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Dpcoffin@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 6/7/97 9:08:44 PM, James wrote: > > <<I'll be getting an 8-channel submixer soon so > switching between toys will be easier.>> > > I've just seen the DTorn video and got my first glimpse at the mixer > revelation...anyone know if that mixer he uses is still around, or have >any > suggestions for ideal mixers for looping and maximum fx-routing >flexibility? > I've been looking at the Mackie 1604 (all mono) and 3204(?)--with its >stereo > sends, but no pfl, which seems pretty essential. Love to hear any > recommendations/advice/thought/etc....Thanks! Just thoughts, at this juncture: Just after I got my Vortex last winter, I found an Akai MB76 MIDI patch bay in a pawn shop for US$50. Of course, I snatched it up. Believe it or not, I haven't even connected it up yet, for a lot of reasons. But many of those reasons should be vanquished within the next couple months. Then I'll be able to test my thinking, which went something like this: The MB76 has seven inputs and six outputs (duh...), all line level. Two of each will be assigned to the Vortex. Fighting for the remaining five inputs are the stereo outputs of two synthesizers (one triggered by MIDI guitar, the other by MIDI pedal keyboard), the synthetic stereo output of the guitar preamp, the third guitar signal from the yet to be btained second preamp (so I can have both distorted and clean guitar signals, and Vortex either one independently), and the microphone signal from the yet to be obtained mic preamp (for Vortexing vocals, harmonica, yet to be determined acoustic percussion instruments, etc.). Oops-- that's more than five signal sources, isn't it? :-( The output side plays a role in sorting out the inputs: Two channels will feed a Dynaco 35w/channel stereo power amp (the only stereo power amp I have at the moment), and a third could feed an existing mono powered mixer. Dilemma: The pedal keyboard synthesizer could profit most from stereo; the guitar-controlled synthesizer, from Vortexing. Compounding dilemma: The pedal keyboard patches almost always include bass, for which the Dynaco's power capacity is inadequate. I could easily configure the patches with bass on one channel and the higher-frequency layered sounds on the other-- but it's precisely those layered sounds I want to hear in stereo. AAAAAAAAAARGH! I can dispense with the ersatz stereo from the guitar preamp, but I'm truly obsessed with the notion of a distorted guitar solo over a clean guitar loop, and vice versa. I may have to get my old MXR Stereo Chorus fixed, just to use as a pre-preamp signal splitter. I can dispense with the microphone. So now I'm down to two guitar signals, four synthesizer signals, and two Vortex signals fighting for seven inputs. Well, I can run the pedal keyboard synthesizer directly into the mono powered mixer, till I can find/afford a stereo power amp for it... As I said: Just thoughts, at this juncture-- no conclusions! :-) John Pollock mailto:johnpollock@delphi.com http://people.delphi.com/johnpollock (Troubador Tech)