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How do you mix 6 channels into 2, without a mixer? [Mapleshade does it]

Posted by High-end Dreamer (A) on March 10, 2002 at 07:30:29

here's a quote from an interview with Mapleshade's Pierre Sprey in TAS #127, p. 177:

[TAS]: "You make a big point of not using mixers, EQ, compression, or electronic enhancements of any sort. Have you ever tried to?"

[P.Sprey]: "Yes. Early on, I did a sede-by-side comparison with an extremely expensive custom mixer designed for classical music [recording]. It just wasn't as clear or dynamic as my own battery-powered mic-preamp, which mixes down from six channels to two channels in a single stage, though I almost never use all six."

What exactly do you think this mic-pre is doing, *mixing from six to 2 in a single stage*..? Do you think he is somehow just putting the SAME circuit that mixers use to combine channels inside his mic pre's? OR is he mixing in a different way?

Enquiring minds want to know. I suppose I could email him, but he might say it's proprietary or something. At least I thought I would post here first and see what you guys thought -

Thanks,

Mike

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