions. If I move it off to a parallel FX loop and run it in dry
>mute
>>>>>mode, I won't hear the VG-88 live sound in the headphones.
>>>>>
>>>>>I haven't found many candidates so far. Most of the 1u rackmount line
>>>>>mixers
>>>>>don't even have FX sends, and the few that do are usually mono sends
>and
>>>>>returns. And very few rackmount line mixers include a headphone jack.
>Here
>>>>>are the options I've found so far in stereo 1u rack line mixers that
>might
>>>>>work:
>>>>>
>>>>>Rane SM82 -- full stereo FX loop, but no headphone jack (I'd have to
>add a
>>>>>headphone amp).
>>>>>
>>>>>Ashly LX308B -- no FX loop, but it has a headphone jack.
>>>>>
>>>>>Whirlwind Mix 6 -- no FX loop, but it has a headphone jack.
>>>>>
>>>>>I could use a pair of line splitters ahead of the Ashley or Whirlwind
>>>>>mixers
>>>>>to get around the FX loop problem... split the VG-88 stereo signal,
>>>>>send one
>>>>>stereo pair to the mixer, the other stereo pair to the Repeater, and
>bring
>>>>>the Repeater's output back into the mixer.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there anything else that might work? All these 1u rackmount stereo
>>>>>mixers
>>>>>are pretty expensive ($400-$600) compared to the compact
>Behringer/Mackie
>>>>>horizontal format mixers that would do the same job. I thought I'd
>ask
>>>>>here
>>>>>first if there were other options I haven't found.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> ______________________
>>>>> Mike Barrs
>>>>
>>>>
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>
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