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Black Lion Audio PM8 Summing Mixer

List Price: $895.00
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Product Code: 9999-07507

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Black Lion Audio PM8 Summing Mixer Details
The Black Lion Audio PM8 Summing Mixer is BLA's Summing Mixer that they have built upon the basic frame of the SM Pro Audio PM8.

Summing in the analog domain is widely regarded as superior to mixing "in the box." The DSP required to sum individual channels into a stereo pair is prone to clock-based errors and mathematically unrelated signal artifacts, something avoided entirely by mixing down in the analog domain.

While issues of channel cross-talk, thermal noise and distortion are problems faced in the analog world, these artifacts are considered more euphonic than those created in the digital domain. Introducing the Black Lion Audio PM8 summing mixer. It features 8 channels of transformer-coupled inputs and three separate master outputs: a passive output, a transformerless output, and a transformer coupled output. It has mute, volume and pan capability on each channel, plus a DB25 connection to link a second summing box. Huge ¾ watt bus resistors provide isolation between channels while minimizing the thermal noise typically found in a small format console bus. Grain oriented silicon steel input and output transformers lend a rich coloration to the sound by adding just a touch of low-order distortion below 250hz. It’s like having a vintage console in your studio, but at a fraction of the price. It’s exactly what you need to give your mixes that fat body you’ve been looking for.

What We Think
"The Black Lion Audio PM8 is a great way to really open up the sound of your mixes while also giving them some power. After using this great summing mixer, I find it hard going back to in-the-box mixing. I particularly like the ability to switch between the different outputs (transformer, transformerless, and passive - which allows you to plug in whatever stereo mic preamps you have to attain a different character out of your mix) in order to find which one suits the music best. The PM8 is priced perfectly so that getting into outboard summing doesn't have to mean a painfully large investment. Try it out and see what you think."

Alan Moon - Front End Audio

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