Dear all,
I have a single effects chain and I want to route my microphone(s) and my guitar(s) through this chain.
"Easy!," you say. "Get a mixer!"
I say: "Yes, a mixer is certainly the way to go, but I need it to be compact, since I will be on stage working with this gear and be on the road a lot (by bike mostly!)"
So a mixer the size of Mackies 402 VLZ4 or any of the other budget equivalents, would be perfect, but although adding INSERTs to the 402 seems feasible, it doesn't solve my multiple input problem. For that I would need AUX SENDs, but adding AUX SENDs would be much more complicated and would need a summing amp etc. A bump up, again with a Mackie as example, the 802 VLZ4 has AUX SENDs and its footprint is about the size of a sheet of paper, which is the absolute maximum size I would consider practical for on-stage operation.
I have seen people talking about line mixers of brands such as Rolls and ART, but I cannot seem to find anything in their lineups that fits my bill.
Please post your suggestions and/or experiences! Am I overlooking some other solution here?
Please bear in mind that I would like to be able to deliver a "recording quality" signal from my setup (low noise floor), but that it won't take much to improve on my current solution which involves running a Boss LS-2 in reverse (as a 2ch mixer = high noise floor, ask me how I do it, if you're interested)
Also, if its the only solution to get a sligthly larger mixer, please raise the flag if getting this 802 VLZ4 mixer would be buying the cat in the bag, in terms of sound quality (have a look at the rest of my gear if you want to know my gear context). Is there a big difference in noise to Soundcraft or Allen&Heath?
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend!
cancancancancan
My setup:
Mics: Microtech Gefell, P48 Refurbed MV691 with M70 cap + a couple of Tandberg TM6
Preamp: M-Audio DMP3
Pedals: EHX Freeze and SMMH (+ the Boss LS-2, which I want to loose)
Amp: AER Compact 60-2
Recording: Tascam 246 (oh baby!) + digital
I have a single effects chain and I want to route my microphone(s) and my guitar(s) through this chain.
"Easy!," you say. "Get a mixer!"
I say: "Yes, a mixer is certainly the way to go, but I need it to be compact, since I will be on stage working with this gear and be on the road a lot (by bike mostly!)"
So a mixer the size of Mackies 402 VLZ4 or any of the other budget equivalents, would be perfect, but although adding INSERTs to the 402 seems feasible, it doesn't solve my multiple input problem. For that I would need AUX SENDs, but adding AUX SENDs would be much more complicated and would need a summing amp etc. A bump up, again with a Mackie as example, the 802 VLZ4 has AUX SENDs and its footprint is about the size of a sheet of paper, which is the absolute maximum size I would consider practical for on-stage operation.
I have seen people talking about line mixers of brands such as Rolls and ART, but I cannot seem to find anything in their lineups that fits my bill.
Please post your suggestions and/or experiences! Am I overlooking some other solution here?
Please bear in mind that I would like to be able to deliver a "recording quality" signal from my setup (low noise floor), but that it won't take much to improve on my current solution which involves running a Boss LS-2 in reverse (as a 2ch mixer = high noise floor, ask me how I do it, if you're interested)
Also, if its the only solution to get a sligthly larger mixer, please raise the flag if getting this 802 VLZ4 mixer would be buying the cat in the bag, in terms of sound quality (have a look at the rest of my gear if you want to know my gear context). Is there a big difference in noise to Soundcraft or Allen&Heath?
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend!
cancancancancan
My setup:
Mics: Microtech Gefell, P48 Refurbed MV691 with M70 cap + a couple of Tandberg TM6
Preamp: M-Audio DMP3
Pedals: EHX Freeze and SMMH (+ the Boss LS-2, which I want to loose)
Amp: AER Compact 60-2
Recording: Tascam 246 (oh baby!) + digital
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