#638

thanks for confirming Marcus!

#639

Has anyone fooled around with the KOMA Poltergeist?

#640

Sorry for the NAMM spam, but this one is a long time coming.

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#641

I havenā€™t seen anywhere that describes what the ā€œwidthā€, ā€œdynamicsā€ and ā€œspeedā€ knobs do. Any idea?

#642

I donā€™t quite understand why youā€™d build in speakers on a mixer for devices with built in speakersā€¦

#643

Because you want the output to be only the mix? As opposed to hearing all the devices all the time.

#644

fair enough :blush:

I have a Volca Beats that I like quite a lot, but the speaker doesnā€™t do a lot for me. I suppose if I were content to listen through built in speakers, I would just ā€œmixā€ with the volume knobs on the individual devices. Maybe other users will find the speakers useful, but at first glance Iā€™d personally rather have just about anything else (another channel, more EQ, MIDI/sync input, etc.) rather than 2 tiny speakers.

#645

But this one has two puny speakers :wink:

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#646

Oh man. That is really tempting as an external modular mixer. :open_mouth: Thatā€™s a lot of good utility in one place. I wish those DC outs for the other units were on the side.

#647

It looks like it has basic analog effects built in, a stereo expander and a compressor: http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/volca_mix/

WIDTH knob: This knob sets the amount of stereo width provided by the STEREO EXPANDER.
DYNAMICS knob: This knob sets the amount of level reduction applied by the COMPRESSOR.
SPEED knob: This knob sets the response speed of the COMPRESSORā€™s envelope follower.

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#648

Cool. Thatā€™s all useful stuff :slight_smile:

#649

Damn, that Volca Mixer looks niceā€¦ It could definitely replace the small mixer I use for live performances (not that I play live often these days :pensive:).

#650

Three channels does seem a funny numberā€¦ especially since adding a forth might encourage people to buy another Vocla.

#651

It will perhaps have the same problem as the Field Kit, i.e. that you have to attenuate all the signals coming from the modular or it will totally distort.

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#652

Bugbrand active matrix mixer!

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#653

wow gotta have that volca mixer.

my main hangup with smaller mixers is that I like an aux channel for my El Cap, this thing looks just perfect. love the lil speakers too. I guess the power chaining for other Volcas will be lost on me but thatā€™s a small price for a small mixer at a small price (with internal fx?).

start the complaints about no 1/4" out.

#654

Itā€™s been mentioned here before, but - if you donā€™t need the Volca power, consider the PBMIX3ā€¦ though oddly, it seems to have disappeared from the PatchBlocks siteā€¦

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#655

I think Thomann still have it in stock.

#656

shipping from Thomann to the US puts it over the price of the volca with less features. the stereo 3-4 channel on the volca is great for me and if there is a tame, transparent/mellow reverb internal effect iā€™m cool. weā€™ll what happens when that mixer hits the streets and gets put through some paces ofc

#657

Not crazy about the aesthetics, but the feature set is pretty sweet!
Wish the inputs were in a different place to leave more room for the send knobs.

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