- or for a mere three times that amount - get an Onyx 1220:
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1220/index.html- mucho better sonics, kind of a baby Crest/Midas - linear faders, good
sounding bypassable eq with a sweepable mid on the mono channels, nice
pres, balaced direct outs - even on the stereo channels (on dsub, though), etc.
- makes a decent OTB (outside the box) mixer for DAW stems, too - just add
an FMR (or better) compressor (RNC, RNLA) and shake well. I got one at the
end of last year when the $399 FireWire option was a free addition.
- very nice stuff for the money.
Barry S.
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Mark <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
>
> Rather than deal with a matchbox, I would recommend a small mixer.
> Overall, you will get much more value for your money. I use a Mackie
> 1202 all the time. Which go for around $175 on the used market.
> It's a matchbox, a mic pre, a headphone amp, a mixer, a feedback
> control for looping effects, etc. It even does FET distortion and
> has a 2-band EQ. And unlike a matchbox, when used as an input for
> your filters and other modules, you can control the amount of gain,
> which is very important for what you want to do.