those look cool stumbled across one on ebay last time I was hunting for a cheap no-input workstation
the small footprint makes this seem like an ergonomic nightmare tho
late response to your initial post, but i often move more then one fader at a time during live performances. moving more then one knob at once scares me to no end, but i also was never a dj and have worked behind consoles for a very long time.
Thatâs not me should be able to hit him up on twitter his handle is Peter_Speer. He posts a ton of really cool stuff there.
http://www.varia-instruments.com
Hereâs a nice rotary. Not sure I like the stepped top for performance, but a great design.
This looks like a beautiful mini-console for a studio, but agreed itâs a bit unsuited for live performance. VU meters just donât scream âeasy to read while tipsy in a dark clubââŚ
Agreed! Stunning mixer, reportedly also sounds ultra warm. Funny how a friend of mine brings his one to every dj gig. Not the most portable object⌠Passion
Just stumbled upon this beauty! Uher A-122
Also have do matrix mixers also count as minimal? Having a lot of fun with this one at the moment. 32 VCAâs included
A collection of rotary/boutique mixers on djtechtools:
that alpha mixer looks v cool w/per channel filtering. fx send knobs could be bigger.
but $3,650?! surely itâs feasible to build something like this that still feels quality but steps away from the audiophile grade circuity (ICs and SMD vs discreet circuitry) while still sounding great?
You should be able to build any small mIxer like that for $500. From what I hear the hard part is setting up your circuits to eliminate noise and crosstalk. I brt you could replicate it smt and no one would be able to tell the difference.
Yeah, the $ numbers in that article just astound me. I had no idea DJing was about to exceed hedge fund manager as a high income vocation.
Lol yeah. I posted it before reading the prices. Madness!
They are beautiful objects though. Would love to have one for a fraction of the price.
Wow that alpha mixer looks great indeed! Are there actually similar open hardware/diy mixers out there?
Lots of DIY VCAs on electro-music.com. Probably some mixers too, but a very quick search returned too many results to be useful. Their forum is great though.
Searching for âmixerâ on muffwigglerâs music DIY forum returned a lot of results as well.
found a site this morning with tons of circuits and pcbs. hereâs a state variable crossover circuit (mono)
http://sound.westhost.com/project148.htm
and here is a full module by module breakdown on building a quality mixer: http://sound.westhost.com/project30.htm
Well if I were to Dj for corporate events like the guys do for Microsoft out here⌠2-5 grand per gig. Just play the hits donât even think of being creative. Maybe the DJ bubble will burst soon like the tech industry har harâŚ
Iâm clearly working in the wrong part of the tech industry.
Hopefully you still have your soulâŚ
