Topic: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer

[tenesejedd]

Anyone ever seen or used one of these?  I looks decent and has some good looking meters on it. Not sure how it would sound and I really don't know what the numbers all mean as far as looking at specs. Can be powered by 9v in the field though.

http://www.signvideo.com/fpamxr.htm

[stirinthesauce]

specs look fine.  One on ebay for 519, little less from this site.  Pick it up, run it, and report how it sounds 

[Sanjay]

Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 

go for it.  Great for matrix's since you can kill phantom on individual channels.

[stirinthesauce]

Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 

Exactly what I was thinking.  Tempted........

[Sanjay]

Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 

Exactly what I was thinking.  Tempted........

me too, just can't see myself carrying 3 boxes in my rig 
pattern box, ENG-44, 722 plus a buttload of cables..... but tempted.

[stirinthesauce]

Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 

Exactly what I was thinking.  Tempted........

me too, just can't see myself carrying 3 boxes in my rig 
pattern box, ENG-44, 722 plus a buttload of cables..... but tempted.

If the pre's actually sound good on this, I might want to pick it up down the line.  But like you, I'm going for less gear in my portable 2 channel. 

[tenesejedd]

it looks like it could be a fun toy to play with. i wonder what the physical dimensions is. oops, never mind I would be using this in conjunction with my R-1. The price seems right too. It may be my annual Tax return gift to myself.

[Rick]

Pair this up with a R4 and you could do Cards+Omnis+SBD 

[BayTaynt3d]

It ain't no SD442 that's for sure -- there's a reason that mixer is $2K less than the SD one. Anyway, you might want to scan the more ENG-based boards, or indie-film boards like DVXUser.com for info on that b/c it gets used much more by video crews than by music recordists I bet.

[oleg]

stay away :-)