Re: Rackmount 1-space stereo line mixers?

[Henry Heine <henry@bagend.com>]

I have thought of doing just what you describe. When used as a 
stand-alone is there any eq on the inputs? Any FX or dynamic processing? 
Please say yes.

Henry

Steve Ginn wrote:

>One alternative that I am working with now is the new MOTU 828 Mk II.  It
>has 10 discrete ins (which include 2 XLR's with built in pres and 48v
>phantom power and their own individual inserts) and 8 outs (on top of all
>the ADAT and SPIDF digital I/O's).  The cool thing is that even though it 
>is
>created as a firewire recording interface it also has the capability to
>operate as a standalone digital mixer with 4 separate busses which sort of
>act like a matrix mixing system.  You can bring in a series of inputs and
>output those to any of the outputs for processing, then bring that 
>effected
>signal back into a different bus, etc., etc.  It also has a headphone jack
>on the front and you can even assign the headphone as the output for one 
>of
>the mixes which could act as your own personal monitor mix.  All this can 
>be
>programmed and set from the PC or Mac, but can be modified right from the
>front (volume, routing, panning, etc.) of the unit without any computer
>hooked up.  I am still trying to work it into my system as my main mixer 
>and
>so far its looking pretty promising.  The final nice thing is that it is a
>single rack space unit!
>
>Regards,
>Steve Ginn
>
>
>On 9/19/03 9:10 PM, "Mike Barrs" <mbarrs@nightviewer.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>>From: wavelet [mailto:wavelet@petebrunelli.com]
>>>
>>>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.
>>>      
>>>
>>I think the current model is the Ashly LX 308B, 8 stereo pairs, but the 
>main
>>thing is it has a headphone jack with a separate level control. That's 
>the
>>one I'm still leaning towards, since I need the ability to kill the main
>>outputs and listen to just headphones when I practice. I need the 
>headphone
>>jack more than I need the full stereo FX loop feature I was looking for. 
>It
>>seems to be impossible to get both those features in the same 1u line 
>mixer.
>>
>>Thanks again to everyone for the feedback!
>>
>>Mike Barrs
>>
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