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Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?



Sure. As long as you don't need a mic in with phantom power and a 
headphone amp.

Henry

Matthew Wiley wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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