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Question on Allen & Heath Mixwizard [message #83085]

Sat, 14 April 2007 21:03

Nil
Messages: 245
Registered: March 2007

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Getting ready to do the first full CD project for a band at my
place (done some demos, but not a complete CD yet), and I'm
thinking of getting one of these little 16-channel Mixwizards,
mainly for grouping toms to a L/R mix, but perhaps also for EQ-
ing kick & snare on the way in before they hit the convertors
(prolly use Audix D6 & i5 on kick & snare, respectively, through
the Chandler TG2 or G.R. MP2NV, then run the signal through the
A&H's line-in's & direct-outs into the convertors after EQ-ing).
So, I'm not looking for anything with a ton of channels, just a
few damn good ones. :)

Anyway, I've used an A&H live desk before quite a bit, and it
was a damn good console - sounded great - but have not touched
one of theirs in about 15 years... anyone have any experience
with these? Any good? Not so much?

I'm leaning towards the Brits on this one because I do NOT want
anything named "Mackie", and in my experience, Yammy stuff
never seems to have enough headroom, and also because Rupert
Neve's Portico console isn't out yet. :D

Might be a good little monitor/cue mixer, too.

Whaddya think?

Neil

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Re: Question on Allen & Heath Mixwizard [message #83086 is a reply to message #83085]

Sat, 14 April 2007 21:41

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

Senior Member

I've logged a few hours with that model, but it's been a few years. It was
more british than a Mackie of the same ilk, not surprisingly. Not that it
may matter unless you're buying used, but I was not impressed with it's road
worthyness. EQ is wider than a VLZ. Headroom seemed ok, but not up to large
console standards IMO. It was a far cry from say a GL series, but you get
what you pay for yano?
AA

"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:4621a413$1@linux...
>
> Getting ready to do the first full CD project for a band at my
> place (done some demos, but not a complete CD yet), and I'm
> thinking of getting one of these little 16-channel Mixwizards,
> mainly for grouping toms to a L/R mix, but perhaps also for EQ-
> ing kick & snare on the way in before they hit the convertors
> (prolly use Audix D6 & i5 on kick & snare, respectively, through
> the Chandler TG2 or G.R. MP2NV, then run the signal through the
> A&H's line-in's & direct-outs into the convertors after EQ-ing).
> So, I'm not looking for anything with a ton of channels, just a
> few damn good ones. :)
>
> Anyway, I've used an A&H live desk before quite a bit, and it
> was a damn good console - sounded great - but have not touched
> one of theirs in about 15 years... anyone have any experience
> with these? Any good? Not so much?
>
> I'm leaning towards the Brits on this one because I do NOT want
> anything named "Mackie", and in my experience, Yammy stuff
> never seems to have enough headroom, and also because Rupert
> Neve's Portico console isn't out yet. :D
>
> Might be a good little monitor/cue mixer, too.
>
> Whaddya think?
>
> Neil

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Re: Question on Allen & Heath Mixwizard [message #83109 is a reply to message #83086]

Sun, 15 April 2007 09:19

Paul Braun

Messages: 391
Registered: September 2005

Senior Member

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:41:29 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
<know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:

>I've logged a few hours with that model, but it's been a few years. It was
>more british than a Mackie of the same ilk, not surprisingly. Not that it
>may matter unless you're buying used, but I was not impressed with it's road
>worthyness. EQ is wider than a VLZ. Headroom seemed ok, but not up to large
>console standards IMO. It was a far cry from say a GL series, but you get
>what you pay for yano?
>AA

The one we have at the theatre has received little use - I use a
Behringer DDX3216 for monitors now - and I did notice that I lost
Channel 1 the last time I tried it. That's after roughly 8 hours of
actual time, non-road-usage.

But it could have just been a cold solder joint somewhere.

I do know there's a mod floating out there somewhere for the MixWiz
16:4:2 that involves swapping the op-amps I think.

pab

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Re: Question on Allen & Heath Mixwizard [message #83154 is a reply to message #83109]

Mon, 16 April 2007 08:35

EK Sound

Messages: 939
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

Mixwizards are norotious for poor fader connections or intermittent
faders. The op-amp mod is for balancing the Aux sends....

David.

Paul Braun wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:41:29 -0500, "Aaron Allen"
> <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>
>
>>I've logged a few hours with that model, but it's been a few years. It was
>>more british than a Mackie of the same ilk, not surprisingly. Not that it
>>may matter unless you're buying used, but I was not impressed with it's road
>>worthyness. EQ is wider than a VLZ. Headroom seemed ok, but not up to large
>>console standards IMO. It was a far cry from say a GL series, but you get
>>what you pay for yano?
>>AA
>
>
> The one we have at the theatre has received little use - I use a
> Behringer DDX3216 for monitors now - and I did notice that I lost
> Channel 1 the last time I tried it. That's after roughly 8 hours of
> actual time, non-road-usage.
>
> But it could have just been a cold solder joint somewhere.
>
> I do know there's a mod floating out there somewhere for the MixWiz
> 16:4:2 that involves swapping the op-amps I think.
>
> pab

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