revyth wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:20 pm
Guys do you have an alternative mixer to recommend?
I don't trust this Mackie mixer, the issue is nonlinear meaning that the imbalance is not costant, so a simple offset of the PAN won't solve the issue if you change the gain/volume on the channel or the master.
I need something compact, low noise and good sounding. No need for FX
Are sure that the imbalance is not constant, and that you're not being tricked bye fact that the LED meter scale is not linear? It offers finer metering detail around the 0 mark, so any imbalance will be visually more obvious there (if you understand what I mean - the step between the 0 light on the meter and the next one down is -2dB, which would show the 1.7dB imbalance. If you look at the -20 light however, you'll see that the next light down is -30 : a 10dB step, which would not show the imbalance.
I have the smaller 402, and now that I think of it, this has happened fairly often for me too - I've always put it down to "something else", because I tend to use it as a little problem solver and it gets plugged in at the last minute between different things to do a different job every time. Now I know, so thank you!
Out of interest, what is the purpose of the mixer in this setup? Can the RME not do what you need by itself?* I noticed from your picture that the only input connections were from your RME - was this set up just to demonstrate the problem?
*I'm aware that a lot of questions here about mixers are met with "Why do you need a mixer?" answers, so my apologies for not directly answering your question.
