This was a period of time where I was averaging around a new mixer every week, I kid you not. There was a valid reason for this though which I’ll go in to more detail another day but this sets the scene for a hasty decision.
Now this was a mixer I had high hopes for as the feature set ticked most of my boxes, so I rushed home to unwrap and hook up my trusty 1200s to for a test drive. Straight away I didn’t feel at home on it and my mixing way sub-standard (wasn’t the mixer’s fault) and the harder I tried the more frustrated I was getting. Of course I laid the blame firmly with the new mixer and convinced myself the cueing wasn’t right, the summing wasn’t great etc etc..
In short I gave this little mixer no chance at all and the next day it was packed up and sent to my amigo in Australia of all places Darren Tolley (check out his mixes and mixers by the way).
I gave this little mixer no chance at all and the next day it was packed up and sent to my amigo in Australia
MATT CLOVER
I know a fair few people who own desktop rotaries and they swear by them. I believe the first batches of the MP2014 and MP2015 were American made which seems to excite the community somewhat but the second batches were Chinese made. I’m not personally bothered by this as most things are produced and/or made in China for decades so they must be getting the hang of it by now eh!
With the on-the-whole good press and unique features such as the variable crossover points on the isolator and Traktor compatibility and more it would be amazing to see another run at least or can we dare to dream of an updated range?
Let us know your experiences in the comments.
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