SPL MixDream 2U Rack-Mount Analog Summing Mixer

MixDream Advantages—An Overview

• High-grade analog summing on just 2U rack space—no analog mixing console necessary
• Optimal integration of analog effects in DAW-environments
• No loss of computer automation
• Lower DAW processor utilization rates
• The most efficient possible re-sampling of individual tracks with latency free monitoring
• Surround capable (from up to 3 MixDream units)
• Channel capacity expandable through linked units

Special Features

Reduction of A/D conversions

Calculated with 16 units for all MixDream inserts, 14 A/D conversions can be spared in the summing process: DAW insertion of 16 analog units through A/D-D/A converters requires 32 conversions, while with the MixDream only the summed signal needs to be converted (18 conversions). Especially the critical A/D conversions are reduced to a minimum and the analog effects are summed before any (in principle not loss-free) A/D conversion has to be made at all.

The MixDream in Mastering

Multi-channel sessions can be mixed and processed in analog, something that may also be of special importance when an engineer wishes to upsample to SACD or DVD-A (please see page 24, “Discrete Mastering”).

Controls for stereo summing

• Adjustable insert level
• Stereo expansion control with infinite gradation
• Adjustable analog peak limiter
• Adjustable outputs with added in/out switching of Lundahl transformers