GEAR SPOTLIGHT
EVENTIDE
MIXINGLINK
REVIEW BY FLETCHER STEWART
STREET PRICE $299.00
I realize that the Eventide
MixingLink isn’t new and it
isn’t even aimed squarely
at guitarists, however, with
TRW being the world’s
premier pedal publication,
I felt it appropriate and
perhaps necessary to give
it a once-over. This little
box of wonders is much
like the Ramones’ first
album—on the surface
it seems like such an
obvious idea that it begs
the question: “why didn’t
I think of it?” Like da
bruddas that changed the
face of rock oh-oh so many
years ago, the Eventide
MixingLink is powerful,
inspirational, essential and
designed in NYC by one
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of the most iconic effects
designers of all time. Also
like the Ramones, it is
really beyond critique as it
stands alone in form and
function. So, what is it?
The MixingLink is a
quiet mic preamp with
up to 65dB of clean
gain, a practice amp for
pedals and phones, an
A-B switcher for two
instruments and one
amp, a splitter for one
instrument and two amps,
a personal mixer and
perhaps most famously, a
device that enables one
to use guitar effects with
vocals. This function alone
would be enough to entice
those with a hankering
Eventide Mixing Link
for hardware treatments
in both a live and studio
environment. In short, this
device acts as a keymaster
in world of gatekeepers.
Though the MixingLink has
nearly limitless utilitarian
functions in the studio,
my experience with it so
far has been with vocals.
I’m sure there are many
like me out there who
sing and play guitar at
the same time and it must
have crossed their minds
at some point how cool
it would be to have some
control over the vocals
rather than leaving it up
to the sound engineer.
Especially when the
“sound engineer” turns