Thank you SO much I have never seen that Squid thing and needed something for a portable battery just like it. Was stoked to see you reviewing this thing; I knew it looked solid but added it to my cart as soon as I saw it on your channel. You're an ace! Thanks Man!
What you describe as a pan knob is actually a balance knob, and is labeled correctly. Panning moves the sound from left to right in the stereo field. Balance adjusts how loud the left vs the right will be in the stereo field, but will not move the left to the right or the right to the left.
I've got that mixer and it's fantastic for the size and price. I use it to combine all my Korg Volca's into one output to send into my 12-Channel Mackie Mixer.
ART SplitMix4 is a passive 4 channel stereo mixer and costs less. Barebones and acts more like a patchbay but if you need something portable without the need of a power supply, it's incredibly useful.
I've been using this mixer for over a year. Definitely recommended! The multiple outputs is very useful being able to record and monitor output at the same time.
Still using one I bought around the time of this video and it's been flawless. I had one of their JUST mixers for a few weeks before that nuked itself though, so maybe I was lucky.
I value videos like this because despite my love for DAWs, I have this desire to do live Jam Sessions on hardware alone. I also tend to be chronically low on money. I'm basically trying to come up with a setup that's budget friendly, but that I could come back to in 2 years and not look at it like a preschool keyboard that can't play 3 notes at a time. Also your voice is soothing. Thanks a ton for these!
I have one with my Volca set up. I have one of those 3D printed, 4 Volca, tiered stands...with a bit of finnagling, you can get this mixer to fit into the tiered stand. Then I got the Volca multi-power supply and some low profile, right-angled 1/8” cables and the whole thing is a pretty dope, self contained, one PSU set up. The mixer is kinda garbage, but if everything coming in is line level(synths) and you leave yourself enough headroom, its totally fine. I’d only use it on “toy synths” like Volcas or Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators. Ricky’s Moog (pictured in the vid) would crush the headroom of this mixer.
best explanation i can give you for the loop function loop connects all the inputs to other mixers imagine your on stage with 5 guys drummer bass player lead guitar singer idk chello player each player gets a loop mixer beside them daisy chained together via the loop port mixer 1 is connected to mixer 2 mixer 2 goes into 3 3 goes into 4 4 goes into 5 5 goes into 1 now each person is connecting there instrument into a channel drummer on input 1 bass on input 2 lead on input 3 singer on input 4 chello on input 5 the drummer can now configure all the sliders to give himself a personal mix of everyones instruments without affecting the sound of the others mixers the same goes for every other performer the loop in gives them the unmodified inputs of all the other mixers and lets them controll there final output mix for monitoring anouther setup you can do and the one i plan to use is as follows i stream when i game so i have 3 outputs i care about output 1 is my headset what i personally get to hear output 2 is what the stream gets to hear output 3 is what people on voice commes get to hear i can have a loop mixer for each of theese outputs and use each mixer to get a taylored mix to each of the outputs so for example mixer 1 gives my headset my music my discord voice chat the game chat and stream notifications mixer 2 gives the stream game chat and music mixer 3 gives discord just my mic and perhaps a soundboard on a 3 bus mixer i could acomplish this but everything would have to be at the same level unless the mixer supports per bus volume controll its basically in a nutshell a easy way to split a input to multiple mixers to generate individual mixes the loop term comes from the fact you loop through all the mixers and back to the first
So loop send the pre-fade signal of a channel to all the looped mixer, allowing each mixer to set the level of the channel? What happens if two or more mixers have an input plugged into the same channel, or should that be avoided?
Really great explanation, I'm an audio engineer and yeah, your "dasey chain" example is spot on. I would just offer that anyone considering this technique keep in mind that you will loose some quality of the original signal (sound) as it is traveling farther via the "chaining". It really only matters if your recording and you are "really" wanting the purest sound quality. Just FYI☺️
Have you seen the Blender from TC Helicon? It costs $130 but does way more... battery or wall powered, 6 stereo inputs, 4 headphone outputs with individual mixes (could be used as aux sends or monitor mixes for band), and has a multitrack USB interface built in
Hi, if you read this....would you still recommend this or have you (or anyone else) foujnd a better solution? (as a tiny mixer with panning knobs) Thnx!
