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By SmashedCrab Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:48 am
Whatup,

Is there such a thing as a mixer without the mic inputs? I have done a little looking and have come up blank. I just want a mixer I can connect all my gear to without any useless inputs (mainly need RCA and 6.35mm). Any help appreciated.

Cheers.
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By sciguy Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:36 pm
I don't know if I've ever seen a mixer with exclusively mic-only channels.
The mic inputs are just tied to channels in the mixer, which also have line-level inputs. You just ignore the XLR jacks and use the channels as normal.
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By SimonInAustralia Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:38 pm
There have never really been many line only mixers on the market.

Probably less now that everything is ITB.

Line level mixers have usually been rack mount, to save space, and therefore also often don't have EQ and other 'normal' mixer features such as faders (using pots instead).


Some older ones...

Mackie LM-3204

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Mackie LM-3204e expander for the mixer above, to give more inputs

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Roland M-160

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Yamaha MV-802

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Speck Electronics Xtramix (always wanted one of these, never got around to it when I had $)...

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Some of the newer line level summing mixers can probably mix synths/drum machines, depending on the types/levels of the inputs, like this...

Speck Electronics X.Sum
http://www.speck.com/xsum/xsum.html

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And this one is probably stupid money ( :nod: LiLo-16=$9900 RRP :lol: )...

Speck Electronics LiLo
http://www.speck.com/lilo/lilo.html

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And at the opposite end of the market...

Behringer Eurorack Pro RX1602
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/RX1602.aspx

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By SmashedCrab Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:29 am
Thanks for the deep post Simon. Looked at a few rack mixers but I ended up getting a Tascam M-164.

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Hopefully it will work out alright, seems legit.

Cheers.
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By Lampdog Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:57 am
I'm actually trying to sell that same tascam m 164 at the moment, lol.

Brand new, never been used.
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By bliprock Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:46 am
Lampdog wrote:I'm actually trying to sell that same tascam m 164 at the moment, lol.

Brand new, never been used.
Did you just score it and not want it, or did you get it and not like it as much as you wanted. Be cool to get ya 2 cents about the unit?