[sdiy] DIY Mixer - please help!

[Seb Francis]

Antti Huovilainen wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Seb Francis wrote:
>
>> I guess it's a question of whether you consider a mixing desk to be 
>> 'part of the sound' or you simply want to mix your instruments, 
>> insert/send to effects, etc. and choose what colouration to add when 
>> desired.
>
> Sadly, these two options will rarely produce the same result. It's 
> hard or impossible to reproduce the effect of dozens of small 
> nonlinearities and phase shifts in a single effect box.
>
> Whether you want "warm" or "clean" sound is a different question of 
> course. Both are valid choices.
>

I think I like "warm" & "clean" :)
i.e. Some warm sound sources, but with an overall clean mix so that any 
'clean' sounds can really come through.

And even with a 'clean' signal path, judicious use of EQ (both analog 
and digital) can go a long way towards a 'warm' sound.

Seb