Drawmer MX-60 (c. 1999–2000)
Not much information on the Drawmer MX-60 has survived. The record shows a voice-channel / front-end processor, introduced in the late 1990s and sold under the full name MX-60 Front End One. Period reviews place it as a competitive entry in the then-growing market for all-in-one channel strips aimed at project and professional studios.
The MX-60 packed a studio-grade mic preamp (with two inputs that could serve as DIs), a gate, a de-esser, a compressor/limiter, equalization, and a tube-saturation stage into a single rack unit. Mix (July 2000, p.55) listed the price at $579. The dynamics, EQ, and Tubesound sections could be selected individually, so the user could use only the processing a given source needed. George Shilling, writing in Studio Sound (March 1999, p.33), described it as "competitively priced" and noted it "offers much to the recording market."
Past a handful of magazine mentions and a known street price, almost nothing else is formally documented about the MX-60. No service manual, no detailed spec sheet, and no production-run figures have surfaced in the usual archives. It appears to have been a short-lived model, likely overshadowed by the company's more famous 1960 and 1970 compressors and the later DS201 gate.
Known specs (from period sources):
- Type: Voice channel / front-end processor (mic preamp, gate, de-esser, compressor/limiter, EQ, tube saturation)
- Full product name: MX-60 Front End One
- Price (2000): $579
- Selectable processing sections: Dynamics, EQ, Tubesound
- Two inputs usable as DIs
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