any suggestions of a mixer for these needs..?

[ace516]

Ok, I'd prefer something rackable, but well anything is up for debate. I need a mixer that'll receive the left and right signal from my Delta 44, and then have a nice volume control for headphones and a seperate output and volume control for my monitors. Ok, I just realized that's EVERY mixer ..

Ok, well .. what i want is something with hardly anything else. THOSE ARE MY BASICS and im trying to keep the price as low as possible, because that's gonna be my ONLY use for it. no mixing and no tracking. none of that.

some of the stuff i've been looking at are:
Behringer B Stock Eurorack Pro RX1602 16-Input Line Mixer
Behringer Eurorack UB1202 Mixer

 

[packinmn]

I also am looking for something like this... I want to be able to idependently control the monitor and heaphone output since my workstation is in a part of the house where I would wake others at certain hours when I am working on recordings. I have looked into the mixer option, but what I am finding is that on most that I've seen the Control Room volume that controls the headphone output is post Master fader. So, the Master has to be up in order to hear the headphones... that would defeat the purpose in my case. I have BX5 monitors and the volume control on them isn't handy enough to use as a regular tool for controlling speaker volume. Any other ideas?

 

[jdavidb]

I haven't researched the details on these, so I don't know if they are what you are looking for. It just popped into my head that there is likely something in Rane's product list. Here it is: http://www.rane.com/procat.html Maybe it's a splitter mixer or distribution amplifier or line mixer.

and Ashly has line mixers: http://www.ashly.com/product/mixers.htm

 

[Kainz]

Hmh.. To me it sounds like you don't need a mixer. You need frontend for your active monitors.

Buying a cheap mixer (Behringer etc) will most likely reduce the quality of your monitoring. Instead get some good passive frontend. I mean the type of unit which is used before power amp eg. in hifi stere systems. I see no point in getting (crappy) mixer just to control your monitoring level. There are also devices designed especially this purpose.

EDIT: I did some research and came up with these. All of the units are designed especially for purposes you seem to need. All of them have headphone out with own volume control and main volume for the monitors. They usually offer multiple input/output options also (to hook up different sources and different monitors). These may be a bit too "heavy" for your need, but check them out anyway.

- Coleman Audio M3PH MKII (looks great and simple)
- Mackie Big Knob (same idea, more options)
- Presonus Control Station (same idea, different options)