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Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?




A couple of things to consider:
Raven Labs makes a 1/2 rack, single space, battery or AC operated 3 
channel 
(with a 4th stereo input) line mixer/DI, the MDB1, which has a parallel 
aux 
send/return, but no headphone jack.  Very high quality and works great 
with 
loopers.  It is my primary input mixer for my rig. Probably the cleanest 
and 
clearest little mixer I have ever heard.

I have also used a MidiMan MultiMixer6, which is a very small (a bit 
bigger 
than a cassette tape) 6 channle stero line mixer, with a headphone, but no 
fx loop. Since it is discrete stereo L and R you can set the pans to use 
one 
output as a send and return to an open channel.  Very handy and can be 
found 
quite a bit on ebay for around $50.

You could always get the Raven Labs mixer AND a MidiMan mixer and use the 
Midiman just as your headphone amp (I do this in one configuration of my 
rig)

Midiman also makes a MultiMixer 18 (which is discontinued, but also pops 
up 
on ebay quite a bit), which is a very compact "table top"  line mixer, but 
quite small...about the size of a VHS tape..with 18 inputs, 2 parallel aux 
sends/returns, stereo outs and a headphone amp. These run in the $100-150 
ballpark.

These little MidiMan mixers are quite handy, very quiet, with true gain 
control rather than volumes, and very versatile.  I have a couple of them 
that I keep in my gig bag "just in case"..great for running submixers off 
a 
board to DAT or minidisc and such.

Max

>From: "Mike Barrs"

>
>Is there anything else that might work? All these 1u rackmount stereo 
>mixers
>are pretty expensive ($400-$600) compared to the compact Behringer/Mackie
>horizontal format mixers that would do the same job. I thought I'd ask 
>here
>first if there were other options I haven't found.
>
>Thanks!
>
>  ______________________
>  Mike Barrs
>

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