Compact mixers for submitting to FOH

depuratumba · 2022-10-15T20:57:05.911Z

TC Helicon Blender if you don’t mind mini trs. Six stereo channels, battery powered, compact, 169 USD.

dhunterrr · 2022-10-15T21:29:58.811Z

That TC Helicon Blender looks truly bonkers! But the specs are good.

obscurerobot · 2022-10-15T21:34:18.097Z

Mackie 1202 or 802 are both worth considering. Bigger than the TX-6, but much much less expensive. I would not be happy if a beer was poured into my 1202, I would probably be livid if someone poured a beer into a TX-6.

dhunterrr · 2022-10-15T21:48:38.330Z

Yes I’m looking at those Mackies too. Shame they don’t have a usb out. Therefore looking at Behringer Xenyx range.

Edit: Mackie profx has usb

Meriphew · 2022-10-16T00:49:00.581Z

knobgoblin:

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This looks the best so far for my needs. I own several pieces of Radial gear already, and agree with you on being rock solid.

slawa_soloma · 2022-10-16T06:36:23.586Z

Behringer Flow 8 Enters the Chat

sezare56 · 2022-10-16T09:54:53.985Z

Meriphew:

inputs for two stereo synths, and a stereo drum machine.

What is your gear ?
In case if you have 2 Digis, this 1U rack mixer has the exact same width.

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Noisebuddy · 2022-10-16T10:03:21.578Z

CEntrance

Bouncer Mixer and Recorder - CEntrance

Bouncer Portable analog summing Mixer with digital Recorder Compact, 10-channel Mixer with Headphone amplifier and SD card recorder. Perfect problem solver for tight spaces, such as desks, live sets and tour buses. Great for recording dawless jams....

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Meriphew · 2022-10-16T13:22:06.993Z

What is it?

sezare56 · 2022-10-16T13:24:43.302Z

SAMSON SM10. It lacks EQ, but it has many inputs, pre and post stereo fx send, a mix B routing switch per track…

Meriphew · 2022-10-16T13:28:11.589Z

I don’t need EQ. Thx!

MartinH · 2022-10-17T06:19:34.001Z

Used the IMG Stageline MMX-30 until I needed more channels. It’s cheap but very solid and does the job if unbalanced output is enough.

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blurrghost · 2022-10-17T16:59:23.440Z

obscurerobot:

I would not be happy if a beer was poured into my 1202, I would probably be livid if someone poured a beer into a TX-6.

My 1202 (first vlz version) has had beer spilled in it on several occasions. And bong water. And was played in the rain. And had a fire extinguisher emptied into it. All while power on. Every time I just turned it off and opened it up and cleaned it out as soon as I got a chance and it’s still going strong. It’s also survived two car crashes. I’ve probably played a couple hundred shows/ parties/ jams with friends with it not to mention countless hours solo in the studio.
I can’t speak to the newer ones but this old thing I got for $50 at a pawn shop 20 years ago would probably survive a nuclear blast.

Magicmix · 2022-10-19T15:33:36.427Z

Bluebox is excellent, but beware the dreaded ground loop.

DoS · 2022-10-19T15:54:18.735Z

blurrghost:

would probably survive a nuclear blast.

This of course made me remember this video in which various mixers are abused until they drop:

Spoiler

The Mackie comes out best of the lot.

sezare56 · 2022-10-19T16:38:22.249Z

Magicmix:

Bluebox is excellent

Maybe, but I can’t stand blue color.

Noisebuddy · 2022-10-19T16:43:11.371Z

What about the MOTU Ultralite mk5? Not exactly what are you looking for but future-proof

Magicmix · 2022-10-20T17:02:00.123Z

Yes it does work best for blues.

echo_opera · 2022-10-23T00:22:03.838Z

Finally got the TC-Helicon hooked up to test drive. Really loving the 4 independent Stereo outs on this little flying saucer.

So far so good:

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I love that it works stand alone and connected to your DAW…AUM on the iPad in this scenario.

I’m using 2 of the Outs to feed direct to the SP404 and Deluge. The Blender App also allows you to define which of the 6 Six Inputs feed into the headphone outs…so i turned off the SP feed into the SP and Deluge feed into the Deluge.

Found the unit on Amazon for $159 fwiw.

1 tip, if you are experiencing doubling of sound when connected to a DAW, just turn down the volume of each Stereo Input and use the DAW to control the Volume of your connected devices. USB takes over volume control in these scenarios.

scarfypedia · 2022-10-23T01:48:25.549Z

Is the effect send true stereo send and return? I really love doing 2-buss parallel compression and really want a rack-mount mixer so I can keep everything portable and compact, but so many rack-mount mixers (or mixers in general until you get pricier) seem lacking in true stereo effects send.

i’ll settle for having a secondary bus I can route things to/through, but usually mixers with this more complex functionality are too big and take too much time to set up every time.

I was looking at the ART MX822 because it fits my needs perfectly but it doesn’t seem reviewed well at all, and what I see says it’s noisey and not so great : /