Alesis Multimix 8 USB
May 10, 2008 12:19:19 GMT
Post by derekrumble on May 10, 2008 12:19:19 GMT
So I needed a portable mixer, for live work, plus some home studio stuff. This Alesis Multimix 8 has just been superceded by a new model so it can be bought for a bit less than a hundred of our fine British pounds. And even at full price it was not much more than a hundred pounds. And I am real pleased with it.
OK - just suppose you were to buy a dedicated headphone amp for just under a hundred pounds? Would you expect much from it? Would you expect it to improve upon, say the built-in headphone stage of a half decent CD player? Well this mixer, just used as an add-on headphone facility, is really OK. Powerful sound, good soundstage, neutral balance.. all round an entertaining sound.
BUT... it's also a mixer, with digital reverb effects too. It's very heavily populated with good quality pots. Loads of LEDs, sockets, a good power supply (is it compatible with v3 X-Series? Need to check it out as it looks as if it may be). Just imagine how many op-amps are inside, how many discrete components? Switches? Numerous. Solid casework, well finished and good looking.
OH - and it also functions as an out board USB 48/16 soundcard and comes with Cubase LE. The newer, and only slightly more expensive version is USB 2.0 and gives you 96/24 capabilty.
So how do they do it for the money? And how much does it actually cost to build? Staggering isn't it.
Derek
OK - just suppose you were to buy a dedicated headphone amp for just under a hundred pounds? Would you expect much from it? Would you expect it to improve upon, say the built-in headphone stage of a half decent CD player? Well this mixer, just used as an add-on headphone facility, is really OK. Powerful sound, good soundstage, neutral balance.. all round an entertaining sound.
BUT... it's also a mixer, with digital reverb effects too. It's very heavily populated with good quality pots. Loads of LEDs, sockets, a good power supply (is it compatible with v3 X-Series? Need to check it out as it looks as if it may be). Just imagine how many op-amps are inside, how many discrete components? Switches? Numerous. Solid casework, well finished and good looking.
OH - and it also functions as an out board USB 48/16 soundcard and comes with Cubase LE. The newer, and only slightly more expensive version is USB 2.0 and gives you 96/24 capabilty.
So how do they do it for the money? And how much does it actually cost to build? Staggering isn't it.
Derek