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If you’re just interested in a tiny €130 mixer, Bastl Dude is great: https://noise.kitchen/bastl-instruments/bastl-instruments-du...
"Why is it so expensive?" - commentary from someone who does this for a living at Sequential Small Volume - each unit is more expensive than a large volume product, you don't get price breaks on any components or tooling costs Design focused - Who is the product for? It isn't for people who want to spend 250$ on a Behringer mixer. It is for people who want something that is high quality and doesn't break. Reliable. F…
Like most Teenage Engineering products, it's an absolutely amazing-looking, well-engineered product with a ton of functionality that does a thing I don't actually need for far more money than I can justify spending on it.
is it good engineering to put a synthesizer and sequencer inside of a mixer? how do you even use those features?
> how do you even use those features?
It has knobs, what more do you need to make music? The user guide if you’re curious: https://teenage.engineering/guides/tx-6
Like most Teenage Engineering products, it's an absolutely amazing-looking, well-engineered product with a ton of functionality that does a thing I don't actually need for far more money than I can justify spending on it.
Yeah, I would buy this if it was half the price. I can't justify spending $1200 on it.
https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/nothing-phone-1
They also were the design firm behind these ear buds too, which are pretty neat:
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/nothing/ear-1-trul...
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> doesn't break Can get behind the rest of your comment but I don't think anyone's ever accused TE of making durable products. To their credit though, they replaced my broken PO without a fuss, so I'm not a detractor.
I have used TE products on occasion and looked into them deeply from a bunch of engineering perspectives. Compared to other products in a similar price point and form factor the likelihood of a problem is far lower. When you reduce the size you eliminate structural components and if you can't mill aluminum you're left with a lot of difficult choices to make to keep things stable. TE does a good job of balancing those…
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To be fair, 3.5mm and 1/4" are virtually equivalent ports, and the only reason 1/4" is used for audio interfaces is because of convention (and probably because it's easier to grab). Converters between them should be dirt cheap. It's not like Apple shipping 2022 iPhones with Lightning v/s USB C
Converters are an issue when the whole point is small size. I wish they'd develop a full USB-C alternate mode for pro audio. One C cable could do dozens of channels, or one of legacy analog, and provide clean regulated power for wireless gear, and the connectors pack very densely. You could even make it daisy chainable, plus speakers could be powered over PD at small shows, and so could lights.
Off-topic, but I noticed they have their Bluetooth speaker in "off-white" - that is, bright orange. I thought that was pretty funny. https://teenage.engineering/store/ob-4-off-white-set/
What bothers me is that I would absolutely buy this if it was bigger and had 1/4" balanced or stereo TRRS inputs, I actually have a variety of input sources in my home office that gets dual use for work, gaming, and music. But to use this I would need to go XLR to 3.5mm (and no phantom power?) for my voice and amp mics, main out to a Y split 1/4 TRS for speakers, and 1/4" to 3.5mm for a synth. So my desk would be lit…
For everyone drooling over the design of this, here’s a fun little form-over-function tidbit from the fine print: > high quality, slimline cables custom-made for TX–6. the narrow profile allows you to use all 6 channels at once and makes for an easy pack down. Sounds like the input jacks are so close together not every 3.5mm audio cable will work with it. Like a phone without a headphone jack - bring a special adapto…