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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | | The ultra-compact Mix Series are the answer for budget-conscious folks who refuse to sacrifice sound quality or reliability just to save a dime. Four models suit a variety of needs from desktop recording stations to smaller live gigs-for beginners and seasoned professionals alike. All four feature high quality sound, solid construction, and eye-catching cosmetics. See for yourself-pick one up at your local TAPCO dealer and check out why the Mix Series simply smashes the competition to bits. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Package Length: | 11.3 inches | | Package Width: | 11.0 inches | | Package Height: | 4.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 2 reviews |
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| | Features | Solid steel chassisCompact size4-segment Main MetersPhantom powerKensington security lock
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Good quality beginner audio mixer at a low price. Jun 12, 2008
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SUMMARY:
the Tapco Mix 5.0 is a good, basic compact mixer with 1 XLR mic input, 2 stereo 1/4" inputs for CD or iPod playback devices, and RCA (phono) tape input.
If I made such a purchase again I would probably pay the extra ten or fifteen dollars for the next step up, the Tapco Mix 6.0, which has far more features: Phantom Power, 2 Mic Channels, 2 Stereo Channels, Assignable 'Tape Input' and Tape Output, TRS Aux Send and 1/4" TRS Stereo Aux Returns, 3-Band EQ on all channels (including stereo channels), and Control Room Outputs. The Tapco Mix 6.0 is a better-equipped unit for only a few more dollars.
FULL REVIEW:
Tapco is an old name in pro audio reinforcement, recently applied by Mackie (a world-famous pro audio manufacturer) for their "B-Product" line. This is a common practice - Fender guitars has 'Squier' as their B-Product line, Gibson guitars has 'Epiphone', Sony has 'AIWA'.
Often times B-Product lines are only a passable imitation of the real thing. While the Tapco Mix 5.0 mixer lacks important accurate technical labeling featured on full-price Mackie products, the mixer itself is solid and has a good, clean sound. It is obviously not as clean and clear-sounding as a pro-quality mixer but is still far better overall tone and clarity than comparable mixers by other low-price pro audio product lines by manufacturers like Behringer and Nady. It also has very little of the extra line noise common to low-price audio mixers.
The Tapco Mix 5.0 is closely related to the Mackie 402-VLZ3 compact mixer (Mackie's smallest compact design from their VLZ3 line) and shares similar capability at about half the price, though the Tapco Mix 5.0 has one less XLR mic channel. The Mackie 402-VLZ produces slightly less extra noise than the Tapco Mix 5.0.
FEATURES:
1 XLR or 1/4" TRS Input with Gain control (preamp) 2-band EQ, Level, and Pan (L-R balance) control
2 Dual-input 1/4" TRS or TS channels with Volume and Pan (L-R balance) control
1 Stereo RCA (phono) "Tape Input", assignable to headphones and/or Main Mix.
1 Stereo RCA (phono) "Tape Output"
2 1/4" TRS Main Outputs (L-R)
1 1/4" TRS Stereo Heaphone Output
DISLIKES:
1) No phantom power. Phantom power is necessary for higher-quality studio microphones. For the serious home studio musician or podcaster the inability to use such microphones may create undesireable recording results. Home recordings are almost always better when using large-diaphram or small-diaphram condenser mics and without an external Phantom Power device, such microphones will not function with this mixer. The next model up, the Tapco Mix 6.0, is equipped with phantom power.
2) No on/off switch. To a pro audio engineer, not having this control is just plain creepy. It means that the mixer is always on, unless connected to an external power strip or power conditioner.
3) Lack of Mackie's standard mathmatical labeling around rotary potentiometers (knobs). Mackie usually adds a lot of good technical labeling to their mixers and while this is a cheaper mixer designed for the novice, some of their extraordinary labels would have been welcome, specifically around the Gain control. The Main Mix control, notched at what is normally -U- (unity) on a Mackie Mixer, lacks the complimentary labeling.
APPLICATIONS:
I use this mixer as a step-1 training tool to introduce basic audio mixer concepts. It works quite well in this capacity, as it has the bare minimum of the controls common to most audio consoles. It is well-suited to any small-format application, including very basic home recording or basic DJ and lecture PA use (1 mic and two playback devices).
Just what I was looking for Jun 27, 2007
Putting together a small recording system on my computer. This mixer board was exactly what I needed.
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