#287

I thought i saw it mentionned in this thread, but the revox c279 looks interesting (although probably overpriced due to vintage hype and studer kin).

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#288

I think of the three, only the Mackie 1202 has solo; the others (Yamaha, EPM) only have mute, or maybe I’m reading the diagrams incorrectly. Also, the Yamaha is over two pounds heavier (8.8 pounds versus 6.5) and considerably larger in volume than the Mackie 1202 (12 1/8” w x 4 3/4” h x 16 5/8” d versus 10.7" w x 3" h x 11.9" d). Then again, portable means different things to different people. My kid was 7 pounds at birth, so I’m considering that my vaguely rational cutoff. :slight_smile: I’m a weakling.

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#289

I have both a Mackie 802VLZ3 and a Soundcraft EPM12 (same as smaller EPM models but more mono input channels). I use both regularly for live shows. Both have solo, and both use solo for channel level setting.

Both are good mixers for the money, and both handle modular levels gracefully. The Mackie is more of a Swiss Army knife and can do some really nice routing, while the Soundcraft is a workhorse sound reinforcement tool.

I don’t really have any gripes about the Mackie for what it is: I always find a way to make it work with a small channel count. The Soundcraft lacks master send levels, which bugs me, and I wish the inserts could be changed to post-aux send 
 but that’s a sound reinforcement/PA issue most people here won’t have a problem with.

If I had to pick one just for utility use with an electronic music setup 
 I don’t know, probably the EPM6? I don’t like the newest Mackies as much as the previous generation, but I don’t have anything other than cosmetics to go on.

I don’t think any of the Yamahas or A&H’s etc. offer much competition in this class of mixer.

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#291

I’ve also got an 820i that while I like it is just so big and I don’t tend to use the EQ, mutes, solo, even the Aux most of the time.

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#292

I’m really a fan of the design on those modules.

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#293

Thanks. I hadn’t seen those. I was daydreaming yesterday evening — well, evening-dreaming — about what a good small mixer might consist of, and aside from the combined price of these they’re pretty close to what I was imagining. And they’re prettier than I was capable of thinking of.

#294

Yeah they are beautiful but I feel like I could also do without the CV controls and would settle for a simple EQ instead.

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#296

Not a graphic eq, but pretty capable:
http://mutable-instruments.net/modules/shelves

Here’s a graphic eq:
https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1638153

#298

Wow that design. I love it.

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#299

it’s got a spring reverb too, and it’s pretty cheap.

that looks to me like a gem in the rough!

#301

My guess is Sony designed this for karaoke use. You could use the EQ to cut out the vocals in a tape recording and then sing over top of it while applying reverb to your mic.

#302

API 560

Not cheap

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#304

This new medel from Speck is promising!

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#305

Oooh, well spotted!

I didn’t know this was coming. I’m a bit of a Speck fan; was on their site recently, and saw no mention of this.

#306

Just spotted this on Ebay:

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Postage is high though
: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEL-MX-3M-sound-mixer-made-in-Russia-/172472181184?hash=item282824a1c0:g:6fYAAOSwx-9W1X71

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#307

my tiny mix/eq setup :point_down:

http://www.studio1525.com/store/images/00000267.jpg

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#308

Oh they even match! smoker’s teeth grey!

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#309

I think the toppobrillo Stereomix is modeled after the Buchla 227, which is made to be put in the top row of a Buchla case, with the inputs at the bottom, the outputs at the top and the knobs in the middle. Too bad that in euro almost no one has a setup like that.

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#310

Where did you find this? :slight_smile: Google gives me nothing.

I’ve been drooling over XSum (and LiLo) for a long time


#311

More hi end porn.

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