Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?

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Mike Barrs wrote:
> Right now I'm using my Repeater as an inline, downstream effect after my
> Roland VG-88 guitar processor. For various reasons (including the latency
> issue which has been mentioned here), I'd like to try moving the Repeater
> off into a side-chain (parallel) FX signal, instead of running it inline.
> 
> The easy and cheap solution would be a compact horizontal-format mixer 
>with
> two AUX sends per channel (Behringer, Mackie, etc.) But I'm trying to 
>keep
> my rig as compact as possible, and I would prefer doing this with a 
>1-space
> rackmount stereo line mixer.
> 
> One complication here is that I would like a headphone output in the 
>mixer,
> since I've been using the Repeater's headphone jack to monitor practice
> sessions. If I move it off to a parallel FX loop and run it in dry mute
> mode, I won't hear the VG-88 live sound in the headphones.
> 
> I haven't found many candidates so far. Most of the 1u rackmount line 
>mixers
> don't even have FX sends, and the few that do are usually mono sends and
> returns. And very few rackmount line mixers include a headphone jack. 
>Here
> are the options I've found so far in stereo 1u rack line mixers that 
>might
> work:
> 
> Rane SM82 -- full stereo FX loop, but no headphone jack (I'd have to add 
>a
> headphone amp).
> 
> Ashly LX308B -- no FX loop, but it has a headphone jack.
> 
> Whirlwind Mix 6 -- no FX loop, but it has a headphone jack.
> 
> I could use a pair of line splitters ahead of the Ashley or Whirlwind 
>mixers
> to get around the FX loop problem... split the VG-88 stereo signal, send 
>one
> stereo pair to the mixer, the other stereo pair to the Repeater, and 
>bring
> the Repeater's output back into the mixer.
> 
> 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