Manufacturer's Description:
The Deva Mix-12 from Zaxcom is a new concept in location mixing. It is a control surface for the embedded digital audio mixer of either the Deva IV or V location recorders.

The Mix-12 is fully digital, only the microphone pre-amps, A-D and D-A converters are used for analog connections to the outside world. Mixing is performed in the digital domain via a floating DSP ensuring the highest quality unlike analog mixing consoles where distortion or channel to channel differences can occur over time or with temperature changes.

The microphone preamps are sound studio quality ensuring no coloration of audio by transformers or other analog circuitry. The effects are superb with the ability to remove hum, buzzes and even crickets by the two notch filters on each channel. There are 3 band shelving filters with individual control of Level, Q, and Frequency via the Deva's graphic interface.

Mix-12's soft knee compressor is one of the best available, chosen for its natural sound and transparency.

Each of the 12 fader strips provides instant access to bus routing and effects for that channel. An LED input meter is provided on each channel strip to augment the Deva's full color output metering.

Three separate talk back busses can be routed to any combination of outputs and internal mix busses.

Features:

• True digital mixing console
• 3 band shelving EQ with 2 notch filters and high pass per channel
• Soft knee compressor with makeup gain
• All cross points are cross faded (never any clicks or pops)
• Zero time offset design for no phase distortion channel to channel
• No audio cabling from mixer to recorder
• Floating point DSP (no internal clipping or quantization issues)
• Unlimited routing
• Penny & Giles faders
• No sample rate issues between mixer and recorder
• Integrated Deva record & stop buttons
• QWERTY keyboard for metadata input
• Cross points can be pre or post fader with phase inversion

Specifications:
Inputs
8 Analog: Mic/Line balanced with 48V phantom power
Connector: XLR
Dynamic Range: 123 dB
Mic Level Range: -56 dBu to -26 dBu
Line Level Range: -36 dBu to +8 dBu
Digital: 4 AES pairs (8 channels)
Sample Rate: 44100, 47952, 48000, 48048, 96000, 96096

Outputs
6 Analog: Balanced 0 dBu at - 20 dB FS digital
Connector: DB25 with XLR breakout
Digital: 4 AES pairs (8 channels)
Mixer busses Deva V: 16 inputs to 20 outputs
Mixer busses Deva IV: 16 inputs to 18 outputs

EQ
3 band parametric with shelving per channel
High pass filter per channel: 20 Hz to 250 Hz
2 Notch filters per channel: 20 Hz to 20 KHz

Compressor
Type: Soft Knee
Attack Time: 100 ms maximum
Release Time: 3000 ms maximum
Makeup Gain: 0 to 30 dB
Ratio: 1:1 to 20:1
Threshold: -10 dBu to +20 dBu
Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 22 KHz
Input Clipping Level: +28 dBu
Line Output Clipping Level: +20 dBu
Dynamic Range: 123 dBu
THD + Noise: .0001%
High-Pass Filters: 20 to 250 Hz, 8dB per octaves
Mic Powering: 48V Phantom
Input Limiters: Yes
Temperature: -20 C to 60 C
Metering: 12 input meters, 8 LED segments per meter in 3 dB steps
Faders: 12 Penny & Gilles 100mm faders
Weight: 8.6 lbs.
Dimensions: 12.25" x 17" x 3"
Connection to Deva: RS422 from Deva to Mix-12
Power: 8 to 16 VDC @ 500 ma