[PLUG-AV] Buying the mixer

[Nick Bannon]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 09:24:05AM +0800, Harry McNally wrote:
> [We haven't ordered a new mixer to try yet and...]
> and wonder now if you needed someone there to proceed with the purchase.
> 
> Delivery can be up to 6 weeks but we could order and see if we get it before
> the casual AV session in a month.

Sure!
Good week for it, there's some voucher codes.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/645900

> I can't assist today but if you name a time during this week, I could look
> back at the emails, have a look on AliExpress and either get together or
> just talk on phone or Jitsi and decide on a mixer and buy it.
> 
> I wasn't sure if you wanted to try a wireless mic one and learn from that if
> we need t buy something else. Let me know your thinking before I search out
> the latest ones on AliExpress.
> 
> All the best
> Harry

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 12:29:33PM +0800, Nick Bannon wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 09:45:10AM +0800, Harry McNally wrote:
> > Hilariously, I think this little mixer has all the requirements for the
> > backpack event streaming kit: [~$26]

- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001725996650.html
- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002298330936.html
- something similar?

> Lovely, that will help a lot in reducing the size of each AV(+networking?)
> backpack/crate/kit/module/node.
> 
> We could use at least one such mixer, maybe 2 is better?
> 
> The committee has allocated a $300 budget, refreshable as required.
> 
> Could use a future mixer version integrating a wireless mic receiver.
> (One or two mics, but some of them come in on the same channel, probably
> need individual mute/solo/priority?)
> 
> Nick.

Good question - cheap enough that we can try one or two, same or different
types. I've said what I reckon, above.

Wish there was a small USB-powered, USB-recording mixer that did All
The Things (stereo pan? VU meter?), but it's amazing what they pack in
there already.

Nick.

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