Mercury G8 Sum-It 8:2 Passive Summing Mixer
The G8 Sum-It provides a variety of options that can be quickly and easily used during a recording session. It can sum 8 tracks down to stereo if you only have 2 inputs to your DAW or recorder. Additionally, it can sum multiple microphones together for mono, dual mono, or stereo applications. For example, if you have 3 mics on a guitar cabinet, you can quickly sum them down to 1 channel by engaging 3 switches on the Mercury D Series G8 Sum-It. You can still use direct outs from Channel 1-8 to go to another DAW, mixer, etc. The mixer is easy to operate, with illuminated push button switches allowing easy switching through Left, Right, or Center (for Center, both buttons are engaged) on the G8 Sum-It.
The best feature of the Mercury G8 Sum-It is that it is passive. The G8 Sum-It was designed to use the Mercury M72s, M76m, or GPQ15s Studio Microphone Amplifiers as the two buss amplifiers for the G8 Sum-It, but any preamp at 34dB of gain will work. You can easily change the tone of recording by changing the two buss amplifiers on your G8 Sum-It. Mix and match your Mercury Studio Microphone Amplifiers to get the sound you want for bass, guitar, drums, keys, etc. Alternatively, you can easily send 4 stereo stems from your DAW out to your G810 / G8 Sum-It to get warmed up with your Mercury M72s working as your two buss amplifier.
The Mercury D Series G8 Sum-It is the first product in the G8 Module Product Line, which are proprietary 2-slot modules for slots 9 and 10 in your Mercury D Series G810 Rack System I or II. No other ‘500’ rack has the interface capabilities to connect a Mercury G8 Module. The G8 Sum-It can be installed in both the G810 Rack System I and G810 Rack System II.
You can request the Mercury D Series G8 Sum-It to be pre-installed into your G810 Rack System at the time of purchase. Simply inform your favourite Mercury Dealer, and they will install it before shipping out your rack. If you are installing the G8 Sum-It yourself, it is best to install it while slots 5-10 are empty to allow room to plug in the cables easily. The ribbon cables on the bottom of the rack interface with the G8 Sum-It, while the ones at the top do not. To install the G8 Sum-It, unplug the bottom ribbon cable connectors mated together at the bottom of the rack from each other. Then, plug the male cable end into the female connector of the G8 Sum-It and the female cable end to the male connector of the G8 Sum-It. Finally, install the G8 Sum-It into slots 9 & 10.o