geoff004
Well-known member
Sorry to do this once again - it seems that at least once a month someone comes up with some kind of idea about building a mixer. After all, almost all of us have built a stack of other gear - eqs, comps, pres..... so isn't the mixer the thing that brings it all together.
I think it begins with deciding what you need in a mixer. Then the design can begin.
this is what I'd like to see:
mono channels with pan
single stereo bus (left and right)
line input only
possibly HPF on a switch
3 aux sends -2 post , 1 pre fader
mutes
faders
IC op-amps for the auxes
Then what would be cool would to have the option of either an IC op-amp or a 2520 footprint for your main bus (kinda like how Purple sets up their mic-pres). this could give you a ton of sonic options as well as build-cost options.
Maybe squeeze 10 channels in to a 4ru box, with another 4ru box to house 100mm faders.
Totally modular - build 2 channels, build 32 - whatever you need.
As for the master section - what do you really need? I'd rather make up final gain with my top-shelf mic pre than some cheap IC amps. The fact is it really has to sound great for it to be worth building.
Am I beating a dead horse yet again?
I think it begins with deciding what you need in a mixer. Then the design can begin.
this is what I'd like to see:
mono channels with pan
single stereo bus (left and right)
line input only
possibly HPF on a switch
3 aux sends -2 post , 1 pre fader
mutes
faders
IC op-amps for the auxes
Then what would be cool would to have the option of either an IC op-amp or a 2520 footprint for your main bus (kinda like how Purple sets up their mic-pres). this could give you a ton of sonic options as well as build-cost options.
Maybe squeeze 10 channels in to a 4ru box, with another 4ru box to house 100mm faders.
Totally modular - build 2 channels, build 32 - whatever you need.
As for the master section - what do you really need? I'd rather make up final gain with my top-shelf mic pre than some cheap IC amps. The fact is it really has to sound great for it to be worth building.
Am I beating a dead horse yet again?