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henry, then Rane SM-82 is the best single space line mixer. period. -matt >From: Henry Heine <henry@bagend.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers? >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:19:54 -0500 > >Check out the Rolls RM203x > >http://www.rolls.com/rollsproducts/ > >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam