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FWIW, I've given a rundown on the Simmons 1U mixer before (check the archives). I've got four of these and they work great. And they seem to be going for a *lot* less than I paid for mine... :P There's a (super)cheap one on Ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2558937753&category=23785 -c- At 06:01 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, wavelet wrote: >I've been using a Ashly single space 8 channel, and it is a very >versatile mixer but it lacks sends/returns. It is basically >a broadcast mixer but it has great fidelity and stereo/mono >capability. MX308 is the model, but it may have been replaced. >It isn't in my rack at the moment because it is on loan but >I've had noting but positive experiences with it. > >My other rack mixer is an Alesis 12r but it is 3 spaces, not one. > >Pete > >On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 17:27 US/Eastern, Henry Heine wrote: > >>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 >>>> >>>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! >>>http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam >> >> > -- Duke Sexton Field Services Region Manager - Western Region F5 Networks 773.338.2379 (w) 773.580.7439 (c) d.sexton@f5.com