Bad Gear - Roland Aira MX-1 Mixer

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland Aira MX-1 Mix Performer. Is this digital mixer, home studio backbone and live performance centerpiece the final boss of Roland's Aira range? Thanks to Klangfarbe for helping me out with their MX-1 floor model Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:15 Overview Roland Aira MX-1 01:33 Aira USB integration (TR-8, TB-3, System 1), bus power, compatibility 02:26 Analog connectivity, Midi, Voice Transformer integration, SPDIF 02:50 Software integration, Recording, Playback, Audio/Midi Interface 03:22 Playing the Mixer, Mutes, Faders 03:44 Tone/Filter 04:07 Channel Settings 04:17 Beat FX (Sequencer), Filter, Sidechain, Slicer 04:45 Master FX (Scatter, Roll, Filter, Bitcrush, Delay, Flanger), Combi 05:14 Lack of “real“ FX 05:28 Aux Send/Returns 05:37 DJ features (headphone mixing, tempo nudge) 05:45 Snapshot Scene Memory, Mastering Section 06:06 Out-of-the-box DAW mixer, Ableton Live Controller, switch modes 06:26 Manuals, Pricing, Thanks 06:54 Hate 07:20 Jam 1 08:13 Jam 2 09:33 Finale 10:04 Verdict