On Sun, 1 May 2016 08:55:53 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: >There are no actual channel inserts so you can't patch in external >gear. That's unusual, but what exactly does an insert? The output is behind the gain and the input before anything else. The mixer already provides a dbx compressor/Limiter for some channels. If an insert should be missing, I guess connecting in series, instead of inserting, doesn't make a big difference, just the gain is after the external gear and not before the external gear. >There's no power switch, so the board's live when you plug it in. One redundant part less, that could get broken and is good for absolutely nothing. >There is a single global phantom power switch for all mic inputs. Actually this shouldn't matter. Phantom power shouldn't cause an issue, if it's turned on, for gear that doesn't require phantom power. It's not unusual, that phantom power is turned on/off for all channels. I suspect that durability could be an issue and for sure repairing is a PITA, because most likely it suffers from a complicated disassemble and put together design. One minute is needed for replacing a bloated electrolytic capacitor, but most likely it takes forty-eight hours to open and close the mixer. Thank you Joe, for the report. Regards, Ralf PS: On Sun, 1 May 2016 09:46:27 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: >I have no idea how they are doing it at this price point. I suspect >that the board will catch on like wildfire and the price will go up. I hope the price won't go up. I need a long time, even to be able to pay for such a less expensive device and I need something like this. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
