KLUDGE@AGCB8.LARC.NASA.GOV (03/20/90)
Automatic mixers are quite different from remote control mixers. Take a look at any issue of Sound and Communications to see some sample automatic mixers; for voice mixing they may well do the job and they require a lot less expertese on the part of the operator. A lot of remote control mixers do exist; most of the good ones use Penny and Giles faders with servos on the faders so that a remote console or (more often) a computer can slave the console to it. Computer control is getting to be a big thing these days, so a lot of the big big big pro pro pro mixers have remote control inputs as an option. Expensive, though. Probably would be cheaper to buy two mixers, and odds are you could get simpler ones that would sound better. By the way, let me put in a good word for the LPB broadcast consoles. They are extremely cheap, use Allen Bradley pots (seriously!), and sound better than any of the off-the-shelf broadcast consoles I have heard. DJ's even get to like pots instead of sliders after they get used to them. If you are building a radio station, get one of the things. They act like mixers, not like receivers (if you have ever been near a strong RF source you know what I mean). --scott