I have an allen and heath zed mixer. Four xlrs, mutes. Signal routing is crazy flexible and it sounds good. I use it for an in ear monitor mixer amd home recording.
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Little mixers
- Thread starter JimmyM
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Hard to find one with all XLR'sPlus some basic EQ function would be nice.
For the record, I meant IF you found a mixer you liked (with good EQ) that didn't have mutes, the AB could be used to select which instrument your sending to FOH. Like this:
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Heck it might even be more convenient to hit a foot switch. That way you could keep your mixer out of sight. Little more cable though.
Oh dang, I didn't even know something like that existed! That's way cool. But I've abandoned the mixer idea. I started thinking to myself about how much work it would be, and I listened back to my audio tracks and decided the DI fuzz sounds weren't as bad as I originally thought.
Have you considered a 2-channel preamp style pedal like this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...e^PLA-device^c-adid^53736456387#productDetail
Not at $365 I didn't But that does look like a very cool gizmo for what I was trying to do. If I ever revisit this idea, I might give it a whirl.
But that does look like a very cool gizmo for what I was trying to do. If I ever revisit this idea, I might give it a whirl.
Late to the party. I looked at all these mixers to run my IEM set up and finally settled on the Yamaha MG-06. No mute buttons, but a great sounding little mixer.
Glad to see that you backed off the mixer idea. To me the fallacy was knowing which would actually sound good in the house with the room full, or filling or empty. I mean even with a great wireless, you simply have to be on stage most of the time or you become crew. You sure don't want that ;-)
I noticed that the headway unit linked above is fixed frequency centers... Not real helpful IMO...
I've been burning 2 channels for bass for a while. Mic, usually a 421 if the rig warrants it and a countryman. I'm simply not rich enough to supply a Red or a U5 in the small sound company context. I'm about to start burning 2 on the kick as well. Via an XLR Y cord at the board end of the snake. 1 for FOH and 1 for the drum monitor. Idea is to invert the phase on the monitor feed and also to have separate EQ on the FOH kick and Monitor kick signals. I just implemented a biamped drum monitor setup so the topic became more important all of a sudden. Got some reggae dates coming up. Please wish me non-shredded sub woofer cones ;-) now to investigate 'crowd funding' for a 32,4.2 AI board with Dante card ;-)
Guys slag DI all the time ... Truth is that if it's a good sounding bass, a guy behind the board, with a decent set of ears can make it work.
I noticed that the headway unit linked above is fixed frequency centers... Not real helpful IMO...
I've been burning 2 channels for bass for a while. Mic, usually a 421 if the rig warrants it and a countryman. I'm simply not rich enough to supply a Red or a U5 in the small sound company context. I'm about to start burning 2 on the kick as well. Via an XLR Y cord at the board end of the snake. 1 for FOH and 1 for the drum monitor. Idea is to invert the phase on the monitor feed and also to have separate EQ on the FOH kick and Monitor kick signals. I just implemented a biamped drum monitor setup so the topic became more important all of a sudden. Got some reggae dates coming up. Please wish me non-shredded sub woofer cones ;-) now to investigate 'crowd funding' for a 32,4.2 AI board with Dante card ;-)
Guys slag DI all the time ... Truth is that if it's a good sounding bass, a guy behind the board, with a decent set of ears can make it work.
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Wouldn't mind the pay raise. But I only backed off it because I ended up liking my DI fuzz tracks the day after I did test recordings. I totally could have made it work. My thought is if I send an awesomely usable signal, it doesn't matter how I arrived at it.
Yeah but I still dig the mic sound.
Oh man, I go so back and forth between what fuzzes I like, it's not even funny! Had 4 at one time...a Team Awesome Fuzz Machine, an MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe, a Human Gear Animato clone made by JohnK, and believe it or not, the VT Deluxe...cranking the drive results in a really cool fuzztone. The BFD is cool but a little on the subtle side in a mix, and the Animato is such an insanely weird sounding and totally dominating pedal that I can never decide if I love it or hate it. The TAFM I no longer have because while I really dig its sound, it was way overkill for me with features I don't need or want. Ended up giving it to my Estonian friend Silver Lepaste, who plays in and produces one of the top rock bands in Eastern Europe, Winny Puhh (he's the one playing banjo in this vid):
