Top 9 Analog Summing Mixers

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[@TroyLeonardO]

Yall have all these great videos in one place! Wow

[@sageaudio]

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[@brianmclendon1647]

Great video & great list all of those options are wonderful but I absolutely love my combo of the Burl B32 Vancouver paired with the B2 ADC for printing my mixes. Very pleasing analog sound with heavy or light saturation depending on how you drive it.

[@sageaudio]

Hey Brian! Thanks for your comment and for detailing your setup. We'll have to check that combo out at some point! SageAudio.com

[@jeshedelgado5513]

X2

[@slychnidos]

Love it. Saved to favorites for further use. Thank you very much 🎶🥇

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching the video! Glad you enjoyed it/found it useful. SageAudio.com

[@erkamau9629]

Hi, thanks for this, it would be great to show summing potentials ITB, as with pulgins as NCAR, Harrison MixBus, Waves Nls, Airwindows Consoles, ...

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for the suggestion Erka! SageAudio.com

[@siriusfun]

BURL B32 Vancouver and Shadow Hills Equinox both missing from this list, unfortunately.

[@NRVE8]

I was thinking that too.. the equinox as I've been told sounds amazing

[@immanuelhenry]

Tonelux OTB16. Simple and powerfully transparent

[@bullfunkstudios3856]

Have you got samples of the same song mixed through each of the summing mixers? particulary between Chandler mini, RND 5059, Inward Connections? It's hard to tell what these sound like without any samples. Thanks

[@sageaudio]

Unfortunately we don't have those! Our picks were made off of reception and functionality. SageAudio.com

[@demonhunters4334]

Hi, why don't you include the Sigma Delta SSL?

[@SuperMatrix49]

No Dangerous Music 2-Bus+ ?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching - maybe on another list! SageAudio.com

[@jermainesmith6315]

I was looking into dangerous summing but the example I heard had little difference than the complete ITB mix.

[@riktascale4]

@@sageaudio Still waiting on that list Sage. Thanks!

[@Only1retro]

I was waiting for thus

[@greganikin7003]

Heritage is great sounding but very unstable and poorly built. i got problem with it right away after using it for 5 times, insert on group one stopped woking on left side, i sent email to Pedro and he guided me through. I opened it up and i can say it's not the best built quality at all. Wires are cheap and the problem was detached wire due to poor soldering. I have Neve 8816 and i cans say this guys built like a tank!

[@sageaudio]

Hey Greg! Sorry to hear that you had so many problems with their summing mixer. I've heard and read similar things from other users of Heritage's products. SageAudio.com

[@greganikin7003]

@@sageaudio They pretend to be a good copy of Neve but i put them in one line with WarmAudio and matter fact, when my boss was visiting their production facility he said they have a lot of boxes marked "warmaudio" so i assume they buy stuff from warmaudio and use it for Heritage assembly line.

[@Funkojazzist]

​@@greganikin7003 but some knobs on the master section of 8816 are pretty bad quality, at least in my case) Other than that it's a great unit.

[@greganikin7003]

@@Funkojazzist oh yeah, volume knobs are out of pan on a low volume

[@Funkojazzist]

Great River Mixmaster 20

[@sageaudio]

Hey FNK! Thanks for watching and for leaving a suggestion! SageAudio.com

[@steveskyfallman2555]

And what about the EQUINOX from Shadow Hills ?

[@sageaudio]

Hey Steve - I'll have to check that one out! There seems to be a lot of great analog summing mixers. SageAudio.com

[@stevewills735]

burl , or a well maintained analog console if you got room. Nice video cheers!

[@sageaudio]

Hey Steve! Thanks for leaving a comment and watching the video! SageAudio.com

[@parryjack6057]

No SSL Sigma?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching - maybe on another list! SageAudio.com

[@DalleyMusic]

@@sageaudio Please make a Part 2 to this and include A Designs Mic Factory along with the others mentioned! Thanks!

[@barneyrubble8255]

How come API doesnt make one anymore?

[@carlosfernandoramirezsanto4417]

Never thought I wouldn't see the dangerous audio 2 bus + here, is it not that good?

[@NRVE8]

I was wondering the same thing... guess not. Dangerous also does a good job marketing, so there's that. I think its more or so used for monitor control

[@aldahirvaldez9730]

Iv heard multiple times that not...it just makes no diference

[@aldahirvaldez9730]

If you alreadt have a good mix of course

[@Zenvo-uu9tm]

Thanks for info, i would like you check Tegeler TSM if you haven't already. As far as i know they used to send a demo unit. Not sure though

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching Dany! I've heard good things about them! SageAudio.com

[@CarloDanger]

No Burl b32?

[@sageaudio]

That's a good one too. Thanks for watching! SageAudio.com

[@parismusic3590]

SSL SIX?

[@user-qj5xu9nn2e]

Dangerous D Box + Change my mind

[@sageaudio]

I'll check it out!

[@yancikwei2386]

which is the best?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching Yanxi! It'll depend on your needs for your studio. SageAudio.com

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Were the Burl & Tegeler no good?

[@sageaudio]

They seem like they make good stuff! I made this a while back, so it's possible I missed those.

[@ThemFuzzyMonsters]

No SSL love!?

[@sageaudio]

Which summing mixing do you have in mind?

[@ThemFuzzyMonsters]

@@sageaudio SSL Sigma

[@richardharrow1946]

SSl X Desk

[@sageaudio]

I'll check it out! Thanks for watching! SageAudio.com

[@Gosudarski]

Ssl sigma?

[@user-nm8fi2ec6f]

shoot out?

[@sageaudio]

That would be fun!

[@eugenemedina4682]

neve 5060 is the best

[@ineedstuff8286]

i dont understand what or why one uses a summing mixer…

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

well, they are also line mixers.

[@jamesmiller-dq8fm]

If you just "make beats" or only mix vocals with a stereo backing track there isn't much benefit. If you're mixing a dense multitrack session or a band with real instruments then a good summing mixer adds space and clarity between everything and makes mixes sound bigger.

[@Matus0919]

A video about music production and they are using stock background music 🥴

[@cjgoeson]

Would be worth adding that analog summing itself adds no benefit over digital summing. Otherwise, viewers will be misled.

[@jamesmiller-dq8fm]

You are completely wrong. The difference is night and day.