DF Shortscale Posted Monday at 07:40 Share Posted Monday at 07:40 I’m 100% ignorant about PA’s so I apologise if this is a naive question. Is there an active PA speaker that has multiple inputs and a rudimentary mixer on the back? I’m sure a Yamaha PA at a venue I played at recently had keys, vocals and bass DI all going in directly to the PA without a mixer but I could be wrong. Ultimately I’d like to find a suitable solution just for keyboard and vocals, but if guitar and bass could also plug into the same PA without the need for an additional mixer it would be quite a big problem solver. Does something like this exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted Monday at 08:21 Share Posted Monday at 08:21 The RCF Evox 8 JMIX has a small mixer on the back: https://www.rcf.it/en/products/product-detail/evox-jmix8 gives you 4 XLRs and 2 sets of stereo jacks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrixn1 Posted Monday at 09:29 Share Posted Monday at 09:29 Thomann has a filter for number of inputs. Here's the link for three or more: https://www.thomann.co.uk/cat_GK_palpaf.html?feature-67566-first=3&oa=prd The Yamaha DXR and QSC K series are good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted Monday at 18:00 Share Posted Monday at 18:00 The Yamaha Stagepas series are worth a look. Several of the stick systems have a mixer built in too, the RCF Jmix8 for example. If you are looking to do this on the cheap a few of the lower cost speakers offer a couple of mixable inputs. Usually mic and instrument plus Bluetooth for your between sets playlist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted Monday at 23:03 Share Posted Monday at 23:03 Many of the acts I see (Saturdays that we are not gigging) use a separate mixer as they can position it within easy reach. For that, Yamaha make a version of the Stagepass without a mixer. It’s the DXL1K. However the RCF systems do sound very nice if a little more expensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted yesterday at 07:26 Share Posted yesterday at 07:26 https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/proaudio/pa_systems/stagepas_400i_600i/index.html These are tjhe Yamaha Stagepas systems. The mixer is also a power amp and sits in the back of one of the speakers for transport. There's a box in the back of the second speaker for your leads so ist all ver neat and simple. I have one of the older 300i systems with a slightly less powerful amp but the 400i is an improvement on an already good system. They are ideal for your proposed usage and also work well as stage monitors. Your whole PA is then a single trip carry. They pop up used fairly often. The 400' will probably be big enough for what you are proposing . The 600i will go to full band volumes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DF Shortscale Posted 18 hours ago Author Share Posted 18 hours ago Thank you all for the advice, very helpful. I think we'll end up going with the Stagepas 400, seems reasonably priced and it will do what we need. Going to keep an eye out for second hand / used, if you happen to know anyone selling in the London / SE area, pls point them in my direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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