Roland’s Digtal Console Branch RSS has announced a new version of their V-Mixer Line, the M-300.
Keeping in line with what Roland has done with the rest of the V-Mixer Line, the M-300 is a smaller version of the M-400. The M-300 runs of the same software, with a different control surface and I/O on the interface it’s self.
The inputs/outputs on the interface are limited, as the majority of your I/O will be via a Roland proprietary REAC snake… But you do get 12 Analog In (4 XLR, 4 1/4″ and 4 RCA) and 8 Analog outputs (4 xlr and 4 1/4″) and Optical Out.
You’re mildly limited with the M-300 compared to the M-400 by the 8 Auxes, and 4 Matrixes vs the M-400′s 16 Auxes and 8 Matrixes.
The M-300 will work with any REAC I/O System, including snakes that work with the M-400.
The control surface it’s self is a little more limited than the M-400 as well, as one would presume by the much smaller footprint. You get 16 faders in 3 layers (1-16, 17-32 and Aux/Matrix/VCA). Also, you have one set of pans to control all 4 bands of eq, and have to navigate the comps and gates via navigation buttons and an encoder wheel.
But, the price point should make up for all of this, as well as the fact that you can use the M-300 with existing REAC snakes and other pieces of gear.
