Citronic CDM10 :4 Club 1

The CDM10:4 is such a self-made mixer at least that is what I suppose because after some quick research, I haven’t found anything similar elsewhere.

The CDM10:4 features 4 channels to which you can connect quite a lot of equipment.  

In short, it turns out that I can connect virtually everything I have on my shelf for reviewing to the CDM10:4 and at the end, there are still inputs left. 

When we inserted the screwdriver into the mixer to unmount the plate that covers the faders, we noticed that the faders are neatly fitted on a sub chassis and can be replaced easily by the end user. Citronic has adopted the same method that we met before in other OEM mixers: a pin/print connector where the fader connector is placed on the pins on the main PCB. It is in itself a good thing when the user can replace the faders himself. However I am not a great fan of pin/print connectors although it is always better that soldering them directly to the PCB. I prefer to have a cable that connects the fader to the main PCB as this is the only reliable method over the long term. 

The faders that are used in the CDM10:4 however are well known to us.

CDM10:4 has one particularity that I have never met before and that I find extremely useful. Normally the connectors for equipment are located on the rear panel of a unit. Up to there, nothing different for the CDM10:4. All those who have already worked with a 19" set in a flight case know that CD players are often mounted below the mixer because the connectors on top of the mixer make it impossible to install the control unit of a CD player above the mixer which is most irritating because personally I would prefer to have my CD players (if I have to work with a dual CD player) on top of the mixer. 

The CDM10:4 gets around the problem as it allows making the connections behind or below the mixer. The problem is solved and you save 1U in a flight case…
   

Very handy if you want to optimize the use of the mixer and mount the control unit of a CD player or MIDI controller such as the Citronic MPCD1.3 firmly against the top panel of the mixer. 
 

Conclusion

We can fill another 2 pages about the buttons and other bits and pieces of the CDM10:4 but this is of no interest. In short, the CDM10:4 is a no nonsense 19" mixer that offers good quality. 

No knickknacks with effects this time, just a straightforward unit that accepts a whole lot of equipment to be connected to 1 mixer. The rear panel whose connectors can be mounted also on the bottom panel of the mixer is really smart. The faders are user replaceable and can be changed easily and quickly without much cost.