[sdiy] Alesis 1622 Mixer

[Gene Stopp]

Speaking of that, anybody got some road miles on a new Behringer mixer? Like
a 24 or a 32? I'm curious how they perform as designed and stay that way
over time.

Whoo-hee guys I'm having like a 1 in 10 on-topic ratio these days, sorry for
that... let me see, what DIY stuff am I immersed in at the moment - well,
how about some front panel talk (you know, that 90% of the synth building
effort)...

Got a pair of SEM's (broken of course) a while back. Since then I've
repaired them, and decided to stick them in a home-built synth body with a
3-octave Pratt/Read. Some extra panels seemed like a good idea, one on the
left for tune/range/glide/LFO stuff, one on the right for output level and
power switch. I decided to use the laser-print/laminate graphics technique,
and I found some card stock with about the right Oberheim off-white
slightly-tan color. I even got some NOS Oberheim knobs to match. I was
drilling the plates and the laminated graphics when I realized that the OB
knobs are flush mount! Rats! What a time to notice this! Sub-panel time...
after much drilling and cutting all I have left is to trim down the pot
shafts (one thing about Radio Shack is that they still have 100K linear
long-shaft pots for cheap). I'll take some jpg's when I'm done, hopefully
somebody can host them for me. No time for web sites. Maybe when my kids get
a little older I'll have them make me one :)

- Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of john mahoney
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:57 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Alesis 1622 Mixer


> > Was I lucky to get an Alesis mixer for dirt cheap?
>
> No. This is the worse mixer erver built.  :-P

Really! The pots would get scratchy if the user wasn't clean. ;-)
Monolithic design = monumental screwup.

Maybe you could put it in a new case using real pots. (Probably
cheaper to get a new Behringer, though.)
--
john