Summing Mixer LittleOne 8×2 Passive 1 x stereo input to 2 mono switch DB25 input

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Passive Stereo Summing Mixer solution without compromises Breathe more life into your digital mixes   add warmth and analog vibe read moreCustomer feedbackCool passive summing noiseless, infinite headroom and no power required. The best way to mix outside the computer, enjoy clip free summing and then use the different mic pres of your choice to send your mix back to your DAW.

 

LittleOne 8 ANALOG Passive Discrete Summing Mixer

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Input: 8 balanced INPUT by DB25/DSUB Tascam Standard Analog
Output:  2x(1,4″ TRS) Balanced L/R – 1xStereo out bylanced
1xStereo CH to 2 mono input by switch (for mono instruments like kick, bass,etc.)Pure hand made! Hand wired and tested point-to-point!
Selected VISHAY DALE military metal-film resistors!
Laser engraved massive aluminium alloy box!
Additional Options Documentation  Technical Description User Manual

 
 

 

Why choose LittleOne mixer?

 

Requires only +15 dB of make-up gain! 

 

Fully balanced solid state network & switching network from input to output.

 

Can be left “free” unconnected inputs 2-4-6! No unused input problem!

 

No thermal noise on passive mode due to custom-developed balanced summing network.

 

Absolutely repeatability DAW control: Volume Panorama, EQ, and effects sends of your mix from within the DAW, and send as many as 2-4-6-8 different tracks or submixes to Summing Mixer.

 

Can handle both balanced/unbalanced signal from synth like Moog, Nord, Yamaha etc.

 

Can handle large external instruments like samplers, tape machines, drummachines etc.

 

Can be fit to all brand of DAW interfaces like Digidesign 192, Avid HD I/O 16X16,Universal Audio, RME Fireface, Prism, Lynx Aurora, Apogee, Motu, Focusrite, Metric Halo, Steinberg MR816, and so on..

 

Can handle external signal processors eg. EQ, Compressor, Limiter, Multi Effects Processors like Massenburg, Drawmer S3, Lexicon, Alesis, Tube-Tech LCA2B, JoeMeek, FMR Audio RNC DBX, ART etc.

 

Can handle large number of external mic preamps like AMS Neve 1073,Aphex Channel, Great River, Avalon, Chandler Limited, Crane Song, SPL, Focusrite, Presonus, Midas, Summit Audio, ART Pro and so on…

 

Extremely simple, Discrete, pure, and transparent signal path.

 

Can be used for external DAW summing or as a line summing mixer for effects external pres,instruments, synths, drum machines or any (balanced/unbalanced) line signal! 

 

Other passive summing mixers on the marketplace requires +30/+40dB makeup gain!

 

More than 500 happy customers around of the World!

 

 

Stereo to mono option: – the mono is true analog mono!

 

However, for mono signals (such as kick, snares, lead vocals or bass that should appear centered in the middle of a mix), it would be a waste to use (Stereo L/R panned channels) what would amount to two required converters for a mono result. In such cases, channel pairs 1 & 2 may be switched to mono mode (CH1 to 1-2), so that, for example, there might be a (mono) kick on channel 1, snare on channel 2 or other mono instrument.

 

Stereo to Mono switch mono mode (ON): allow to place inputs 1/2  in mono (center) and send/route mono tracks from your DAW, using the Stereo/Mono option for mono instruments like bass, sub bass, kick, snare etc.

 

Stereo to Mono switch mono mode (OFF): normal stereo signal input L/R (pan from DAW) 

 

 

LittleOne is therefore able to assume a wide variety of tonal character dependent on your choice of amplifier (mic pre)!

 

 

How to mix in analog OTB [OUT-The-Box] 

 

 

Customer question:

 

 

 

I’d like to know if there is a way to drive the amplifier prior to get on the master out or should I achieve this by entering the summing unit with hotter levels? 

 

 

A. Mix in analog is different than DAW bounce, so Let’s separate the mixing process to 2 parts:

 

 

1. First part: Passive network.

 

You right: “should I achieve this by entering the summing unit with hotter levels”

 

You need to find for all your instruments/tracks individually the “gentle distortion” point, where the subtle distortion starts gently and it’s about right. It basically impossible to do that  ITB [In-The-Box] because if u hit over 0dB, starts to distort during gain staging, simply the digital bounce not allow to send hot (high gain) 

 

Panorama

 

Firstly need to find for all your instruments the right places in to the stereo field (separation), the right locations where they sit better in to the whole mix. Don’t forget – your instruments are mixed in the analog domain: as sinusoidal voltages! 

 

Gain staging

 

Gain staging is like pulling the focus of a camera lens, so the cardinal point is the individual gain sent from DAW interface outputs to summing network.(they will be mixed as sinusoidal voltage) so strictly need to find for all your instruments/tracks individually the “gentle distortion” point, where the subtle distortion starts gently and it’s about right ?warm?. 

 

 

2. Second part: Drive the amp – makeup gain

 

Make up gain “crank it up” – make up gain by your MicPre/DAW Instrument amp or internal summing amp, and hit the sweet spot of master mix, then print/record. 

 

It’s important to find the sweet-spot when the level and subtle distortion is just about right, depending on the song and production. ITB has no sweet-spot and there’s really no reward running the levels a bit too hot, on the contrary is even makes the mix sound worse.

 

There are no 0?s and 1?s but only voltages. These are complex sinusoidal voltages that include the harmonics and other elements. Many engineers consider this to add the ?warm?, ?in-depth? and nice separation sound you get from analog.  (Emerson R. Maningo)

 

 

 

 

Technical features:

 

Summing: DiscreteDual Stereo Balanced Passive Summing  network 16:2 line input

 

Selected VISHAY DALE military metal-film resistors!

 

In/Out:Balanced, floating to ground

 

Input impedance: 2K ohms balanced

 

Output impedance 600 ohms balanced

 

Output level: -15 dB nominal(relative to 0dB)

 

Frequency response: 0-500Khz

 

Crosstalk 1Khz: -95dB

 

In/Out:   Balanced, floating to ground

 

Signal/ Noise rate: -98dB (RME HDSP tested, no DAW inputs connected)

 

Balanced input: 16 inputs L/R = 8 Stereo CH 

 

STEREO TO MONO SWITCH (CH1 stereo to 1-2 mono, CH2 stereo to 3-4 mono)

 

Balanced output: 2 balanced L/R out (1,4″TRS) 

 

TRS connection wiring: (Tip:HOT/,Ring:COLD/Sleeve:GROUND)

 

Power requirements: NO POWER REQ!  – is PASSIVE!

 

 

“Recommended for everyone who wants to try “mixing in analog domain” or expand the existing setup with an analog summing box!

 

 

 

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PLEASE CONTACT ME IF WANT EXPRESS DELIVERY!

 

 

 

usually delivery time:

 

Germany:              3 – 7 business days

 

United Kingdom:   4 – 9 business days

 

Spain:                   5 – 10 business days

 

Italy:                    10 – 15 business days

 

OUT OF EU:

 

United States / Canada:   9-21 days

 

 

 

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International Buyers ?(outside of UK. & European Union ) like USA Please Note!

 

Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.

 

 

The dispatch time for international buyers  (like USA) : 9-21 working / business days (registered air mail post)

 

Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.

 

 

Please ask your country’s customs office to determine the custom inspection time!

 

 

In worst case(due to accurate customs inspection) 15-30 days after shipping in your country(e.g.USA)!

 

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