Good vintage mixer suggestions?

looking for a mixer, I've finally accumulated the equipment I want...after busting my ass all summer but I'd like a mixer to amplify the samples, give me EQ options and make routing to the monitors easier...if that's possible

heres what I have and need to mix

MPC 60---8 outs
S950------8 outs
Juno 106--? outs (don't have this yet, it's on the way)


It doesn't HAVE to be vintage but I think it would help warm the sound the way I'm looking to and most of the old ones have built in preamps I think

I was looking at the Tascam 200 series but ideally I'd want 8 outs so I dunno which of these has that, if any

thanks for your help and opinions/suggestions

any inline console with 24-32 channels, good EQ, 8 busses and for sale locally will do. I wouldn;t go too vintage because they can be high maintenence.

damn you got mad choices because everyone is ditching those classic desks to chase the DAW dream. Not me. One advantage of being british is we get a good selection of s/h desks with the fat eq. I was looking at all sorts of late, a&h gs3/3000/3000v. soundcraft ghost even a tascam m2600mkii, all at knock down prices. but space is at a premium for now so i copped an a&h gs1 with meter bridge for £150. i owned one back in the 90's so knew it was ill, prices are crazy right now, buy up those desks while you can its a buyers market for sure.

i did look at mackie onyx tho - build quality is unquestionable, solo button placement is awesome (play em like pianos see) but that firewire gaffe (yes ok i got pro tools on my vaio to think about at SOME point) left me feeling unsure for now - maybe theyll make a mk2...

Deta!L wrote:Juno 106--? outs (don't have this yet, it's on the way)

It looks as though the 106 has 2 x 1/4" Outputs

And

earwolf wrote:One advantage of being british is we get a good selection of s/h desks with the fat eq.

British EQ really is the best!

EQ, quality, durability.

Personally, I think those three factors make a good mixing board.

The Beat Conductor wrote:

earwolf wrote:One advantage of being british is we get a good selection of s/h desks with the fat eq.

British EQ really is the best!

EQ, quality, durability.

Personally, I think those three factors make a good mixing board.

So which mixer did you choose? I remember you had a thread on that a while back. I would guess one with a british eq.

British EQ on the cheapish...

Soundcraft
Allen & Heath
Seck

Nice stuff.

A & H or Soundcraft are sweetest.

Peace.

On the cheapish side ... British Mixers like HILL, 3G ( 3rd Generation ) and SOUNDCRAFT come to mind, even STUDIO MASTER.

Check them out at www.recordingconsoles.net.

Rohan.

Thanks Ro.
Forgot about Hill and StudioMaster.

Peace.

homershines wrote:Thanks Ro.
Forgot about Hill and StudioMaster.

Peace.

Easy to forget

StudioMaster can be had cheap and are easy to repair.
Hill are built well and go the distance.
3G were RAD in their day !!!

Rohan.

I think I'm going to get an old Studiomaster 16-4-2...it looks nice and the price is right @ 400 but I was checking out the Mackie Onyx series as well and the look good, but expensive for me @ like 800...although they're a lot smaller and rackmountable.

The newer soundcraft they had at the shop felt cheap (the faders) but did have direct outs for each channel something that is an upgrade on the Mackies

I dunno..

try and get something with 8 busses, the quality of 8 bus consoles is usually better and they are right around that money anyway. try and get an inline recording console rather than a live board, but whatever suits your needs will be fine. That studiomaster sounds much cooler than the onyx.

cooler as in better, or cooler as in not as warm/hot?

this is the one I'm looking @, I don't konw if it's inline or not..


should I pull the trigger, it looks ill

Can anyone suggest a vintage mixer that allows you to dial in the frequency you wanna eq? I don't see why you should get a mixer that has preset frequencies that it eqs. Like a preset treble, mid and low.

it does look ill but only you know your needs man, read up on it online.