YOU MIX WITH UMIX
By Mark Davie
31 March 2014
SM Pro Audio has announced its uMiX family of Wi-Fi remote controllable digital mixers. The uMiX family includes the uMiX mini (8ch), a free-standing device, and the uMiX 12 (12ch), uMiX 16 (16ch) and uMiX 24 (24ch) which are all rack-mountable. A 56-bit double precision audio signal path provides Parametric EQ, Dynamics, and digital FX on all channels. All uMiX models include an on-board secure Wi-Fi and Ethernet router and remote microphone preamps. Built for both desktop and touch devices, uMiX has a GUI with the look and feel of a hardware mixer without requiring any apps or software downloads. Pointing out the obvious, SM Pro Audio tells us uMiX stands for “You Mix”, however it also means everyone in the band can control their own monitor mix. A copy main mix to Aux button gives everybody a head-start on setting up a personal mix. Users can capture every gig with built-in “One Touch” stereo recording to any USB stick/drive (excludes uMiX mini) or simultaneously play back digital media using the integrated digital media player. The uMiX16 and uMiX24 offer additional processing on the master outputs from Waves Audio. Don’t get too excited, we won’t see any uMix mixers until Q3 of 2014.
Australian Distributor: Sound & Music www.sound-music.com
It seems an innovative product offering excellent value. But no response to enquiries. Can you guys fill us in? Have they been overwhelmed by the response from the market?
I’ve been asking how we order a unit. Not many players can leave such questions unanswered!
David Winter
Tasmania
Australia
Hi David, Talked to Sound & Music last week, and it looks like we won’t be seeing this till early 2015. They’ve promised us a review model when they drop, so keep an eye out for more info then. In the meantime, we’ll be looking at more of these rack and touch-control type offerings.