Performance mixers

[Andrew Tarpinian]

> On May 23, 2015, at 8:53 PM, K9 Kai Niggemann <canine at waf80.de> wrote:
> 
> Interesting, indeed. I wonder how they solved the USB noise issues that plague pretty much every device that uses it. 

Like digital noise on audio over USB?

> For performance I really like to move more than one volume at a time, thus I prefer the Mackie 1402. Also I like faders to be very long, so that would mean -- hm. I forgot now which mixer had the loonng faders...
> 
> But the whole rig has to be portable too. So maybe it will be a 1202 after all...;) 

Yea faders are nice but adds so much to the size... Korg, why no mixer with mini faders? ;)

> I am currently gigging with my old (almost 20 years now) 1602. It has 6(!) auxes, which is very very awesome for a lot of effects use. Not so totally awesome when we're talking about portable, though. 

Yea I had an old 1402(?) from around that time, I wish I hadn't sold it.

> I've got a delay (moogerfooger), reverb (cathedral), sampler (microgranny), distortion (big muff clone/musikding), phaser (musikding) and a looper (line 6 DL4) in those auxes. 

Yea I want to get a few external effects, I have none, except in gear like the octatrack. I thought organizing my space with patch bays, having everything hooked up would make things easier, and it has, but sometimes it feels like a monster and becomes a lot to think about when making music. Hence trying to take some small gear and sub mix it out. 

> 
> I'm playing without computer, sound sources are my Buchla 200e, a yocto (808 clone), a dr. rhythm, an op-1 and a cacophonatorII (DIY).  
> 
> This solo setup is a lot of fun but too much gear to carry and setup, so I'm sizing it down step by step. 
> 
> For my band and project gigs, I only take the Buchla and a delay and a microsynth pedal, plus sampler and op-1.

Only and Buchla does not belong in the same sentence. 

> 
> All the best,
> Kai
> 
> Sent from my phone
> 
>> On 23.05.2015, at 17:13, Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So if anyone was wondering what electronic musicians need next, it's performance mixers. This Roland is pretty much spot on except it's too focused on Aira, so not enough regular channels. 
>> http://www.roland.com/products/mx-1/
>> 
>> What we really need is something like the octatrack but with more inputs channels and a more immediate non-menu driven interface. Think of how much shit companies are putting into DJ mixers, what about doing this but with more inputs?
>> 
>> This is on my mind as I am looking to get a small mixer for an electribe, volcas, op1, MS-20 mini, SQ-1, mopho, H9 set up. Best I can come up with is still the trusty Mackie 1202. 
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