#575

Those volume controls! Am I interpreting them correctly: zero volume at the top… fading up in volume as you pull them down… and then a hard mute if you go all the way down? I’m imagining some lovely feedback as you hit the top volume and resistance as you pull it down to mute.

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#576

I think this is quasi-on-topic enough to mention here. The new Disquiet Junto communal music project this week involves a conceptual matrix mixer:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0309-military-matrix-mixer/

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#577

old school BBC tech from the mirror world ; i had only heard about it till now, first time i see a photo.

#578

All BBC mixing desks for radio used to have pull down faders… I still think they are the ‘right way’ to do faders…

the design was so that if there was an issue with the studio manager or on the desk, it all shut channels would be as far away as possible… so someone tripping into the desk would not knock everything off the back stop.

I also feel that opening a channel by bringing forefinger to thumb is a much more elegant design…

#elegantweaponforamorecivilisedage

EDIT: the jacks are probably bantam jacks though…

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#579

As I was also looking for a minimal mixer for my live setup and didn’t exactly find anything small enough I decided to build one this week. This is a very basic buffered mixer with 6 mono ins and 1 mono out. I am planning on building a slightly larger one next with built-in pre-amps for my kalimbas, a basic eq section for those, one auxiliary bus and some mute buttons.

Here are a couple of shots of the first one:

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#580

Super nice!
Well done!

#581

Here’s a passive matrix mixer I made recently. It’s mostly intended for mixing pedal effects. The interface and signal boards are separate, and I’m going to design compatible active and MIDI-capable boards to replace the passive sections as needed. Clearly Monome-inspired, so I figured it was appropriate to share here!

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#582

Can anyone ID this little box? My searches for MX-6 come up with a lot of different, bigger products :thinking:

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#583

The Rexer Mx-6

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#584

Interesting… Thanks!

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#585

sign me up if you decide to share those as DIY projects!

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#586

Have we already done the Sony MX-650 and the Electro Harmonix MX-3M?

(Could someone write a python script to do google image searches for “MX” + number and evaluate the resulting images against the rest of this thread, to find new and undiscovered minimal mixers in the wild?)

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#587

I’d not heard that explanation - the one I heard was that it was a better metaphor: you ‘draw’ the sound out of the speakers/stage towards you; the more you pull it out, the louder it is. Which I liked. Your explanation is more practical, tho…

#588

LOVE this design
if you make a limited run I might cave

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#589

I love these kinds of knobs ^^

#590

I ended up going with the Hikari Atten-Mixer. Doesn’t have many bells and whistles, but it’s hard to beat 7 channels in 8hp. It’s worked out great so far.

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#591

Bought a Sony MX650 for $20 bucks on eBay after seeing this post.

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#593

Oooo the uraltone tube sounding mixer has been eurofied.

http://en.uraltone.com/kits/studiolaiterakennussarjat/uraltone-euro-rack-series-tube-sounding-micro-mixer-rakennussarja.html

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#594

They’re selling this li’l gem where I work if anyone was interested:

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#595

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I get a lot done with these two. Definitely helps having the pair, but this is in no way a minimal solution. Leaves quite the footprint. I do like the option of using both rotaries and faders depending on the application.

I think my biggest wish for these would be having an extra alt output on each. I use the Alt 3-4 out as a send… Would love it if there was an Alt 5-6.

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