I’m trying to use the Mixing Link to track two instruments, with a trombone playing into a condenser mic going into the XLR/1/4″ combo input at the top of the Mixing Link and a synthesizer going into the instrument input on the side of the Mixing Link. However, since there is no actual mixing ability for these two inputs (they are both controlled by the same input gain controls), the synthesizer signal is way too quiet compared to that of the trombone. I even tried adding a tube preamp to the synthesizer signal path to give it some gain before the Mixing Link input. but I still could only get the synthesizer signal to within about -12 dB of the trombone signal playing at a moderate volume.
Is there any way to reconcile this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions? It’s quite frustrating to find that this “mixer” cannot even mix its inputs. The only solution I can think of is to put another mixer between the microphone and mixing link XLR input and lower the gain on that mixer, but I really don’t want to add an entire extra mixer to my setup.
