#514

This is a step in an interesting direction. Now if they would make a smaller one…

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#515

Same thing, twice smaller, less channels, and that’s a hard thing to resist. As is, it’s not really the best for solo artists. Also I find the design terrible (as pretty much always with zoom). Hopefuly as Peter puts it, this will become a category.

#516

Zoom mixer/interface/recorders seem super smart. I want a member of this product category that supports multi-channel (quadrophonic, surround, and beyond) audio.

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#517

Interesting! That feature is pretty appealing

#518

This little corner of the Behringer is a masterclass in lean interface design vs the Zoom…
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#519

Came across a guy on reddit who makes custom active matrix mixers. He’s based in Berlin and quoted me 300 eur incl UK shipping for a 4x4 with killswitches, not a bad price for something custom and metal with nice design. He has a flickr and a youtube channel. It’s not a priority purchase for me right now but I figure someone in this thread might potentially be interested!

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#520

More than a masterclass in interface design I think this is a great example of knowing what is important. What I mean is, trying to make something be a thing that it is not usually just ends up creating frustration in the user. The Beringer mixer does not try to make the mixer be a DAW and instead focuses on just doing one thing: recording. Once you have that figured out the rest is a natural consequence, what more do you need to record than a big red button?

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#521

Love his mains-powered giant matrix mixers!

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#522

I know it isn’t a recorder, but the KMI k-mix is a mixer/interface that does multi-channel. No experience with it (yet) though. I feel like a shill because I keep mentioning it to people, but it’s only because I’m super interested in checking one out for myself. :slight_smile:

#523

It does seem to come up repeatedly in these discussions. I didn’t really like my Quneo when I had one, and that’s coloring my perception of KMI products. But maybe k-mix doesn’t suffer from the same issues.

#524

Yeah, I’m kind of on the same page. I’ve liked the KMI stuff I’ve used, but I’ve never loved it. I just feel like I have somewhat less need of built-in recording since with my current set-up I’m pretty bound to my laptop, so I can always just record into my DAW with my interface. For me the KMI (or other mixer/interfaces) are more interesting just as they could replace my current rack-mount interface AND get me more tactile, dedicated physical controls. Typically I just use my Push 2 for those things now, but it’s less direct/immediate since the knobs are modal.

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#525

My Focusrite Scarlett has been giving me problems (or is it the Mac’s USB subsystem? Wish I could tell), and it doesn’t have enough outs. So now I’m thinking about k-mix or MOTU Ultralite AVB (which has a browser-based mixing UI). I wish it were easier to “trial” such things.

#526

Swapped a Scarlett for a Ultralite 4, very happy.

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#527

Yeah, I’m using a Scarlett also, but it’s an 18i20, so I’m pretty good for ins/outs. Haven’t had any issues with it. knock on wood

I think the trial version involves buying it from someplace with a good return policy like Guitar Center or Amazon. :slight_smile:

#528

Not really a mixer as such, but I just picked up one of these
https://www.jdslabs.com/products/177/ol-switcher/

from JDS Labs, a hifi company I hadn’t heard of before that has a nice minimal aesthetic to their products and seemingly a good “reality-based” ethic. (I’m not affiliated.) I’m using it to switch between a turntable and the phones at home. It could just as easily switch / attenuate a couple of things in a live setup.

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#529

That Zoom mixer is actually quite intriguing as it has enough channels to be used in my little studio. The lack of AUX sends was a bit offputting at first, but I reached out to Zoom to check if the 5 headphone outs could be used as sends, and their answer was:

[…] Each headphone output has an individually adjustable mix, so you could use them as aux sends. […]

This could work really well with my incoming 5x5 matrix mixer.

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#530

Though headphone outputs often have a different impedance and in my experience sometimes more problems with noise floor.

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#531

fair point. i’ll probably wait and see what the feedback is once this mixer is actually out and people start using it.

#532

Yeah, that would me my worry too. If there is a way to bypass the headphone amp circuit it could be great mixer though.

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#534

What’s the general opinion on the Mackie vlz mixers here? I would really like to offload some of the mixing work I’m wasting vca’s on at the moment and simplify sending to Octatrack. I’m curious about the EQ’s too, I feel like it would just make me angry looking at all the space taken up by the EQ section in those mixers if they’re garbage.