Bad Gear - Roland Aira MX-1 Mixer

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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
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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