Here’s a mid-range mixing solution from Yamaha who offer the MG124c 12 input mixing desk which would be ideal for a small recording set up, live mixer or sub-mixer in a MIDI keyboard rig.
The Yamaha MG124C has a total of 12 input channels – four mono microphone/line inputs and four stereo line inputs. Two of the stereo line inputs can also function as mono microphone inputs, giving you up to six simultaneous mono microphone inputs when needed.
All of the connector inputs are top mounted for easy access and connectivity purposes and features high-quality Neutrik balanced XLR connectors on all four mono microphone/line channels and two of the stereo channels. The XLR-equipped stereo channels can accept mono microphone input either via the XLR or phone jack connectors.
The remaining stereo channels provide phone jack and pin jack connectors for compatibility with a wide range of sources. The four mono input channels also feature insert I/O connectors that let you patch external signal processing gear into those channels as required. Separate pin-jack 2TR inputs are provided to accept the output from a CD player or similar stereo source.
All six microphone preamps feature switch-able phantom power to take advantage of the natural, extended response of high-quality condenser microphone, whilst a single switch turns phantom power on or off for all microphone channels.
The MG124C features Yamaha's innovative one-button compression feature on mono input channels 1 through 4. This technology was introduced to combat the complexity of conventional audio compressors with their threshold, ratio, knee, makeup gain and other confusing parameter controls. Yamaha's one-knob compressor eliminates the need to understand the different facets of the compressor’s set-up, with a single control that lets you simply dial in the amount of compression you want.
In addition to the main stereo bus the MG124C features a stereo group bus and outputs that can be used for channel grouping, assign switches for the stereo and group buses are located next to each channel fader.
Channel and master level control is accomplished via 60-millimeter linear faders to provide a direct visual indication of relative level settings.
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