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Hey! If you dont know about these....

They have motorized faders which send and receive midi. Also have ADAT. Bought one last summer. The mixer also has AUX channels, so you have like 40 motorized faders with midi feedback.....

cheap-ass midi controller/adat interface if you ask me. I bought mine last summer for 100 euro





http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fostex-VM200-Di ... 1125593109

good call, if you want or need faders. it's some cheap AD/DA that works pretty well for very little money.

and it wasn't cheapo at all in it's prime...
recently saw a small Topaz 12channel consol-ita go for 65 Euros

congrats, Tom

Thanks Interesting ! I have been looking for something to use with my Xite-1d. how do the mic inputs sound?

good for that money, not worth talking about if you're sniffing corks.

Thanks Gary sometimes cheap wine does the job . Hope you don't mind hijacking the tread but has anyone tried the SM Pro Audio IN5E ?

a mackie mixer has better pres than sm audio, but again, if you aren't a snob it's ok.

well unless the DAC totally sux, this seems like a cool machine to me, very useful.

probably the same (or similiar) Converters as in a Pulsar One ...
the weak point is usually (as gary mentioned) the micpre part of the channel
with a good pre in front of it and solid line level it's a cool box.

as my A16 gets a bit noisy from time to time (intermediate spikes) I recently replaced it by a Korg Soundlink AD/DA 880 couple
(which happens to be the exact same chips, but it's circuit diagram is available online)

all this 24bit (input) talk is pretty pointless imho
to take advantage of at least 20 bits you'd need a four-figure preamp under all circumstances
(or show me the one with an effective noisefloor lower than -100 dB)

I don't believe in the headroom talk at all, as conerters are linear devices adjusted to a voltage range
(which is linearily divided in bits per voltage - it can never exceed this range and won't ever clip 'digitally')
worst case would be analog distortion

for me there's no problem to have an 18bit converter that delivers a perfect 16-bit signal (valid to the last bit)
(the Fostex has 20bit Converters on the input side iirc)
I don't have any gear with less than 90 dB noisefloor anyway
so I take advantage of modern marketing blurb and buy the cool old stuff...

cheers, Tom