#226

I’m sure. I was just referring to the machining and finish work. Look closely: the slider slots look hand cut, graphics are misaligned in places, spacing to side of face plate isn’t uniform around the edges, etc. A prototype. Obviously, the final product will be up to their standard.

#227

I’m thinking that’s a 1. Which is exciting

#228

Definitely how Germans write a “1” (I should know).
199,- is an amazing price for this.

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#229

I saw it at machines in music. Insanely capable and small.

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#230

Why would Koma need or want to put this on Kickstarter? Why not just make it part of their line?

#232

Ah. Interesting perspective. I wouldn’t have known. Thanks for that.

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#233

Also that it is a fairly niche product (even in the world of modular synth enthusiasts).
Plus, a lot of companies are using crowdfunding as a way of advertising and building hype over a product in addition to getting some production costs covered. See Lomography As an example. They do a kickstarter for practically every new product they release.

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#234

I was just about to add a photo of the Toppobrillo. I just took delivery of one. Frankly I never wanted an end mixer within my eurorack system as I have Mackie mixers which have plenty of headroom for +10 and they are cheap and fine. But I have a commission coming up and it must be standalone… so, after looking at all the options I bought this. It’s lovely. Very solid feeling, playable and pretty sensibly laid out. My only beef would be that my brain says level should be at the bottom and aux send should be at the top…

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#235

I’m guessing it’s overkill for you but the WMD Performance Mixer is awesome.

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#236

I thought the same thing about the layout!

still no perfect mixer in eurorack.

#237

Yes, it’s fantastic looking, but indeed, overkill for me.

#238

I don’t think this has come up, and the price is far from minimal, but anyone using the K-Mix from Keith McMillen?

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I’m not sure about the dimensions. They’re not in the tech specs:

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#239

hi Marc, I tried it for a while - and really wanted it to work as the balance of rugged + interface + MIDI controller + surround processing seemed to answer all of my needs. In the end, the faders never were smooth enough for me, the headroom on the preamps gave me troubles (even though they’ve put out videos showing that the preamps are great, I found them to very easily distort with minor changes in input). I’m also not great at menus and you had to be good at keeping track of what parameters you’re actually changing. I did meet a student at Berklee who was a wiz with it and loved it but I couldn’t get there.

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#240

Thanks very much. Your experience meets my pre-impression. I’m still coming up to speed with the unique physicality of the QuNexus.

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#241

9.3" x 6.4" x 1.6"

It was in the R.A. review.

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#242

Ah, thanks. That’s what I get for skipping to the end of the review after reading the first paragraph. :slight_smile:

#243

So trying to keep mixers more-or-less minimal, I’m trying hard to find a mixer with the right functionality but with a small enough footprint and would love hints if anyone knows of something.

Basically need to find one with minimum 8 channels (preferably 3 band eq+pan+mute, 2 aux sends, master - the usual) - but what I really want to see on here is dedicated per-channel direct outs (post-fader or assignable post/pre) beyond the master outs. Being able to do quite extensive multichannel set ups and also recording directly to interface from the outs.

I haven’t been able to find something like that in anything smaller than basically a Mackie 1604 and they’re far too large.

Any ideas?

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#244

I’m thinking that it’s possible that manufacturers have abandoned this niche of the market to the DAWs. So, audio interface + MIDI controller is the closest I can imagine for this kind of functionality in a small footprint. But if I’m wrong about that, I think a lot of us would love to know.

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#245

Boy…that’s going to be tough. That combination of features is putting it in genuinely pro category, and if it needs to be smaller than a 1604…I don’t know…tough.

Toft comes to mind, but their smaller mixer only has 4 in, and it’s still no less deep front to back than a 1604. Maybe poke around some of the other high end manufacturers, but budget will explode. Rupert Neve offers something possibly useful I think; Speck is probably physically too big, but features-wise their mixers are ace for mostly line level work. Aurora might have something, but these are putting you in five figure devices. I figure that’s not what you want.

I seem to recall Soundcraft and Allen & Heath offering some interesting smaller mixers. Might have a look at them too.

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#246

agree - i think a motu 828 mk3 would do all that?