LR Baggs mixer for mic & pickup?

[Dirk B]

This looks like a good way to mix both a pickup and mic from a dobro:
http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/preamps_mixpro.html

Has anyone tried it? I can't tell if it has 2 1/4" inputs or not. It doesn't look like it has a mic input??! Would I have to get an adapter/transformer to input a mic?

[Robert Parent]

According to the mix pro manual the 1/4 inch input is a stereo jack. The tip is one channel and the middle ring is the second. The web site link is wrong as it gives you the para_di manual. I just replaced the para_di_manual with mixpro_manual and the correct manual popped up.

I have not used this unit but the folks on the www.mandolincafe.com talk about these products fairly often. Most have good things to say from what I can remember.
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Robert Parent on 24 March 2003 at 10:32 AM.]</p></FONT>

[Glenn Austin]

A Mixpro has only one stereo input on a TRS 1/4 inch jack. You would have to figure out how to get a mic and a pickup to go down the same wire, from the dobro. Personally I wouldn't go to the trouble as there is a time delay difference between the mic and pickup signals, and mixing them together never sounds as good as one or the other.

[D Schubert]

Behringer makes a $60 mixer with 2 XLR channels and two stereo 1/4" channels that does a great job. Also has phantom power. It's like a swiss army knife. Model 604, I think.

[Dirk B]

Hey Dennis, thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
Dirk

[Dirk B]

Dennis,
Hey, I can't find it under the number 604 and have tried a bunch of different searches with no luck. Do you think you could find it here? http://www.behringer.com/02_products/index.cfm?mid=2&lang=eng

[Dirk B]

Nevermind, Dennis, I think this is it: http://www.americanmusical.com/item.asp?UID=2003032415162123&menu=&keyword=&item=BEH+MX602A