The difference you hear is saturation. I can hear it just fine. It's pushing the signal coming into the unit a bit, which is what analog does to hot signals. It sounded pretty cool in my opinion.
I was looking at this to record all of my Teenage Eng Pocket Operators (KO 33, Sub, and Drum) without loss of sound quality, and I have a Triton LE controller (with built in sound bank) that has a 3.5 stereo out as well. I currently have the 2 input 1 aux yellow Hart mixer and it works well but only with 2 inputs (basically)! thanks for the review!
I have this for my 3 POs I don't record but it's great for them, I also have some LR splitter cables and been experimenting with separating the audio and click track and trying to sync them with my monostation, and then feed the stereo into the Hart. I'm pretty sure Ricky/Enrique has some videos on that.
@@jthorpe4droid I've used some splitter cables for the sync and then feeding the main into the 2 channel Hart Mixer I have, but haven't tried sync with other than TE units so far, hear these will sync with the Volcas also using the CV.
I have one of these and it can be powered from batteries using a USB rechargeable power pack battery and a USB step-up voltage lead to give you the required voltage and power plug size. ALSO, you can just buy a battery box and put a PP3 9V battery in it or a 6 x AAA battery box to also give you 9V battery power. All of these are available on Ebay. SO, it's a "no battery-er" ERRR sorry, "no brainer". SO, there is simply just NO PROBLEM with running this mixer with batteries! AND, as you always say, "Share the love, share the knowledge, knowledge is power, let's jam". You are surely a cool, comprehensive and capable commentator. SO, please keep up your great work on here ...
I like the little Nady 4 channel mixer for about a third of the price. It may not have the output options that this does but I think it has more input options.
@@ModularLanding Many of the Behringer mixers allow you to plug a mono source into the left channel of a stereo pair and use the balance knob as an actual pan knob. That's good engineering.
I use the little 502 mixer when I sample into my Roland SP555's inputs. It has no internal panning, so a mono sample is just center in the stereo field. A work around is to sample in stereo via a mixer to your desired panning or you could record to your DAW as mono and pan there. But yeah, I'm a fan of Behringer's mixers for cost and function.
I got OP1 & OPZ and other gears, but they all mono, Do I need any adapter? or they will work just fine. My Dude is broken I'm looking for alternative option.
That weird behavior on the balance knob is what makes it a balance and not a pan. Pan sends a mono signal to left bus or right bus ( and odd or even). Balance, like on a stereo receiver, attenuates the stereo signal on either the left or right side. I’ve never given it any thought, but are all pan knobs on stereo mixer channels actually balance and not pans? Do they switch depending on what’s plugged in? Weird. Also, can you put a mono cable halfway in the Hart input and get the signal flowing to both sides?
This was great but, I would love some reviews on other mixers. I need a mixer but would like a professional opinion on what to get in my price range. thanks for the top quality vids!
Yeah, fidelity isn't its strength for sure. However, the difference he got when turning the gain up, before it started to really crack up, there was a saturating sweetspot that to me sounds a lot like the saturators a lot of producers would use on every track anyway. Also the kick drum comparison to me sounded pretty much like the difference you'd get by throwing a saturation plug on your kick track in DAW. It's not as tweakable obviously, but none the less it didn't sound bad. Might be some people's cup of tea.
DisplayPort isn't 'old school', and the pictures on the manufacturer's site make it look like the loop cable is included with the unit. The loop connection appears to be the most innovative feature of this unit so it's too bad you didn't talk about it.
Just had my 5 year old screaming at the TV, "we have that, we have that one". We got ours last year for the pocket operators and use a few splitters, it's great for little on living floor jams, but you are right it does character the sounds a little, but that doesn't bother as we don't record.
