

I've recapped the power supply and bought a quieter fan. A scaled down 'big' mixer - exactly what I wanted! It can even be expanded with another mixer via a D connector that has all the main ins/outs on it. The main appeal is the size, 19" wide and 53cm deep. The channel gain pots on the main board are looped to the preamps on the jack connectors board, so any extra resistance in the connection means very low gain - a 'dead' channel'. I had to clean the connectors on the ribbon cables to get some channels back. I've not got it all set up yet, but first impressions are that it's going to do the job. Virtualizer effects normalled to one send/return. 16 channels with a tape return that can be flipped to the channel fader. Same EQ (with bypass) and full size faders. It's a 16 into 4 bus recording mixer, based on their MX8000/9000 Eurodesk. Ideally I would have got a Spirit Studio 24:8:2 or a Ghost but fitting any 8 bus in my room would have chewed up most of the space so that was a no-go. If not a recording mixer, a general/live mixer with plenty of channels and direct outs. I had a Soundcraft Spirit Rac-pac since the 90s and it was quite alright, but I got the urge to get a 'big' mixer.Īfter years of "live synths to a stereo mix" approach, I have decided to embrace multitracking, so I wanted a recording mixer.
