2026 Buchla & Friends Show: Boredbrain Music offered a sneak preview of the Xcelon SL – a dynamic analog performance mixer that they say is designed specifically for electronic musicians.
Details are to come, but here are some unofficial specs:
- Analog 8-channel stereo mixer
- Two FX sends
- Gain, Compression, Tilt EQ per channel
- Master filter knob
- Side chain with ext input
- Direct outs
- Cue monitoring
- Additional A & B mix busses for alternate processing
Details on pricing and availability are to come.
via Boredbrain, nickssss9
Price will be about $1800.
Really exciting! I hope they eventually make a 4 channels version also!
And a 16 ch too….
Very nice!
I truly hope the aux sends are stereo too.
That’s always my biggest gripe when it comes to hardware mixers… MONO sends!
I understand their purpose but with all the modern stereo effects, who wants to sum their stereo synth into mono for fx. Not me at least.
Seconded. People will argue that we don’t need stereo sends. Yes, we do!
I guess when people started “upgrading” channel strips to stereo, they forgot about the sends? i guess you could argue allot of pro studio gear is mono or dual channel, but the market this device is catering to seems more music and synths.. so stereo fx and stereo pedals etc..
Well the solution was always just to use two mono tracks panned L-R
Hardly rocket science
That’s for returns tho, right? I think ppl here are asking for stereo SENDS.
He says the sends are stereo in this video … https://youtube.com/shorts/fnItuBhLmgY
Interesting. On my radar!
“essential”. lol
Should have a digital audio channel (USB) I/O as well.
– and ideally some DC-coupled CV I/O ^_^
Whatever happened to the Intellijel mixer that was teased a couple years ago? really want something like this.
That was last year at superbooth. They said they brought it back to the drawing board after feedback they received and it will be at superbooth again this year
This looks great. Their mixer line in Eurorack seems to be very popular so they’re smart to explore the non-modular market. I expect that it will be pricey though and theres’s a lot of competition, although there’s no other desktop mixer that includes an analog multimode VCF so that will be a selling point for some.
I’m betting on 1300-1400 price point.
If this is 1000$/€ i will buy it!
If this is 2000$/€ i will have a few sleepless nights and then buy it!