@@RickyTinez We've had ours since sept last year, and it's held up pretty well with a 5 year old playing with it once or twice a week, Ch1 & Ch2 sliders are a little looser but they probably are the ones we use the most, and the gain is quite useful for old stuff like a EMT 10 module we have, then we run that into a old Fostex MR8 ( which we use to use before as it had 2 channels ) connected to speakers, but you do need a few 3.5mm to 1/4 cables. Just a shame it isn't battery, as we cant use it in the tent which is where we use the bass station the most with a battery pack and rechargeable speaker.
it is possible to use this device to create voice layers live? like, sing one layer, and than sing another and another and make loops with all voice layers? Thanks.
1 foot three-prong extension cords > power squids. You can use whatever surge suppression/UPS you want, without splitting an outlet, and they're probably cheeaper.
I just buy the loop 8 and that had mono input stereo input and also bluetooth and also one phantom the loop I understand can chain the mixer together I want also to buy this because I have a lot of synth stereo. The interesting things of the loop 8 is have the mute in each channel
It seems like it's meant more for connecting the headphone outputs of your phone, tablet, game console, media player, and etc all at once to a bluetooth speaker or something rather than professional audio applications.
I might have to snag one of these. My studio is setup in such a way that on one wall I have most of my instruments going in to a mixer and from the mixer into my interface, which is on the opposite wall on my desk. I have audio cables running from the mixer under the carpet and up to my desk. I also have my Hydrasynth on my desk and change out equipment pretty frequently which results in more cables running from my desk to the mixer. Been wanting a small mixer for the desk that I can sum everything on the desk before sending it to the main mixer. This might be it! Thanks Ricky!
Sold - you should do an affiliate link for non-US countries too - I'm in Australia and had to go to the Australian amazon so I'm not sure if it is still your affiliate after redirect (sorry).
Why not just go with something like Behringer xenyx 802 for more features (analog 3 band eq, fx send/return, real panning, xlr ins, tape in/out, etc) for $10-$20 cheaper?
depends on the needs i guess. this has faders which are fun to perform with. This mixer is lighter in weight, and a weird one but the "shaved" knobs so nothing to get snagged and snapped off? The 802 is a great mixer though!
This is exactly what I'm hoping it does, so that I can buy a second and control more than 5 mini synths. I've just asked them this very question. Still no sign of this loop cable on their website though!
Thanks for the review. Looks convenient. I've had my eyes on one of those for some time but never pulled the trigger. Can it handle Eurorack level (10V) ? That loop cable actually exists and comes with some units for +$10 extra. This actually seams to be an interesting feature. Considering the fact that only one power adapter is required to run the whole loop of mixers.
is it possible to hook this thing up to a scarlet 2i2 with the loop mixer's 3.5mm output? I'm new to all of this so just trying to cover bases before I purchase
Yeah it does sound like the mixer changes the sound to something a little darker, it felt like it shaved off some of the top end and sounded compressed almost for whatever reason. I mean for 73 bucks it is what is. Great video man.
hosea cables are so expensive in aussie land. but i have been looking for a small reliable mixer.. this looks pretty good. sounds like it’s losing some upper harmonics though.
I need an answer. Would this work for streamers, because if I do start streaming, I dont want to have to get a massive mixer. Can I connect a mic to this and have it go to both of my PCs thru the input?
@@RickyTinez It depends on what you're looking to do, but it's a steal for 3 stereo channels with a stereo fx send/return. My buddy and I have been eyeing one to use for our one live setups
In comparison to a "real" mixer like Mackie mixx8 do you think the loop mixer reduces audio level in live sets on big soundsystems? Or is it better to get something else for playing on big rigs?
Nice review, been looking at mixers for such a long time. Just mixing for podcasts / streaming and don't need all the adaptors. Will grab this one, via your links
Can you use headphones to Cue audio (pre-listening before sending to master)? Thanks for the tutorial my friend There is another one called maker hart 8 with more sliders :D
JUST picked up an sp303 and sp404. Was wondering what type of portable mixer I could use to create a live setup for sampling and recording on the go. Im currently looking at the bastl but im not sure if id be able to line in both of the sp's, lemme know if you can help me out!
I find that damn Circuit headphone jack is superior to everything and I am always chasing that sound out of that jack.........so I often run out audio of that in an AUX channel.......
