NEW MIXER DILEMA

[TGuscic]

Hi guys! Very soon from now I will purchase new location mixer. I read about that, that David Lee is using Mackie 1604-VLZ PRO and he is very happy with that. What are you people think?I live and work in Croatia and situation here is no good to buy 10000$ peace of equipment, because I will have to work 1 year to earn just what I gived. For difference in price compare to other mixers that are used in the field, I can purchase two good mics. Till now I didn't use any mixer so this will be my first baby. I usually use NAGRA D or FOSTEX PD-4. One more question: Does anybody know David Lee's E-mail because I have some question about his setup with that mixer. Thanx in advance.
P.S.
What is yours recomendation?

[scott]

How's Zagreb? I was there with a theatre festival in 89, stayed at the Grand hotel. I remember the kids playing life sized chess in the square....

Well to you point. You might look at the Sound Devices mixers. They might be a better match. I know folks who use both the Mackie and Beheringer and have had good sucsess. But they arn't realy designed for production Audio so you have to make some compromises.

SK

[David Bondelevitch, CAS]

The Mackie is very cost-effective, but it it not really convenient for production in terms of size, power, and signal path, and it is not the quietest mixer. I would go to Coffey's web site and look at some of the portable mixers designed for production work. They are much more expensive, though.

[michaelsound]

Two years ago I purchased the Audio Developments AD149 mixer as my primary panel mixer. It is a full-featured model, probably a WHOLE LOT more that you want to spend if you are looking at Mackies etc. BUT, in the process of searching for my AD149, I looked up other Audio Developments panel mixers and saw that they have a couple much more affordable models (i.e. AD245) that still have a few very essential features that Mackies /Behringers etc do not have--not to mention much higher-quality signal paths, headroom .... Audio Developments website: http://www.audio.co.uk/

Their U.S. distriburtor (at least when I purchased) is Independent Audio in Portland, Maine.

Good Luck!

[Tom P]

Hi,
don't throw your NAGRA away, you can use it as Mic pre for 2-3 Channels.
Tom