Budget Studio Mixers (out of the Box)

[abarnett]

I mix down from 8 track half inch and need at least an 8 x 4.

i used to have a Soundcraft 200b, which I was really into. The headroom was a little weird, but In general it was a great mixer. I liked the pres to.

Anybody know of any other un-sung vintage mixers?

Any new small mixers that you would trust to mix a record?

[SorenP]

I have an Allen $ Heath MixWizard 16 track that has some pretty killer EQs for the money. The pre's are ok, tons of headroom. They make a 14x4x2 with the same channel strips as mine. It also has like 32 different reverbs that are surprisingly good sounding, although getting it into the mix is sorta funky.

http://www.allen-heath.com/US/small_format_mixers.asp

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by SorenP

I have an Allen $ Heath MixWizard 16 track that has some pretty killer EQs for the money. The pre's are ok, tons of headroom. They make a 14x4x2 with the same channel strips as mine. It also has like 32 different reverbs that are surprisingly good sounding, although getting it into the mix is sorta funky.

http://www.allen-heath.com/US/small_format_mixers.asp

I've never tried one of their small-format mixers, but the larger ones are a great bang for the buck. And i agree that their EQs can hold their own, esp for the cash invested.