Hey, I'm thinking about picking one of these guys up but it says not available in your affiliate link. Can you update with a working link so I can support your channel?
Just to be clear, if you buy a dual 1/4” mono to 3.5mm stereo cable and plug one of the two 1/4” jacks into a mono synth and the 3.5mm stereo jack into the mixer will that sum the mono signal from the synth to stereo?
would love to see any overviews on consoles you recommend. looking for an affordable all-in-one solution like the portastudios but maybe in the $500 - 1k range. Currently looking at the Tascam Model 24 but wondering what my other options are for DAWless mixing and recording that could compete with my computer in a way that is reasonable.
Thank you SO much I have never seen that Squid thing and needed something for a portable battery just like it. Was stoked to see you reviewing this thing; I knew it looked solid but added it to my cart as soon as I saw it on your channel. You're an ace! Thanks Man!
Yo thanks so much for the Super Chat!! Glad you found the video helpful
What you describe as a pan knob is actually a balance knob, and is labeled correctly.
Panning moves the sound from left to right in the stereo field.
Balance adjusts how loud the left vs the right will be in the stereo field, but will not move the left to the right or the right to the left.
I've got that mixer and it's fantastic for the size and price. I use it to combine all my Korg Volca's into one output to send into my 12-Channel Mackie Mixer.
"Not to be confused with...your phone." The look on your face there...
That line really made me laugh - The delivery was so good!
@@kramerdesign9443 Right? Spot on.
OR, as Inspector Clouseau would have said, "Ernd nert ter be cernfewsed wiz yer fern ..."
ART SplitMix4 is a passive 4 channel stereo mixer and costs less. Barebones and acts more like a patchbay but if you need something portable without the need of a power supply, it's incredibly useful.
I have two of these! Really useful little boxes. I use them for getting FX in parallel as well as mixing.
I've been using this mixer for over a year. Definitely recommended! The multiple outputs is very useful being able to record and monitor output at the same time.
Still using one I bought around the time of this video and it's been flawless.
I had one of their JUST mixers for a few weeks before that nuked itself though, so maybe I was lucky.
I value videos like this because despite my love for DAWs, I have this desire to do live Jam Sessions on hardware alone.
I also tend to be chronically low on money. I'm basically trying to come up with a setup that's budget friendly, but that I could come back to in 2 years and not look at it like a preschool keyboard that can't play 3 notes at a time.
Also your voice is soothing. Thanks a ton for these!
Cool Ricky, thanks for the review.
I also use it for concerts and I have to say it's fantastic.
Wow, it's harder to decide the right mixer than the right synthesizer. Especially in the low-cost range to find that none-crap thing.
I have one with my Volca set up. I have one of those 3D printed, 4 Volca, tiered stands...with a bit of finnagling, you can get this mixer to fit into the tiered stand. Then I got the Volca multi-power supply and some low profile, right-angled 1/8” cables and the whole thing is a pretty dope, self contained, one PSU set up. The mixer is kinda garbage, but if everything coming in is line level(synths) and you leave yourself enough headroom, its totally fine. I’d only use it on “toy synths” like Volcas or Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators.
Ricky’s Moog (pictured in the vid) would crush the headroom of this mixer.
best explanation i can give you for the loop function
loop connects all the inputs to other mixers
imagine your on stage with 5 guys
drummer
bass player
lead guitar
singer
idk chello player
each player gets a loop mixer beside them daisy chained together via the loop port
mixer 1 is connected to mixer 2
mixer 2 goes into 3 3 goes into 4 4 goes into 5 5 goes into 1
now each person is connecting there instrument into a channel
drummer on input 1
bass on input 2
lead on input 3
singer on input 4
chello on input 5
the drummer can now configure all the sliders to give himself a personal mix of everyones instruments without affecting the sound of the others mixers
the same goes for every other performer the loop in gives them the unmodified inputs of all the other mixers and lets them controll there final output mix for monitoring
anouther setup you can do and the one i plan to use is as follows
i stream when i game so i have 3 outputs i care about
output 1 is my headset what i personally get to hear
output 2 is what the stream gets to hear
output 3 is what people on voice commes get to hear
i can have a loop mixer for each of theese outputs and use each mixer to get a taylored mix to each of the outputs so for example
mixer 1 gives my headset my music my discord voice chat the game chat and stream notifications
mixer 2 gives the stream game chat and music
mixer 3 gives discord just my mic and perhaps a soundboard
on a 3 bus mixer i could acomplish this but everything would have to be at the same level unless the mixer supports per bus volume controll
its basically in a nutshell a easy way to split a input to multiple mixers to generate individual mixes
the loop term comes from the fact you loop through all the mixers and back to the first
Ooooohhhhhh. Makes sense. Hmmm not bad, easy way to get some convenient monitoring
Ughh too much- make it simple
So loop send the pre-fade signal of a channel to all the looped mixer, allowing each mixer to set the level of the channel? What happens if two or more mixers have an input plugged into the same channel, or should that be avoided?
