Minimal mixers

[GrantB]

I once visited the house of some indie rockers in Seattle and in the living room they had a little setup with the white EM90 sitting on the matching white Yamaha PA speakers and a matching custom white Yamaha S2000 (ES335).

YAMAHA EM-90 Vintage Mixer & Spring Reverb & Analog Rhythm Box Sound Check

[argnt]

Got this €25 / $25 / £25 mixer on Amazon a couple of weeks ago. 4 stereo inputs (each with mono switch), 5V DC power via microUSB. Sounds fairly good, volume isn’t impressive but it’s quiet and very portable!

Comes in 4, 6 and 8 channels configurations.

https://amzn.com/B08393DLGV

[instantjuggler]

Thanks for sharing this one! Can you tell me what this is on the mixer in your photo? I didn’t see it on the Amazon images-

[argnt]

It’s a thumb screw for grounding wires. I think some old stereo systems had that…

[argnt]

Oh I recommend getting better D-type knobs or painting the grooves on these because they are completely black

[jlmitch5]

wow that was an incredible demo video of this thing!

[Ithacus]

$600??? I have a Yamaha EM-90 sat in the loft unused…Maybe time to list it

[scttcmpbll]

Look at this beauty, via this ebay auction:

[joshuaandrew]

I want to be in a band where this is my only instrument.

[slowsounds]

a thought popped in to my head the other day about using cheap headphone distro mixers and I’m wondering if anyone else has tried it… unfortunately I don’t have one already on hand but maybe its worth picking one up to try

using headphone distributors as a sort of extra-aux or buffered mult with attenuators. I’m guessing there is probably some sort of signal level issue here, and I highly doubt any of these little headphone mixers are coupled to pass CV, though that would be extra great if one happened to. at minimum though I was thinking it could be handy for situations like where one maybe isn’t using a mixer of doesn’t have a buffered mult so you could route an audio signal around to different destinations at different levels without so much loss, say when using a semi-modular(s). also possibly very handy for making complex and dynamic feedback paths.

[soysos]

I spent so much time running my modular thru “dirty/color/character” mixers that I never tried running induvidual voices thru my Schertler Arthur 48.
Wooooooow, it sounds amazing! I know it’s not compact or inexpensive, but it’s great. Plus as an extra bonus, the super clean preamps actually dirty up nicely.

[hermbot]

Oh good lord, I didn’t know modular mixers were a thing… probably shouldn’t have found that out.

[emenel]

Having looked at that mixer many times over the years, this is the first one I’ve actually seen in use. How do you like it?

[soysos]

It’s really good actually. Pre-amps are super clean, clear and fast. EQ set is a bit oddly voiced, but very useful, with an addition very effective 2 frequency notch filter. I have a crazy story as to how I got introduced to Schertler thru a random chance meeting with a multi grammy winning jazz engineer and mixer in Panama City. The main thing I was missing when I sold my 500 series stuff was the transformer vibe I was getting with my API 512c and Neve clone, but a bit after I got a nice deal on the Warm Audio 4 channel thing and I was good.

[2197]

not sure if it’s been mentioned here, but i just saw that intellijel released a new 2 stereo channel 1u mixer: Intellijel Stereo Mixer 1U - Eurorack Module on ModularGrid
i don’t have 1u row, but this seems like a really nice combo with their mixup module. am i understanding it correctly that one could connect the mixup to 1u stereo to the balanced stereo out on intellijel cases, all on the back panel with 3 pin cables?

[desolationjones]

If you put a figure-8 rubber band on it, it’s a stereo crossfader!

[crunchydrums]

Had a 2hp TXn come in today. Literally perfect, no complaints. The arrangement of the jacks is so innovative.

[anxietymachine]

I love using the TXn. I put it in an Acid Rain 3u to 1u converter, and now it sits horizontally and is so intuitive.

[Cementimental]

Yamaha Sessioncake (sessioncake sounds like the name of an AI-generated fake brand on amazon, but ok) looks cute

[charlieroberts]

this is really cool, thanks for posting. the SC-2 seems like it would be absolutely perfect for a laptop ensemble, for example, or a bunch of people jamming on volcas… you could get an 8-person monitoring system for a little over $150. Anybody used one of these and have an opinion on it?