Mixer recommendation (but there's a catch...)
Danno3000
2,850 Posts
So the woman who runs my radio station identified me as "one of those mixer guys" and asked me to recommend a mixer to replace the old Vestax we currently have. Those of you who listen to Waxing Deep know that I'm little more than a fade-in and fade-out sort of fellow and personally need very little. Nonetheless, I'm assured price is no object and so I want to get something snazzy. The only condition is that the mixer fit into the current set-up, so it needs to be around 19" in width. What should I tell her to buy? Preferably something shiny or with a really gaudy brand-name pattern.
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honestly, if price is no option and it's for a radio station get this:
Allen & Heath Xone 92
shit is bonkers - uses discrete technology (as in not a computer chip) so the sound is pristine, the filters on it are bananas, and you got enough inputs to last you for days. It's not 19" but you can get rack ears to make it fit. We got this in the store and it is just
and you can sell it to her based on the fact that Allen and Heath come from a studio and arena mixing console background. They specialize in consoles for recording studios and concerts, and have taken their expertise and put it into a DJ mixer.
also look into rane. http://www.rane.com/
one of my fave companies.
rane is also good, and they make a kickass 19" rotary mixer if your feeling saucy. But you need to get the optional eq rack that goes with it, otherwise you have no eq control for the individual channels:
mp 2016a with optional xp 2016a eq control w/ crossfader