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We Need Small in-studio mixing board

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joshzz

Can someone give a recommendation for a small studio mixing board? We are currently using an Edirol M-100 FX but would like to buy one with more XLR- mic inputs. Also, we have een one with a built hybrid (the Nicom Atlantis).

Our studio is small so small is good. Recommendations are appreciated. We're running ElectroVoice RE 20 mics.
 
I've been very happy with my Yamaha I bought at a pawn shop. It works great and is far from being brand new. That's a testiment to their quality.
 
I would find yourself a good decent Mackie Board. I have a Mackie 1202 VLZ board that I bought many years ago that I use for my production work. The 1202 has 4 XLR inputs and a number of 1/4 inch inputs. It also has inserts on the backside as well.

Here's a nice closeup of the top of the board:
http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/1202vlz3/images/ZOOMED_1202-VLZ3.jpg

It also has XLR outputs on the back of the board:
http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/1202vlz3/images/1202-VLZ3-Rear.jpg

Another top view:
http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/1202vlz3/images/1202-VLZ3-3Qtr.jpg

http://www.mackie.com/products/1202vlz3/pdf/1202VLZ3_OM.pdf
 
josh said:
Can someone give a recommendation for a small studio mixing board? We are currently using an Edirol M-100 FX but would like to buy one with more XLR- mic inputs. Also, we have een one with a built hybrid (the Nicom Atlantis).

Our studio is small so small is good. Recommendations are appreciated. We're running ElectroVoice RE 20 mics.
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If you're happy with the board and only need more mic inputs, simply buy a couple of inexpensive mic preamps and connect them to the line inputs. Why blow the coin when you don't have to?
 
Be careful with an older Mackie board. The 1402-VLZ has a very bad headroom problem on the summing bus. If you pan hard left or hard right, the bus clips before the output is even full scale.
 
Also, be careful if using many of those "Pro-sumer" mixers near a transmitter or tower, due to RFI.
The Mackie may require some creative grounding or filtering.
Even at a distance, you'll want to use the shell of the XLR, in conjunction with pin-1, for ground. Some cases may even require an external transformer, which is featured in a Jensen White Paper on their site.

Otherwise, I might even recommend one of those 8x mic preamps, maybe with an 8x compressor/limiter, then fed in to an existing board or a line-only mixer. That gives you much-o flexibility for multi-mike performances (but, not muting and on-air lights on every input).
 
If your need is more mics look at Intellix or old reliable Shure. For many years this has been my fix to multiple mics. Main mic on pot 1, In rack mixer on mic 2. The Shure has 5 inputs. Intellix has 8 and we have never used all 8. Both lack the meter (check models) that always lay against the right side. The SHure has an led meter. Intellix is mainly a television mixer and has no meter. Both have Master Gain outputs. Shure has no wall wart. Intellix has wall wart.

This takes my Audioarts A50 from 8 inputs to 15.
 
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