MIXZ - Tiptop Audio
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1. MIX Low Noise Dual Mixer with Tiptop Bus Mix User Manual www tiptopaudio com Introduction The MIXZ is a low cost multichannel mixer modules for the modular synthesizer At its heart are low noise summing stages that are made to mix audio CV and gate Signals with excellent linarity The MIXZ has two 4 channel mixers available on the front panel plus a multichannel mixer that uses the Tiptop Bus Mix connected through the power bus board and is enabled into Mixer B using the BUS MIX toggle switch To simplfy weve highlighted each BUS MIX MIXER A MIXER B D a ays MIXER A O mur gt Z en gt owk D S q T V ys x MIXER B INMA lt a fas lt p BUS MIX Mixer A is a four channel mixer lt has gain control for each channel The out is internally routed to Mixer B If you plug a patch cable into the out jack it will break the connection to Mixer B so Mixer A can be used independently from Mixer B Mixer B is a four channel mixer with a master gain control Mixer B sums its four channels plus the channels connected from the BUS MIX and the out of Mixer A if Mixer A out is not in use BUS MIX mixes the signals coming from modules that are equipped with Tiptop Bus Mix outs The switch turns the Bus On or Off If the Bus is not in use it is recommended to keep it in the off position to reduce noise entering from the Bus The Bus is internall2. BUS MIX v SD OUT CLAP OUT OO Tiptop Tiptop Audio Audio f udio enabled enabled BusMix BusMix Things important to know about Bus Mix If you have more than one MIXZ module in a row make sure that only one Bus Mix Switch is turned on at a time You can not mix Bus Mix signals on two or more MIXZ simultaneously Also the MIXZ cannot be placed on any row that uses the Doepfer CV GATE bus unless the Bus Mix switch is off The maximum amount of channels that can be mixed through the Bus Mix are yet to be decided from experiments we performed at the lab we mixed 16 channels of drum sounds with no problems or limits in headroom In theory this makes the MIXZ the largest mixer available in Eurorack today and only at 1OHP and the lowest cost per channel The Bus Mix is not a clean mixing method it will pick up more noise than standard mixers like the MIXZ panel Mixers A and B However the convenience of the Bus Mix makes it worth experimenting with Please note that the Bus Mix is a new technology that we have tested in systems that use the various Tiptop Eurorack power supplies with great results We can not guarantee the same noise performance using power supplies that are noisy Some modules will be noiser than others on the Bus Mix for example the CP909 has a built in noise generator This noise will be picked up by the bus board and heard if the volume of your sound system is set
3. ones you want to be mixed by the MIXZ Remember you can always add them later to the mix through the front panel Mixer A and B Example patch Here is an example patch showing how versatile the MIXZ is In this example the MIXZ mixes two Z3000 on Mixer A going into the Z2040 to make a thick bass line The output of the Z2040 then goes to Mixer B Mixer B also takes in the HATS909 SD808 and CP909 from the Bus Mix the mix of all those voices then goes into the Z DSP for spatial processing using some stereo delay In this patch the BD909 was not enabled so it wont mix with the other drums a good idea if you run the mix through a delay And there are still many channels left open on the MIXZ to add addtional voices into the mix 1 4 lt O r Cc zZ m VC OVERLD disabled BusMix O A 2 S MAAS j AYA I dv Za k In JO INPUT u d i o ACCENT IN BD OUT INPUT INPUT FM 1 Audio udio KS N SCTE WZ 3 get M H Stereo Delay Time Feedback Low pass rc N ae me LANN 4 7 a x RUZ eae VC DSP1 VC DSP2 VC DSP3 Nae om om om g gt s 4 A L A H Gan Cee D AILS ANN WW KN Se Ne SN Se 5 YA spack 1 VC PL VC P2 VC P3 gt 20 ON FEDBK IN Ce PA AI AC L IN ACCENT IN W Wy ad MIXER B ay A
4. very high In most cases the level of noise on the Bus Mix is not noticeable we are only bringing this up in the manual for awareness of it not being low noise Enough said now go make music
5. y connected to Mixer B Tiptop Bus Mix The Bus Mix is a technology we have developed to mix signals coming from modules without the use of patch cables to physically connect them to the mixer This is done by sending the signal through the bus board and picking them up by the MIXZ At this moment this manual is being written the modules that have Bus Mix are all of the Tiptop drum modules You can decide which modules you want to connect to the Bus Mix and which not at the back of each of the drum modules there is a 2 or 3 pin header enabling this header by placing the jumper to cover both pins will connect this output to the bus The Bus Mix lets you turn on and off a mix of drum sounds with a flip of a switch OVERLOAD NE Swe 7N WS lt ATTACK TONE m7 EE CRS GWE Ce GU QT NAENT NON PY source modulation gt z gt x 7 a N CEN A ey JIN A OEN ac Ne J Q 7 o gt Cc z m gt Q m 2 I7 ii A lo N We D NA N Euro Rack bus board x or Tiptop Flying Bus Board 2 lt a 4 E z m gt Q Q m z z are T in N Opr lt a O lt m Es im o OQO gt D et a0 5D 5 a 20 5 To enable your drum modules for Bus Mix look for the header located on the back of each module and place the header on both pins You can enable some and disable others to decide which
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