Mixers

There are many jobs involved in large-scale touring — and established front-of-house mixer Bryony October has pretty much done them all.

This major update to PreSonus’ popular multi-purpose mixers endows them with a host of new features — including, for the first time, motorised faders!

Working with a producer and an ambitious timescale, our engineer planned ahead for the best chances of a good result.

In the S21, DiGiCo have made their world-class digital mixing technology more accessible than ever before. We spent some time with it, both at DiGiCo HQ and at a real live event.

Mixing an album can be more challenging than working on songs individually — but it can also be the most satisfying achievement for an engineer.

My Soundcraft EFX12 mixer is pretty new, but when I try and use a channel with a microphone, and an insert cable running to an effects loop with various Moog pedals, I get almost no level from the mic. Can you help?

Boasting two mic preamps, USB interfacing and Lexicon effects, this keenly priced mixer holds lots of promises. Does it deliver?

Zoom reimagine the stand-alone multitracker for the DAW generation.

The cruise-ship industry is booming, and with it a number of career opportunities — for those who can meet the unique challenges of mixing live sound at sea.

Drawing our mini-series to a close, we take you on a detailed tour of the mix and mastering stages of the Damnation’s Hammer album Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres.

ART’s MX622 is a 1U rackmount mixer equipped with three balanced XLR microphone/line-level inputs, plus three stereo line inputs on RCA phono sockets.

I have a slight level mismatch that I don’t know how best to resolve. I want to patch the Dangerous Music Compressor through the inserts on two of an Allen & Heath GL2400 mixer’s input channels. The problem is that the send signal from the mixer is a tad weak for hitting the compressor where it works best...

Go-to producer for Taylor Swift, Lorde and St. Vincent, Jack Antonoff has the rare ability to translate wild experimentation into record sales.

Miktek’s MX4 mini-mixer includes its own phantom power source, which is a big step up from typical budget mini-mixers...

Radial’s innovative Key Largo is designed to sit at the heart of your live keyboard rig.

The quadroPOL works as a VC mixer or quad VCA, with the ring modulation and the polarising qualities adding something extra...

The DC16 control surface for Mackie’s DL32R digital mixer gives you the best of both iPad and hardware control.