Speck x.sum line mixer

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I want a line level mixer in as slim a package as possible to do a
rough monitor mix off the line outputs of a Tascam MX2424. The Speck
X.Sum offers 32 (well 16 stereo) line inputs in one u - anyone tried it
or got other suggestions?

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TaffJock wrote:

> The Speck
> X.Sum offers 32 (well 16 stereo) line inputs in one u - anyone tried it
> or got other suggestions?

Not tried it, but Speck makes really good stuff. If it's what you
really want, I'd have confidence in a Speck product to sound good and
be well built.

I'm not sure that a stereo-in mixer is really what you'd want for doing
a rough mix, though. It means that channel pairs are panned left and
right and the only way you can put something in the center or
off-center is to use just one input of the pair. Typically (haven't
looked at that speck) a stereo line level mixer has "pan" pots that
work like the balanced control on a stereo receiver, with one input
half-normalled to the other. If you plug into just one of the pair,
then the pan pot works like a pan pot. So if with 16 pairs, you could
set up with 8 "pannable" channels and 16 "stereo pair" channels. It
might work for you, depending on what you're recording.

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TaffJock <alistair@themagicofradio.com> wrote:
>I want a line level mixer in as slim a package as possible to do a
>rough monitor mix off the line outputs of a Tascam MX2424. The Speck
>X.Sum offers 32 (well 16 stereo) line inputs in one u - anyone tried it
>or got other suggestions?

Yes, it sounds good but the knobs are too small for human beings to
use.

ARX makes a mixer with 8 inputs, each of which has a pan control, and
a stereo output in 1U. It has tiny knobs but not AS tiny.

Crest makes a configurable thing that allows you to chain a bunch of
1U modules. It doesn't have as high density, but it is incredibly
flexible for building various monitor matrix configurations.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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In article <1126892097.660395.190000@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
TaffJock <alistair@themagicofradio.com> wrote:
>Thanks for the info - I guess the stereo inputs are a pain and those
>small controls maybe a problem too - though to be honest I don't really
>want to mix anything to any digree of finesse just check that all the
>inputs are working really so I'm not just relying on the meters. It's
>about having the minimum stuff to carry so I can do the gig on my own.
> I checked the Crest web site but couldn't see any rack mixers - we've
>got an ARX which is ok but I was hoping to avoid 3U.

Crest makes a bunch of rack mixers. I think the one that I mentioned
is called the X-Matrix.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."