Really great explanation, I'm an audio engineer and yeah, your "dasey chain" example is spot on. I would just offer that anyone considering this technique keep in mind that you will loose some quality of the original signal (sound) as it is traveling farther via the "chaining". It really only matters if your recording and you are "really" wanting the purest sound quality. Just FYI☺️
Meh. This is stupid.
Have you seen the Blender from TC Helicon? It costs $130 but does way more... battery or wall powered, 6 stereo inputs, 4 headphone outputs with individual mixes (could be used as aux sends or monitor mixes for band), and has a multitrack USB interface built in
One of the Amazon packages you have linked includes a "bus cable" to connect multiple mixers.
4:30 "let's only listen to the kickdrum" sounds just like every party music ever.
Hi, if you read this....would you still recommend this or have you (or anyone else) foujnd a better solution? (as a tiny mixer with panning knobs) Thnx!
that background music is fire
Aye aye. Font know why no one is talking about that
The difference you hear is saturation. I can hear it just fine. It's pushing the signal coming into the unit a bit, which is what analog does to hot signals. It sounded pretty cool in my opinion.
the stereo inputs would pair nicely with the Blackbox... now you got me thinking..
oh whoa.. didn't even think of that!
I was looking at this to record all of my Teenage Eng Pocket Operators (KO 33, Sub, and Drum) without loss of sound quality, and I have a Triton LE controller (with built in sound bank) that has a 3.5 stereo out as well. I currently have the 2 input 1 aux yellow Hart mixer and it works well but only with 2 inputs (basically)! thanks for the review!
I meant the TRTK controllers Korg released a few years back w the triton sound bank.
I have this for my 3 POs I don't record but it's great for them, I also have some LR splitter cables and been experimenting with separating the audio and click track and trying to sync them with my monostation, and then feed the stereo into the Hart. I'm pretty sure Ricky/Enrique has some videos on that.
@@jthorpe4droid I've used some splitter cables for the sync and then feeding the main into the 2 channel Hart Mixer I have, but haven't tried sync with other than TE units so far, hear these will sync with the Volcas also using the CV.
@@djExquiz I think Jakob Haq has a video on that, I've only tried with the monostation, I have the PO-20,28 & 35 they are great little units.
was playing audio on my phone but when i plugged in my headphones and boom that tune in the background is so fire
I have one of these and it can be powered from batteries using a USB rechargeable power pack battery and a USB step-up voltage lead to give you the required voltage and power plug size. ALSO, you can just buy a battery box and put a PP3 9V battery in it or a 6 x AAA battery box to also give you 9V battery power. All of these are available on Ebay. SO, it's a "no battery-er" ERRR sorry, "no brainer". SO, there is simply just NO PROBLEM with running this mixer with batteries! AND, as you always say, "Share the love, share the knowledge, knowledge is power, let's jam". You are surely a cool, comprehensive and capable commentator. SO, please keep up your great work on here ...
I like the little Nady 4 channel mixer for about a third of the price. It may not have the output options that this does but I think it has more input options.
I love your channel, man.
Hey Ricky, can you do a follow up on this? Mixer not on a budget? Something that allows 4 stereo pairs still :)
Yes please!
The word that is usually used to describe an output with volume control is variable (vs. fixed).
