Hi Grady, long time sub. You can patch the main out into the sub return to get the reverb to work through the sub out in stereo. It's in the manual just be careful not too much main or it will feedback very quickly. I use one of these Biamps as a submixer to my Yamaha RX5 drum machine and various synths. Adds tons on analog mojo and vibe and new capacitors can give it new life. Cheers.
Thank you so much for the suggestion. Yes, that does seem like it would work for using the built-in spring reverb. I'm thinking that I would have to use a y cable in order to add reverb to both sides of a stereo mix if I was using the subgroups. That is a very simple solution. The 1283 is very well built and quiet. It also has a bit of a vintage sound and personally, I'm a big fan of TLO72s in audio gear. The Allen and Heath system 8 uses them as well and that is a great sounding console. Thanks so much for the excellent suggestion! And thanks for watching. Also, I could not find a manual for this mixer. If you know where to find it, that would probably help. Thanks again!
Thank you! I think Biamp made an external spring reverb unit as well as having them in the mixers. I was really impressed with the reverb in this otherwise simple mixer.
Me too! It's a simple mixer but the reverb is outstanding. The Biamp spring reverb units are much more expensive than these so these could be a great deal for the reverb alone.
I had the 16 channel back on 1980. I used it for live bands in clubs. Hated the mixer. It just didn’t have the fidelity, dynamic range of other mixers available. I was just starting out mixing bands and didn’t realize this until I did a basement demo tape for a band. There are better sounding cheap mixers from the era than this.
