Compact modular 8 to 12 channels mixer/recorder with 8 main busses. After the highly acclaimed SONOSAX SX-S, we are pleased to announce the launch of our SONOSAX SX-ST/VT Series.
Considered as a cinema industry standard for recording (more than 60% of the worldwide movie production is using our consoles), the SONOSAX SX-S was designed in 1983 and twenty years of careful listening from our clients have allowed us to present this new product today, enlarging our existing SONOSAX SX-S range.
Thanks to our clients and the feedback from faithful users, and also thanks to the new technologies available today, we are now proud to present the most advanced analogue mixer ever manufactured, using the same mechanical design from 1983, a successful collaboration between our company and the Ateliers du Nord in Lausanne.
This new range includes 8/10/12/16/24/32 inputs (stereo input optional), 8 main busses, 4 auxiliary busses, a complete monitoring section with 5 LED-meters, a complete communication system with 2 private lines.
The SONOSAX SX-ST is available in 8 and 10 channels, or 8 channels with 8 DIGITAL outputs. Powered from batteries, or external 12 to 18V. The SONOSAX SX-VT is available on 12, 16,24 and 32 channels, with main power.
Unlike equipment based on cheap manufacturing, low cost and short life, each piece of component is carefully selected upon its performances and long life duration, with no compromise in order to save on the costs.
When sound quality, signal routing, reliability, versatility, build quality and portability are what's important, the new mixer from Sonosax - the SX-ST - is now King-Of-The-Hill. While it's also the most expensive (what would you expect from The King?), for those who can't afford anything less there's plenty to justify the price. At risk of drawing attention away from many other unique and useful features, I shouldn't finish this paragraph without stating that the SX-ST
has 8 mix busses. Many will ask, "When would I ever use 8 mix busses?" Answer: On the very next production you do that uses 7 microphones and a multitrack recorder. If, that is, and Sonosax earned its respectable name in portable mixers for TV and Film production around 20 years ago with the SX-S8. This stereo forerunner is still highly regarded for its sonic quality and compact design, and many are still in use. In fact, appropriately enough, while writing this article I am using an SX-S8 owned by West coast mixer Walter Anderson while filling in for him for a couple of weeks on the movie "Hoot". Using the SX-S8 on this show is a good reminder of famous features that were carried directly into the new SX-ST (the limiters and EQ, for example, are largely unchanged). But it also served as a gauge, confirming for me that the new Sonosax SX-ST is much better than even the best of the past.