comradec
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I'm looking for a project studio alternative to my Edirol M-10DX digital mixer. The M-10DX provides a good, clean sound and the built-in effects are okay, but its multi-functional controls are a pain to use. The same knobs are used to control both panning and FX send, to pick one example, so you can't tell at a glance how it's set up. A multi-menu display screen has to be navigated to adjust or check the settings.
So I'm after a mixer that doesn't have any of that multi-functional controls nonsense but retains a relatively small footprint. I would prefer one with some built-in effects (but not a closed system so that I can still connect an external FX processor if I want), 12 to 16 channels, and an emphasis on stereo channels would be ideal as it will be used primarily with synthesizers and to connect my audio interface (an Edirol FA-66). It would definitely need at least a couple of inserts for compressors and such like - unless, that is, it already has a built-in compressor.
Preferably something in the price range of 200 to 400 GBP (ie, roughly equivalent to 300 to 600 USD).
I also have a Yamaha MG124c mixer but I've found that to be quite noisy, mainly, I think, because most of its inputs are unbalanced. So a mixer with all, or nearly all, balanced inputs would be best for me.
Any recommendations (or warnings) gratefully received. Among the products that have caught my eye so far are Soundcraft's EFX8 and EFX12, and Allen & Health's Zed 12FX or maybe the Zed 14 (although that has no built-in FX).
So I'm after a mixer that doesn't have any of that multi-functional controls nonsense but retains a relatively small footprint. I would prefer one with some built-in effects (but not a closed system so that I can still connect an external FX processor if I want), 12 to 16 channels, and an emphasis on stereo channels would be ideal as it will be used primarily with synthesizers and to connect my audio interface (an Edirol FA-66). It would definitely need at least a couple of inserts for compressors and such like - unless, that is, it already has a built-in compressor.
Preferably something in the price range of 200 to 400 GBP (ie, roughly equivalent to 300 to 600 USD).
I also have a Yamaha MG124c mixer but I've found that to be quite noisy, mainly, I think, because most of its inputs are unbalanced. So a mixer with all, or nearly all, balanced inputs would be best for me.
Any recommendations (or warnings) gratefully received. Among the products that have caught my eye so far are Soundcraft's EFX8 and EFX12, and Allen & Health's Zed 12FX or maybe the Zed 14 (although that has no built-in FX).
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