Heritage Audio MCM-20.4 20-channel Summing Mixer

The best of both worlds

Done up in classic RAF blue-gray livery — complete with concentric pots and Marconi knobs — the Heritage Audio MCM-20.4 gives visual hints as to the sound lurking beneath the bonnet. Flavored by four transformers, that sound is decidedly vintage British, although Heritage has taken pains to improve crosstalk and self-noise specs from those of the vintage designs. The smart-summing topology employed in the company’s MCM series mixers delivers impressive headroom and low noise for a 20 channel, vintage-topology mixer. Suhavimart’s advice: If you want to smoothly integrate analog gear — and robust, colorful sonics — into your DAW-based workflow, the Heritage Audio MCM-20.4 is a great-sounding, elegant solution.

Heritage Audio MCM-20.4 20-channel, Vintage-topology Rackmount Mixer Features:

• 16 input channels arranged into 2 subgroups of 8
• Each channel features concentric pan and level controls plus a balanced insert and a mute switch
• 2 stereo subgroups are passively summed into the master bus
• Master bus has its own balanced insert point and VU meters
• 4 channels of pre/post-fader aux sends
• Rear-panel connections are made via DB-25 connectors
• Master bus connections via dedicated XLRs