zer0sig
headpiece full of straw
right now, i'm doing recording with a pair of audix om3xb's, and using impedence matching adapters to run them through the only piece of equipment i have that's not fried that i can use as mic preamps-an old fostex 250 4-track. now, i'm recording onto a soundblaster live, so tape dynamics don't come into play here (and if they do, i'd probably just grab one of my nakamichi decks (or both if i fix one) and bus it out. in any case, i noticed that musician's friend has an apparently obscene price on the behringer mx602a mixer. i don't need any features that aren't on that mixer currently, and only record in stereo right now-besides, at that price, i could buy another to record a couple more tracks. my question is this-what do you guys think of their mixer circuitry? the 602a claims to use the same circuitry as the mx9000's, which i understand to be fine mixers. i currently have to play some tricks on dynamics to even eek out ~broadcast quality recordings (i think i actually get ~35-40db native dynamic range using what i'm using now), and i was hoping that this mixer might eek out at least another 10-20 db in comparison with a 10-15 year old 4track (not to mention that having to run balanced xlr mic cable into unbalanced TS makes me want to cry . so, what do you guys think on the mixers, or any other CHEAP alternatives? i was going to get an art dual mp, since they're reasonably cheap and seem to get decent overall reviews, but art, under their new owner (yorkville?), doesn't seem to care much for my business right now. do give me input on this, please, as i'd sure love to hear some opinions, especially from people who have actually had to deal with problems like mine.