Friday, June 15, 2007

Spirit Folio SX 16 track mixer

Folio SX picture
This is a fantastic mixing desk with high quality pots and sliders, and best of all it's cheap! It has 20 inputs (12 mono channels, 4 stereo channels). All channels have 3 auxiliary sends - 1 pre, 1 post, and one switchable. The mono channels have mic-line inputs, in addition to insert jacks and also include separate direct outputs that can be selected to pre- or post-fader. They also have a UltraMic Pre-amp with 60 dB of gain and +22 dB of headroom, a very nice warm 3 band parametric EQ with mid swept control including an 18 dB per octave high pass filter. It also has a 4 bus structure with real subgroups routable to mix, 4 main outputs, Mix L, R and Bus L, R plus Aux 1, 2 & 3. A very useful separate Mono Output with level control, a nice stereo monitor and a separate phones output.

All in all, probably the best mixer in it's price class - ideal for a small home studio or for small live gigs.

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