Carvin Equipment?

[crzywvguy]

I own a Carvin bass and the quality is great. I am wondering about Carvins mixers and equipment. Is their mixers and stuff as good as their instruments?

 

[lpdeluxe]

Carvin is oriented toward the live sound end of the spectrum. Their gear may be too noisy to record through.

 

[apl]

I've got a 6 channel powered mixer, and I like it.

Carvin has a BBS with friendly folk. There is a pro sound forum where you can get some opinions from those who use them.

 

[riantide]

I have to admit I borrowed a friend's Carvin mxing board for one session for shits and giggles. I ended up keeping it for almost a year because the pre's were so interesting.

It was an 80's board and yeah, some of the knobs and faders were a bit scratchy, but overall it was pretty sturdy and sounded cool.

 

[Atterion]

I used to do live sound for my buddies band who had an extensively large carvin rig (24/4 channels, 1000's of watts, crossovers, compressors, PA speakers, subs, and full stack bass rig, and Bunny Brunnel 4 string......SERIOUS Carvin Fanatics!!!!). Sounded great.!!! They tried recording with it, and opted to record through a Mackie 32/8. By comparison I feel the Carvin mixers are right on track with the Mackie SR's. Good for live, could pass for studio if in a pinch, but just not recommended.