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Title: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: tenesejedd on January 22, 2007, 01:53:22 PM
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 (http://www.signvideo.com/fpamxr.htm)

Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: stirinthesauce on January 22, 2007, 02:00:07 PM
specs look fine.  One on ebay for 519, little less from this site.  Pick it up, run it, and report how it sounds  ;D
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: Sanjay on January 22, 2007, 02:30:06 PM
Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 

go for it.  Great for matrix's since you can kill phantom on individual channels.
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: stirinthesauce on January 22, 2007, 02:34:23 PM
Looks basically like a SD 442 but cheap! 



Exactly what I was thinking.  Tempted........
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: Sanjay on January 22, 2007, 03:50:28 PM
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.
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: stirinthesauce on January 22, 2007, 04:13:46 PM
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. 
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: tenesejedd on January 22, 2007, 07:16:02 PM
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.
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: Rick on January 23, 2007, 05:10:04 PM
Pair this up with a R4 and you could do Cards+Omnis+SBD  :o
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: BayTaynt3d on January 23, 2007, 07:02:26 PM
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.
Title: Re: SignVideo ENG-44 field portable Audio Mixer
Post by: oleg on January 28, 2007, 05:35:18 PM
stay away :-)