Mini Rack Mixer

Chandler Limited, Mini Rack Mixer, front

OVERVIEW

The Chandler Limited Mini Mixer is the culmination of Chandler's experience working with many types of vintage discrete circuits. The Mini Rack Mixer traces its lineage back to several types of these amplifiers developed in the 60s and 70s that have been Chandlerized for modern usage.

Each Channel of the 16x2 mixer is transformer balanced and driven by the new Chandler line amp, which borrows from Chandler's other products but has been redesigned for use in this mixer. The Mini Mixer is jam-packed with 20 discrete amplifiers and 22 custom wound transformers, giving it a classic sound with all the punch and tone you need for today's digital environment.

In addition to the mixer section, the unit has a full featured Control Room section including Talkback, Speaker switching, Mute, Mono, Dim, External input (also used as an insert point), and separate Control Room and Stereo Buss outs. Mixers are easily expandable to 32 channels or more.

All Mixer units require and function on the PSU-2, Chandler Limited power supply. The PSU-2 has an internal switch for setting voltage to 120V or 220V (115V/230V). For more information please call us at (319) 885-4200.

VIDEOS

HEARD ON

Selana Gomez – “Rare”

TG Microphone Cassette (Lead Vocal,) RS124 Compressor (Parallel Mix Bus,) Curve Bender EQ Plugin (Mix bus,) Mini Rack Mixer -Nolan Lambroza, Tony Maserati

Beyoncé – “Lemonade”

Curve Bender EQ (Mix Bus), RS124 Compressor, Zener Limiter, TG1 Limiter, Mini Rack Mixer   -Tony Maserati

Robin Thicke – “Blurred Lines”

Mini Rack Mixer (Drums), TG1 Limiter (Vocal Verses), Zener Limiter (Vocal Hooks), Curve Bender (Mix Bus) - Tony Maserati

Lady Gaga – Born This Way

Selected tracks mixed through Mini Rack Mixer and Curve Bender. Vocal through Zener Limiter (Tony Maserati)

Beyonce – 4

Selected tracks mixed through Mini Rack Mixer, and Curve Bender. Vocal through Zener Limiter. (Tony Maserati)

USERS

Dave Cobb

Producer, Mixer, Engineer (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Rival Sons, Chris Cornell, George Jones, Miranda Lambert )

Jim Abbiss – Producer, Mixer

(Adele, 21 - "Set Fire to the Rain) - Chandler Limited Mini Rack Mixer

Velvet Revolver
Tool

( Grammy Award Winners )

Tony Maserati

( Robin Thicke, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Pink, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Jason Mraz, R. Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Puff Daddy, Tupac, Mary J. Blige, James Brown )

Stone Temple Pilots
Peter Katis

( Interpol, Guster, Longwave, Ours, Robbers On High Street )

Michael James

( Jawbreaker, New Radicals, Janes Addiction, Chicago, Hole )

Michael Beinhorn

( Korn, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, Soul Asylum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Verve Pipe, Ozzy Osbourne, Social Distortion, Black Label Society )

Lil Wayne
Kid Rock
Kelly Clarkson
Fabian Marasciullo

( Lil Wayne, Mary Mary, TLC, Toni Braxton )

Deryck Whibley

( Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Pain for Pleasure )

Counting Crows
Ceasar Rosas

( Los Lobos )

Brendan O’Brien
Michael Brauer

( Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Rolling Stones, Coldplay, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, and more... )

TESTIMONIALS

Thomas Juth

I just wanted to thank you for the Mini Mixer.

I have been using it for 3 years now, and it is one of the only pieces of gear that I couldn't live without. I went from mixing on an 1970's API console to using the Mini Mixer, and I was amazed with how similar they sounded. In fact, as soon as I started using the Mini Mixer, one of my clients even pointed out that the low-end of my mixes sounded fatter than before.

Now the Mini Mixer is in the heart of my mix set-up, and I don't feel the need of working on a large format console anymore.

I have worked with artists such as Elton John, Jamie Cullum, A-ha, Cat Stevens, Jason Mraz, as well lots of big Latin artists. Last month I had 2 albums simultaneously in the top 10 on the US Billboard Latin Chart, and both of them were mixed on the Chandler Mini Mixer.

Robert Hatcher, Guitarist/Songwriter

"The Mini Mixer is one fine piece... I sold a '59 Les Paul Jr. to fund the purchase & have never regretted it!!!"

Martin Frank, Producer/Songwriter/Musician

"...Pushed the crap out of it and I LOVE IT!! Exactly what I've been hoping for...The bass sounds fuller, cymbals more smooth and the track separation is obvious... Chandler Limited is in my book an A+ company"

Barry Rudolph, Mix Magazine, Sept 2005

"The Chandler was slightly warmer, but the difference between them was too close to call. Considering this huge API console once sold for more than $200k, I was impressed at the similarity of their performance."

Mike Caffery, Tape Op, Sept/Oct 2005

"My first impression was that the difference that the Mini Rack Mixer makes is bigger than the difference mastering makes...because of its 100% discrete design, Class-A line amps, transformer balanced I/O-and the resulting sound quality-it has no real competition short of a vintage Neve console."

Billy Bush, engineer for Garbage and Butch Vig

"We weren't necessarily in the market for another mixer, but we've learned that it's definitely worthwhile to check out anything Chandler is coming out with! It's such a well thought out and designed unit and like everything Chandler makes, it sounds awesome. It seems everything sounds better when run through the Chandler line amps! It's incredibly versatile and useful as a sidecar, line mixer or summing device plus it's great to have as the control section for a Pro Tools room."

Joe Barresi

"...gotta say it does sound amazing. It is a beautiful piece of gear........and made a huge difference as soon as I was able to split out multiple tracks and recombine thru a proper stereo buss....it sounded warm and really fat...it made my speakers come alive! my mix sounded clearer and the vocal had especially nice detail...........Also, it's very easy to use...."

Michael Beinhorn

"I am absolutely stunned by your mixer. It may be sacrilegious to say, but the Chandler has become my preferred choice in virtually every instance that I have would normally desired a vintage Neve console (in fact, I ditched the one I previously had). This makes absolutely no sense to me, hence I would suggest that you have made some sort of pact with Satan to fabricate such a thing. Heaven help you, but thanks all the same for creating such a remarkable recording device."

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Circuit Type EMI TG, Discrete, Solid-state
Channels 16x2
Feature Set Inputs: 16x mono/line level (output attenuator/level, pan w/pan out switch)
Control Room: Mute, Dim, Mono, Speaker 1/2, EXT. In, Control Room Output (stepped). Stereo Output (stepped)
Time Constant: Selectable, Stepped (7 settings)
BUS/Talkback: Mic Input: 1/4" jack, Volume
Input Impedance: 10kΩ (Ohms)
Expander 1/4" TRS jack
I/O XLR (pin 2 hot), Transformer balanced, custom wound
Power External (PSU-2), Purchased separately