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Small cheap effective mixer?

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zeppelinfreak

Mar 29, 2007
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#1
Hey, Im looking for a very small very affordable mixer so I can run my bass amp and my laptop into some headphones.

I know berhinger makes cheap stuff, but given the quality of their amps, Id need pretty good t testimony to be convinced to get their mixer
 
#3
Behringer are the cheapest and probably most widely available, you can pic them up secondhand for crazily low prices (ebay , craiglist etc). They are good enough for using at home. They also have a version that has a USB output so you can go directly and easily into your computer. A step up from the Behringer would be the Mackie, or an Alesis mixer, Again Alesis have a version that has a USB output.

Or you could go for an EARWIG headphone amp from easounddesign.com

I have one of these and they are just solid gold!!

But if you want a bit of EQ and the option to use mics then go for a mixer.
 
#4
Soundcraft Compact 4 - not the most compact but has probably the best quality, signal routing options and features for the $100 price (2 mic preamps, Hi-Z input, 2 stereo inputs with RIAA EQs for vinyl players, 2 separate headphone outs...).

Tapco compact mixers by Mackie are good too and the smallest ones are smaller and cheaper that the Soundcraft.
 
#5
atheos said:
Soundcraft Compact 4 - not the most compact but has probably the best quality, signal routing options and features for the $100 price (2 mic preamps, Hi-Z input, 2 stereo inputs with RIAA EQs for vinyl players, 2 separate headphone outs...).

Tapco compact mixers by Mackie are good too and the smallest ones are smaller and cheaper that the Soundcraft.
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I have a Soundcraft Compact 4 too. Quite pleased with mine, and overall it sounds great (little to no hiss/noise) and it's holding up well (I've had mine for a few years now.)

MUCH better than the little Alesis board I had before, which quite literally burned up (a component burned out, leaving a big nasty black crater on the PCB.)
 
#8
I asked this same question of Scott Dorsey and he said that the little Mackie was by far the best in terms of the sound quality -- $125 or so on eBay.

Scott said it, I believe it.

I never got around to getting an outboard mixer as I haven't needed one for my solo recording, but if I ever do that's what I'll get.
 

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