Keith McMillen K-Mix Mixer-Controller-Interface
Discontinued, this product can no longer be ordered.
Product no: 9000-0016-0728 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
General
The Keith McMillan K-Mix neatly rolls up all of the functionality of a mixer, controller, and interface into one tight box that might well be seen as the ultimate holy grail for many a musician. Three tactile tools in one, the most obvious feature of the K-Mix is that the control panel is free of any moving parts. All of the usual, very-breakable faders and infinite encoders have been entirely replaced with touch pads or touch strips controlled by nothing more than the movement of your fingertip, and any movement you make is guided by multi-coloured LED back-lighting which satisfyingly shifts as you tweak this parameter and shape that effect.
The Keith McMillen K-Mix
Use it as a mixer, and you're working with eight jack ports (including a pair of XLR/jack combo ports), enough integrated phantom power to support condenser microphones, and a bank of mixer channels that provide equalisation, compression/limiting, gate and reverb. Set it up to control your DAW software and manipulate virtual parameters using the tactile pads and dials, all without any nasty surprises, and all with the assurance that this chunk of hardware exists simply because Keith McMillen himself wanted to make something that he wished existed - something that wouldn't just be reliable, but 'unbreakable'.
Specifications
Product features
| 19 inches | no |
|---|---|
| 19 inches | no |
| Number of analogue Inputs | 8 |
| Number of analogue outputs | 8 |
| Number of auxiliaries | 0 |
| Number of microphone inputs | 2 |
| Number of mono channels | 8 |
| Number of stereo channels | 8 |
| Number of submasters | none |
| Computer ports | USB |
| Phantom power | yes |
| Functions | touch strip, multi-coloured backlit buttons / pads |
| Suitable for operating system | Apple OSX / Mac OS, Microsoft Windows |
| Headphone output | yes |
| Total microphone inputs | 2 |
| Built-in audio interface | USB (multi track) |
| Built-in audio player | no |
| Built-in effects | yes |
| Built-in mixer effects | reverb/delay/modulation, master EQ, channel compression |
| Inputs | no |
| Maximum sample rate | 96 kHz |
| Included data cable | none |
| Included software | none |
| MIDI & other | MIDI over USB |
| Network connections | none |
| Software included | no |
| For software | universal |
| Type of mixer inputs | microphone input (XLR), balanced line input (TRS jack) |
| Type of mixer | studio / PA mixer |
| MIDI controller type | DAW controller |
| Type of mixer outputs | balanced line output (TRS jack), stereo headphone output (TRS jack or mini jack) |
| Volume control | faders |
Weight and dimensions including packaging
| Weight (incl. packaging) | 1,7 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (incl. packaging) | 27,0 x 20,0 x 11,0 cm |
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Wrote the following about Keith McMillen K-Mix Mixer-Controller-Interface
Ik zocht namelijk een interface die zowel als losse mixer en als audio-interface en controller i.s.m. een DAW gebruikt kan worden. De mixer, inclusief send/return-bediening via de aux-kanalen op de K-Mix, was zelfs nog meer dan ik ervan verwacht had. Dat bleek al uit de communicatie met de KMI-support, maar inmiddels heb ik aan den lijve ondervonden dat dit ontzettend soepel en intuïtief werkt.
De combinatie met bijvoorbeeld Ableton Live of Bitwig Studio is daarnaast ook ontzettend diepgaand. Met name Bitwig Studio heb ik getest, inclusief enkele scripts die voor handen zijn om de faders te gebruiken ter bediening van de kanalen. Dat gebeurt via MIDI, iets wat bijvoorbeeld ook met een Akai APC40 zou kunnen. Wat ik overigens nòg niet ontdekt heb, is dat ik een digitaal kanaal kan toewijzen aan een fader zonder dat dit via MIDI gaat. Maar ach, voor nu werkt het prima als ik de laptop erbij gebruik.
Voor wie zich zorgen maakt over de touchfaders: je went er snel aan en de reactie is ook nauwkeurig. Je merkt dat dit écht KMI-territory is en daar blinken ze dan ook echt in uit.
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