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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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