1979 Carvin s1200 Mixer

[heshbreakfast]

I signed up to this forum after finding very little about this mixer I just purchased, hoping to get some opinions on it and perhaps advice for use. Bad idea, right? Well, it was in perfect functioning condition and very cheap... It's a 1979 Carvin s1200 mixer.



The Carvin Museum - 1979 S1200 12 Channel Mixer

I was thinking about using it as a pre amp for my M-Audio 2626 to get some vintage-y/analog color to my recordings and adding gain for my SM7 and ribbon mics. Does this seem like a good idea? Thanks in advance!

[RightOnRome]

well it will work,but be noisy and have little head room..direct outs?.. does it have pads on the channels .. if not kick will prob. peak right away

[heshbreakfast]

there are some strange outputs on this thing. you have to pull the 1/4" half way out in order for it to work as an output, otherwise it's an input. each channel has one of these though, which made me think that i could use it for this purpose.

it doesn't strike me as noisy, though not pristine, the signal is fairly clear. what do you mean by headroom? as in having a lot of gain?

[briguy1960]

the halfway in thing makes me think those are insert points on the channel. You should get some insert cables (TRS in to two TS) cables and that should work.

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