I recently bought a Samson Mixpad to use for location mixing. It uses battery or AC power. There are models with up to 12 or so inputs, I have the nine. Three inputs are XLR. The sound I got was the best I have ever recorded ( auditorium sound system was great also, part of the reason sound was so great). Somewhere in the $200 range.(posted 9067 days ago)Fred
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