Minimal mixers

[jnoble]

Reporting back:

I got my TC Helicon Blender today, and my first impressions are really positive. The user interface is better than expected, which is good because this is in practice a 6 X 4 stereo matrix mixer with an additional talkback mic channel and some other functions. Managing all this with some buttons and a single encoder could easily be a trainwreck!

Sound quality seems fine for the intended use, namely plugging in a couple of Volca boxes, a KP2 Mini, and a phone or whatever for sample playback. It has enough grunt on the headphone outputs to drive a pair of IEMs to any level desired.

[casualdecay]

That one is just Tung Oil! She uses Tung Oil or wipe on poly depending on the desired stain / finish

[bloc]

I just completed a stereo send and return 1u module for myself. Works really great as a minimal end mixer with nearness and pico output (the other jacks are on the back of the case)

[rycolos]

Little homemade passive mixer with switches that add in diodes for some half wave rectification.

[yoyosandshoes]

So I did this after going through this thread a number of times - it’s minimal on features but has the specific ones I wanted. Unfortunately size and price aren’t so minimal. I’m loving it so far, sounds amazing and feels like an instrument. I feel that it is a great hub for various live setups

[madeofoak]

here’s the reverb listing

[mattlowery]

I’ve been using an Old Blood Noise Endeavors Signal Blender for a few weeks, and it’s a great little three channel mixer with phase reversal on two channels.

[Versipellis]

Not gonna lie, as a gigging artist seeing all these small form factor mixers with XLR in’s and mic pre’s on a good number of channels makes me die a little inside. It seems like no one’s ever considered tackling the mid-range minimal rotary/short-throw faders market for performers. Something basic like 3-band EQ, aux send/return, headphone PFL/cue, master isolator. The Radius 4 and ART TubeMix come pretty damn close to this, but the Radius is closer towards E&S and Condesa, and the TubeMix has some questionable design choices. But the mid-hundreds around $500 or so? Pretty much nada.

[t3h]

ssl six

[kza]

Just saw this for sale in Germany. Wow. So beautiful!

[lijnenspel]

Pretty! Where did you find this!?

[solaris]

@kza

Just saw this for sale in Germany. Wow. So beautiful!

swiss made, good quality, and beautiful. did you bought it?

edit: maybe too much enthousiasm… a friend (who owned at least a stellavox tape recorder) just told me the build quality on this is far from good, but he didn’t gave me much details.

[kza]

Haha nooo this would feel way over my artistic level still…

[Lord_237]

Uraltone have now come up with a 6 channel expander to the Eurorack Micro Mixer. Looks like you can chain multiple expanders as well.

The combo would give you 10 channels of mixing in 44hp, which is not too shabby. If I understand correctly you could even power them just from the front panel 9V jack, so you could make a DIY case with no need for an Eurorack power supply.

[Mattb]

Not a minimal mixer, I guess, but I was wondering if anyone can ID this fella

[mateo]

The mixer is a Bozak CMA-10-2DL, at the lower right of the picture. The thing with the enormous VUs I’m not sure, but It’s most likely a custom isolator / metering unit, which are common add-ons for these kinds of rotary mixers. Probably two 3 band isolators at the bottom, input VU and gain at the top left, and output vu on the top right.

[musicworm]

that’s right, you can use typical 9v (12v is ok, too) power adapter for effect pedals. if there’s module with only +12v, you can connect 10pin-10pin power cable from from uraltone to module and it will work from power adapter jack. i did it with erica pico logic, even with 9v. also you can add mute buttons easily for each channel (but there’s some bleed).
i have this mixer and it works well. sound is a bit colored, for me it wasn’t problem.

[rycolos]

I’m looking hard at the beautiful Land Devices mixer to use as an outboard mixer for synth stuff. One concern: it’s powered by 9V. What does that mean for outputs fear than 9vpp? Will they get clipped?

[madeofoak]

here’s the reverb listing.

[madeofoak]

here’s the reverb listing.