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ToolMix/ToolMst User Manual
ToolMix16
16-Channel Adder with Fader and Pan
Unlike the ToolMix8, the ToolMix16 has 16 mono inputs that have
no input gain controls, inserts, and auxiliaries. All available space
on the top plate is used for the controls of the 16 input channels.
All inputs are identical. The inputs are electronically balanced
and can handle levels of more than + 30 dBu. Fader, peak present
indicator, and PFL switch are driven from the fader input in par-
allel. The peak present indicator uses a 3-color LED that displays
levels of more than - 20 dB with green color. The color becomes
yellow at 0 dB and changes via orange to red with increasing level.
When the LED is red, the remaining headroom is 5 dB. The block
diagram shows one of the 16 input channels in detail.
The channel fader is a rotary pot with calibrated center detent, just
in the same way as in the ToolMix8. Due to the precise calibration of
the faders and the pan pots, it is possible to mirror a DAW mix to the
analog channels without the need of readjusting levels. However,
it is alternatively possible to setup the mix using the level and pan
controls of the ToolMix unit. Of course, you are not able to maintain
the mix setting of the DAW using this method but the maximum dy-
namic range of the D/A converters can be used, which can result in a
better sonic performance. There is no basic rule which principle of-
fers the better results, but the design principle of the ToolMix devices
let‘s you decide from mix to mix and from channel to channel which
PkPs-LED
FADER
12dB
PAN
CUT
PFL
LED
TOOLMIX16 - 16 CHANNEL LINE MIXER - MONO
BLOCK DIAGRAM INPUT CHANNEL
FR
O
M
/T
O
D
-S
U
B
C
O
N
N
EC
TO
RS
IN
TE
RN
A
L
B
U
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ES
MIX L
MIX R
PFL AUDIO
PFL CONTROL
INPUT AMP
0dB
way is best for this particular situation. In addition, the level controls
make it possible to readjust the levels of particular channels in ‚cali-
brated‘ mode when analog processing gear causes different levels of
the channels that are treated with such devices without the need to
alter the DAW mix. In case that the analog devices are dynamics pro-
cessors, it is not possible to change levels in the DAW anyway, since
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