The Mindprint TRIO is reviewed by Remix magazine. “The T.R.I.O. Total Recording Solution is designed to be the nerve center of your studio, as well as to eliminate multiple pieces of outboard gear, wall warts and a slew of messy cables. Essentially, it replaces a mixer’s input and monitoring section and adds EQ and dynamics.” The device under review is the original TRIO; Mindprint have since announced the TRIO USB, which goes one step further by using a convenient USB 2 interface instead of an audio interface.

The included manual is apparently a must-read (unlike many manuals): “This unit also comes with an excellent manual, available in both hard copy and PDF forms. I’ve heard of many people taking pride in not reading manuals, but in my opinion, there are two different types of engineers: those who know what they are doing and those who hope they know what they are doing.”

The review gives a very detailed description of the device. They like the Talkback feature, which lets you talk to players through their headphones, but found that it was a bit noisy. Other than that, they found the feature set to be excellent, and the effects to be very good. They were impressed with the built-in EQ, and also liked the compressor: “Once again, I was pleased with the tone. Further experimenting with all types of equalizer amounts, I found that even at extreme settings, the unit performed extremely well.”

Their conclusing is overwhelmingly positive: “The philosophy behind the T.R.I.O. was to incorporate all of the essential features required in a typical home-recording setup into one unit. For slightly more than $500 retail and housing a studio-quality channel strip, zero-latency monitoring, multiple speaker outputs and a Talkback section, this single box is a wonderful thing. I have to agree that MindPrint has really covered all of the bases with the T.R.I.O., and I would definitely recommend this piece for any home-studio owner.”