need advice on 19" amp rack mixer for recorded music

[djpk]

I'm looking to purchase a 19" rack mounted mixer for Recored audio aka (DJ'in). what would be a good mixer for the job.

I will have 6 sennhiser g2's via xlr and 2 xlr's coming from the dj mixer and will send 2 xlr signals to the driverack from the 19" mixer

any input will be appreciated links and prices are welcomed

[BoostFab]

I'm looking to purchase a 19" rack mounted mixer for Recored audio aka (DJ'in). what would be a good mixer for the job.

I will have 6 sennhiser g2's via xlr and 2 xlr's coming from the dj mixer and will send 2 xlr signals to the driverack from the 19" mixer

any input will be appreciated links and prices are welcomed

Depends on your budget... a 16ch. would be great, and give your more room to grow, if you ever decided to do live band shows with your rigs.

[Bruce Weldy]

Yamaha MG166cx....

10 XLR channels plus a couple of stereo input channels. 4 Submixes and a couple of monitor outs and built-in effects.

Rack mounts easily and is pretty cheap.

My two cents.

[mattaudio]

By far my favorite cheap portable mixer is the Alesis MultiMix 8 USB. I got mine off CL for $50. Four mic ins (plus two more stereo ins where my kick mic is hot enough without a preamp). Two more stereo aux ins you can use for playback music. Built in FX. And a pre-fader aux send for monitors. All in a tiny package that will likely fit in the accessory pouch of whatever rack you end up using.

[SirNickity]

I have two 1U rack-mounted 16-channel line mixers. The first is an Alesis that I wish I hadn't bought.. One of the pots is bad, another makes a bunch of noise, and the metering sucks. It's a little over a year old and hasn't seen much use.

The other is a Behringer I picked up used from eBay a few years back. Works like a champ and is reasonably quiet. I'm usually not much of a Behringer fan, but this mixer and the DI boxes are pretty good, and cheap.

I use the Behringer mostly to pre-mix drums for monitoring. The Alesis is normally in my DJ / small-gig setup because it has a single mic input that sometimes comes in handy. However...

I also bought a small 6 or 8 channel (I forget which) Yamaha desk mixer with two channels of compression built-in. I hate running a mic without compression, so I would definitely suggest factoring that in. It's especially useful when you're handing a mic out to untrained guests. It helps keep the loud mic-kissers and the shy chest-level holders closer in level, and protects somewhat against runaway feedback if someone walks by a speaker.