User Guide
Design Notes
Xer Dualis is a project that was started long, long ago.
We’ve had many ideas for compact mixers (you may have seen some prototypes if you’ve been to
any of our in-person demos over the years) but coming up with a nal module that worked well and
did what we wanted it to proved a challenge.
XD changed size a number of times (it was 4 at one point, then 12, then 8, then, nally, 6 HP), and
its features varied, too. (Do we want mutes? Do we not want mutes? Should the inputs be mono or
stereo? How many channels do we need? What about LEDs?)
Once we nally settled on a nal featureset and layout, we put it all together, ordered a prototype,
put it in a case, tested it out… and realized that we all put mixers in the bottom right of our cases
and, because of this, we actually wanted the jacks on the top instead of on the bottom.
This was a great move except that the next prototype came out entirely backwards after a bit of
distraction during the ip. Yes, we make mistakes… In this case, it led us to complete confusion
when we thought the whole thing was broken for a few minutes, and then we nally realized what
was going on. Go team!
We made a few more adjustments to the nal to make it as aordable as possible while not
compromising on the feature set we had (nally) decided we considered core to this product.
And thus XD was born: we’re quite proud of its form-from-function design, and compact-yet-usable
layout lls a space in all of our cases. As our product line expands into the stereo eld, XD’s utility
has proven itself time and time again. Sometimes you just need to mix four Versios into a Librae
Legio.
Special Thanks
Markus would personally like to thank Kris for not ring them on the spot for suggesting
approximately 14 separate layout changes in the design process. (Kris would like to say Markus is
still on thin ice.)
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