Nice! Thanks for sharing that information
Cool that they have set up the gain this way, as a continuum b/w mic and line settings.
What about just using a cheap small Behringer? I gigged with one for years and it was rock solid.
Yep. Hard to beat a Behringer Xenyx and there are a ton of them at different price points.
@@ModularLanding Many of the Behringer mixers allow you to plug a mono source into the left channel of a stereo pair and use the balance knob as an actual pan knob. That's good engineering.
I use the little 502 mixer when I sample into my Roland SP555's inputs. It has no internal panning, so a mono sample is just center in the stereo field. A work around is to sample in stereo via a mixer to your desired panning or you could record to your DAW as mono and pan there. But yeah, I'm a fan of Behringer's mixers for cost and function.
@Ezmyrelda Andrade 😶...🤭
I got OP1 & OPZ and other gears, but they all mono, Do I need any adapter? or they will work just fine.
My Dude is broken I'm looking for alternative option.
That weird behavior on the balance knob is what makes it a balance and not a pan. Pan sends a mono signal to left bus or right bus ( and odd or even). Balance, like on a stereo receiver, attenuates the stereo signal on either the left or right side. I’ve never given it any thought, but are all pan knobs on stereo mixer channels actually balance and not pans? Do they switch depending on what’s plugged in? Weird.
Also, can you put a mono cable halfway in the Hart input and get the signal flowing to both sides?
no kidding on the gain, left and paused the video, came back to 808's blasting my ears
Cool little mixer for a small Volca setup, or even some Boutique gear. digging the acid jam at the end of the vid too!
this or a tx6... cant decide
Thanks to your review I just bought one whilst passing thru Taiwan. Looks great. Looking forward to using it when i get home... 😀
Nice! Hope it turns out to be what you hoped for
I got a K-Mix 2nd hand $400. it's amazing. On board reverb, not great, but not bad. Powered by USB adapter.
+ Also acts as a soundcard for your computer, AND higain i/o you can plug turntables in, I think you can plug cv/gate i/o as well...
This was great but, I would love some reviews on other mixers. I need a mixer but would like a professional opinion on what to get in my price range. thanks for the top quality vids!
Hey Ricky, this mixer support the Sonyecm cs3, is a trs mic
takes out a little fidelity, from your kick experiment, but not bad.... great little tool... I liked the way it overdrive'd...
Overdrove?
Yeah, fidelity isn't its strength for sure. However, the difference he got when turning the gain up, before it started to really crack up, there was a saturating sweetspot that to me sounds a lot like the saturators a lot of producers would use on every track anyway. Also the kick drum comparison to me sounded pretty much like the difference you'd get by throwing a saturation plug on your kick track in DAW. It's not as tweakable obviously, but none the less it didn't sound bad. Might be some people's cup of tea.
@@andreyaek2266 i heard that sweat spot too... I definitely would use it...
@@bofudi am sorry if I offended your spelling sensibilities.. I didn't know i would be graded...
@@hydraulictelepath9677 Uh I have no idea you might as well say overdrivonzky far as I'm concerened, just thought it sounded funny
Would have been cool to hear multiple sources being summed together. Thanks for the review
DisplayPort isn't 'old school', and the pictures on the manufacturer's site make it look like the loop cable is included with the unit. The loop connection appears to be the most innovative feature of this unit so it's too bad you didn't talk about it.
Just had my 5 year old screaming at the TV, "we have that, we have that one". We got ours last year for the pocket operators and use a few splitters, it's great for little on living floor jams, but you are right it does character the sounds a little, but that doesn't bother as we don't record.
Nice. Is it still working? I wonder how long mine will last.
@@RickyTinez We've had ours since sept last year, and it's held up pretty well with a 5 year old playing with it once or twice a week, Ch1 & Ch2 sliders are a little looser but they probably are the ones we use the most, and the gain is quite useful for old stuff like a EMT 10 module we have, then we run that into a old Fostex MR8 ( which we use to use before as it had 2 channels ) connected to speakers, but you do need a few 3.5mm to 1/4 cables. Just a shame it isn't battery, as we cant use it in the tent which is where we use the bass station the most with a battery pack and rechargeable speaker.
