David Loving Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Anybody use a small mixer for their rig? I have a Behringer X505 which has worked fine so far, but I think a little larger mixer is needed. I have been eyeing the soundcraft notepad. Any experience with such items? "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 How many channels do you want/need and do you want it to be rackmountable or not? I have a rackmounted Ashly LX308b in my gig rig which I absolutely LOVE (although it's a pricey piece of kit). It's dead quiet and flexible with lots of headroom. I also have a Mackie 802vlz3 which mostly stays at home these days in my little home studio. Another nice quality mixer that I like a lot, and it can be had for a far more attractive price than the Ashly. You could go up to the 1202vlz3 if you needed/wanted more channels than the 802 provides. Don't know anything about the Soundcraft Notepad, but I know Soundcraft mixers generally have a bunch of fans. Noah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe P Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Daviel, I use the Alesis Multimix 6 FX shown here . I like having one volume knob nearby, and a separately controlled "control room out" which I send to my monitor. I thought I would use the effects, but rarely do, except occasionally the delay. Don't know how it compares to what you have now, though. Good luck! Regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morizzle Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 The Allen & Heath mixers were getting lots of love 'round here lately. Like Noah, I have a Mackie 802vlz3 which performed fine so far live and in the studio. The balanced XLR outs come in handy sometimes. It's not a clone, it's a Suzuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mididude Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Not to get off on a tangent, but NoahZark mentioned that Ashly 308B line mixer... Anyone own/play with an Ashly parametric e.q.? Now that's something that could inspire a heavy case of G.A.S. in me. I downloaded & skimmed thru the manual to a 'vintage' one because I noticed a friend in a band had one once. Very informative stuff-I think they're one of the first companies to manufacture para. eq's. I've read/heard that two outboard parametric e.q. units (for stereo) in capable hands, can be more effective for feedback control than two 31-band e.q. units. Btw, for live gigs I've recently gone from submixing into one of those Behringer line mixers, to my Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro, then sending mono signal to a powered monitor & my 'main outs' to the sound guy or main board (depending upon the band; I'm playing two presently). The Behringer was distorting intermittently even with moderate input levels from the keyboards/modules in my rig. I trouble-shot in terms of swapping Hosa cables for some thick Monoprice ones...still distortion. My verdict about that Behringer piece. It's a Behringer p.o.s. I tolerated it & wanted to love it. Really I tried to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I just use the mixer on my keyboard amp which looks something like this. http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/EMX512SC.jpg Probably isn't the best or slickest way but it gives full control over what I send to FOH and what I amplify on stage and it is a single self contained unit that I can sell to anyone wanting a small PA. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Beaumont Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I have a similar setup. I use this one. For just that reason, I can separate what the house gets from my own setup. Though I have a line mixer and I am thinking about going the powered speaker route. Either way will work. Boards: Kurzweil SP-6, Roland FA-08, VR-09, DeepMind 12 Modules: Korg Radias, Roland D-05, Bk7-m & Sonic Cell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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