Speck Electronics Introduces the Xtramix X6 Rack Mount Line Mixer

Speck Electronics Introduces the Xtramix X6 Rack Mount Line Mixer.





San Diego, CA – March 1, 2021 - Speck Electronics, a manufacturer of quality professional audio products, today announced it is shipping the Xtramix X6.

The Xtramix X6 is a 40 x 8 x 2 rack mount analog line mixer for routing and blending your external gear. The X6 can be used to connect all of your analog outboard gear regardless of the pedigree, interface to AD/DA converters, and, of course, virtually any synth or sampler.

This 4U rack mount mixer has a transparent neutral signal path with high headroom that will handle balanced signals up to +28dBu. All audio inputs and outputs are fully balanced and available on TRS connectors, allowing you to connect the X6 to virtually any line level device.

Not all studios need a console style mixer with slide faders, so the X6 can often replace a studio desk style console and may be a good fit especially if space is at a premium. With 130+ connectors, 20 stereo inputs, 8 groups, stereo mix, 4 aux sends, and 4 stereo aux returns... a 4 rack space studio mixer is now possible.

Features 20 stereo input channels
Pannable stereo direct outputs on input channels
True stereo aux sends
8 group masters
Balanced inserts with bypass switch on 8 groups and stereo mix
4 stereo aux returns
4 aux masters
Multi-purpose mounting brackets - 19" rack mount or configured for desktop location.
Expansion connectors
Two monitor outputs
Headphone output with independent level
Two stereo 2 track returns

The Xtramix Story - History and Evolution....

The first Xtramix was produced in 1992 as a dedicated compact keyboard mixer. It was the work of Speck Electronics owner and designer Vince Poulos with the input and feedback from virtually the Who's Who of LA and NYC keyboard session players. The feedback from these pros was that they needed a compact rack mixer that not only had a lot of "stereo" line inputs, but also more than just a stereo mix output and more than 2 effects sends. The final result was a purpose built, dedicated line mixer with 20 stereo inputs, 8 groups, 8 effects sends, 8 stereo effects returns, and a modest master section all in a compact 4U rack format. With the Xtramix, the session keyboard players finally had a mixer they could call their own. Between the years 1996 and 2011, Speck produced 4 additional versions with incremental improvements that reflected how the mixer was being used. During that time period it was being used not only for keyboards, but also as a front-end or back-end to a DAW. There was a change in the wind... and the market for the large recording consoles was shrinking.

We discontinued production of the Xtramix in 2011 because we believed that another small improvement would be repetitious. Then at the beginning of 2019, Vince Poulos got to work on a brand new design.

Before starting the design, Vince listened carefully to comments from our existing Xtramix customer base and formed some opinions of his own. Many had the same comments... yes, 8 group outputs are good, but more outputs would be better. So this time we added pannable stereo direct outputs for each input channel. The original Xtramix had 2 variable aux sends per channel that could be selected from 8 aux busses. Upon customer questioning, we found that most customers never used more than 4 aux busses, but wished for more aux send flexibility on each channel. The new X6 has 2 variable sends selectable from 4 dedicated aux busses, and we added a pre/post and true stereo aux select.

For many years the Xtramix had been known primarily by electronic keyboard players. With the X6, we intend to change that perception and make it useful to a larger group of customers

MSRP $5690

The X6 is now available.



More information can be found here: Speck Electronics -Xtramix X6 Line Mixer