@@RickyTinez Also the plastic has held up quite well, no cracks but it does scratch easy we found.
it is possible to use this device to create voice layers live? like, sing one layer, and than sing another and another and make loops with all voice layers? Thanks.
another hella underrated jam in the end! love it!
Gotta add this to my wishlist for a possible
Compliment to my new AE modular system!
What type of music do you make? Any similar artists? Interested in your vibe
you never posted the link to that hosa 1/8 stereo to 1/4 dual female mono cable
Can you test the bastl Kastle?
1 foot three-prong extension cords > power squids. You can use whatever surge suppression/UPS you want, without splitting an outlet, and they're probably cheeaper.
I just buy the loop 8 and that had mono input stereo input and also bluetooth and also one phantom the loop I understand can chain the mixer together I want also to buy this because I have a lot of synth stereo. The interesting things of the loop 8 is have the mute in each channel
Has a really nice saturation character
Thanks for this review. I’ve been on the fence about this for awhile now but...
I like your videos because no bull. Just the straight goods.
Thank you Perry! it's what i Strive for.
It seems like it's meant more for connecting the headphone outputs of your phone, tablet, game console, media player, and etc all at once to a bluetooth speaker or something rather than professional audio applications.
I might have to snag one of these. My studio is setup in such a way that on one wall I have most of my instruments going in to a mixer and from the mixer into my interface, which is on the opposite wall on my desk. I have audio cables running from the mixer under the carpet and up to my desk. I also have my Hydrasynth on my desk and change out equipment pretty frequently which results in more cables running from my desk to the mixer. Been wanting a small mixer for the desk that I can sum everything on the desk before sending it to the main mixer. This might be it! Thanks Ricky!
Ricky, have you tried the Behringer 1002B mixer . . . 10 channels, eq, effects sends, mic inputs . . . AND it's battery powered !
Cool will have to look at that as I thought it ran off mains, not battery. But I'm in the mood for a battery one.
What about the 1002B? without the qx
@@jthorpe4droid The Behringer 1002B, uses 3 X 9 volt batteries or power supply
I just picked one of these up and was going to ask the same thing!
Actually do you have one of those. It’s pretty big though! But it does serve its purpose really well. I love how long the faders are on that one.
2:37 Explanation for a lot of things
When the drive gives a fuzzy clipping 1:47 \m/ \m/
used one of these for my Korg Volca's, worked fine, but it does have some background noise, but thats to be expected at this price range.
Will this work well to plug in 5 mics to shoot a podcast?
Sold - you should do an affiliate link for non-US countries too - I'm in Australia and had to go to the Australian amazon so I'm not sure if it is still your affiliate after redirect (sorry).
Why not just go with something like Behringer xenyx 802 for more features (analog 3 band eq, fx send/return, real panning, xlr ins, tape in/out, etc) for $10-$20 cheaper?
depends on the needs i guess. this has faders which are fun to perform with. This mixer is lighter in weight, and a weird one but the "shaved" knobs so nothing to get snagged and snapped off? The 802 is a great mixer though!
Is the 9v power supply Center Negative or + ?
Maybe that cable is for syncing mixers if you want to say turn 2 of them into 1 10 channel mixer?
This is exactly what I'm hoping it does, so that I can buy a second and control more than 5 mini synths. I've just asked them this very question. Still no sign of this loop cable on their website though!
Thanks for the review. Looks convenient. I've had my eyes on one of those for some time but never pulled the trigger. Can it handle Eurorack level (10V) ?
That loop cable actually exists and comes with some units for +$10 extra. This actually seams to be an interesting feature. Considering the fact that only one power adapter is required to run the whole loop of mixers.
That is very cool. If I didn't need some EQ on some of my gear at live shows I would switch entirely to these nifty things.
Is not that DisplayPort? Looks really similar
You sold me this mixer, but also…GREAT jam!
Video about cheap synth pls
If I were to use TRS cables to connect my 2 volcas into this mixer will it work as stereo?
Nobody is able to sell me an amazon mixer… but you, Ricky😆👍🏼
Is it possible to connect it with a volca mixer?
