I'd like to have the capability to mixdown 5.1 or quad to stereo, using any combination of inputs. Reason? Analyzing mixes by soloing one or two channels, or this:
All front channels -----> stereo R
All rear channels -----> stereo L
Back in the old analog days (70's), Easily done. Since I was using two stereo amps -- one front, one rear -- I simply plugged one stereo-to-mono adapter into each unit's headphone out, then used those as R and L headphone inputs. The balance and volume controls on each unit easily provided any volume level for each input channel.
Here in the digital world, not so easy.
More channels to deal with, plus can't do that headphone-out trick.
And since I'll be using the six-channel analog out of my player(s) -- with no control over volume -- it'll have to have individual level control.
So ... I need some kind of basic analog mixer that takes six RCA inputs, mixes, and assigns two channels of output.
Any suggestions for something basic that will do this?
Be nice if it were small, cheap, and unpowered (passive).
Thanks.
All front channels -----> stereo R
All rear channels -----> stereo L
Back in the old analog days (70's), Easily done. Since I was using two stereo amps -- one front, one rear -- I simply plugged one stereo-to-mono adapter into each unit's headphone out, then used those as R and L headphone inputs. The balance and volume controls on each unit easily provided any volume level for each input channel.
Here in the digital world, not so easy.
More channels to deal with, plus can't do that headphone-out trick.
And since I'll be using the six-channel analog out of my player(s) -- with no control over volume -- it'll have to have individual level control.
So ... I need some kind of basic analog mixer that takes six RCA inputs, mixes, and assigns two channels of output.
Any suggestions for something basic that will do this?
Be nice if it were small, cheap, and unpowered (passive).
Thanks.