If and how..thanks
is it possible to hook this thing up to a scarlet 2i2 with the loop mixer's 3.5mm output? I'm new to all of this so just trying to cover bases before I purchase
Yeah it does sound like the mixer changes the sound to something a little darker, it felt like it shaved off some of the top end and sounded compressed almost for whatever reason. I mean for 73 bucks it is what is. Great video man.
yea exactly, its the slightest, honestly hard to notice, difference. but it's there
I have had this mixer ages, I like it
hosea cables are so expensive in aussie land. but i have been looking for a small reliable mixer.. this looks pretty good. sounds like it’s losing some upper harmonics though.
I need an answer. Would this work for streamers, because if I do start streaming, I dont want to have to get a massive mixer. Can I connect a mic to this and have it go to both of my PCs thru the input?
I know this isn't "cheap" but a nice 3 channel mixer with fix send / return is the Radial Key-Largo Keyboard Mixer
hmmm interesting, i've seen it before but had no idea it was a mixer! haha. you'd say it's worth the $350-400 price tag?
@@RickyTinez It depends on what you're looking to do, but it's a steal for 3 stereo channels with a stereo fx send/return. My buddy and I have been eyeing one to use for our one live setups
In comparison to a "real" mixer like Mackie mixx8 do you think the loop mixer reduces audio level in live sets on big soundsystems? Or is it better to get something else for playing on big rigs?
Nice review, been looking at mixers for such a long time. Just mixing for podcasts / streaming and don't need all the adaptors. Will grab this one, via your links
Ive never heard channels been called.. independent volumed outputs.
I love your beats man, always s good groove in the vid that I end up rewinding like 10 times haha
Can you use headphones to Cue audio (pre-listening before sending to master)? Thanks for the tutorial my friend
There is another one called maker hart 8 with more sliders :D
Does the Dude mixer colors the sounds as well?
Yeah it does. And actually does it really nicely, this mixer sounds a little more busted up when it starts driving really hard
JUST picked up an sp303 and sp404. Was wondering what type of portable mixer I could use to create a live setup for sampling and recording on the go. Im currently looking at the bastl but im not sure if id be able to line in both of the sp's, lemme know if you can help me out!
also would love to throw my pocket operator, op-1, flekvens subwoofer and speaker to the mix\
Aint nothing SUBTLE about that?!
So it basically sounds like a conversion from 24 bit to 16?
I find that damn Circuit headphone jack is superior to everything and I am always chasing that sound out of that jack.........so I often run out audio of that in an AUX channel.......
do you have any recommendations for mixers that are small and battery powered / portable?
excellent video as always, thank you!
I find the MouKey MAMX1 quite useful. Can be USB-powered with a powerbank.
Duude you just made the price on the hart loop go up
I think the Quarantine did haha. That video reExploded recently
Ricky Tinez jajaja i has to buy a behringer
Hey, I'm thinking about picking one of these guys up but it says not available in your affiliate link. Can you update with a working link so I can support your channel?
Is there a way to connect a microphone and dose it have microphone support for a microphone headset
Bought it today and it works. A bit of a shame it still can’t be powered with USB cable.
Seems like a solid tool for hosting podcasts or streams. Would just need an additional audio-card to get the extra IO on your PC.
How do I connect 4 speaks to this and play music from my phone?
you could say this got... MIXED reviews haha
Ha
It does loop ?
Good job. Nice setup
Just to be clear, if you buy a dual 1/4” mono to 3.5mm stereo cable and plug one of the two 1/4” jacks into a mono synth and the 3.5mm stereo jack into the mixer will that sum the mono signal from the synth to stereo?
I don’t think it will, from what has been said in the video. I think you’ll get the sound on one side of the stereo only.
Is there a mixer like that but with EQ?
That's really neat, I'll have to pick one up, thanks!
would love to see any overviews on consoles you recommend. looking for an affordable all-in-one solution like the portastudios but maybe in the $500 - 1k range. Currently looking at the Tascam Model 24 but wondering what my other options are for DAWless mixing and recording that could compete with my computer in a way that is reasonable.