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Super handig voor kleine optredens!
Ik gebruik dit mengpaneel in combinatie met mijn Bose column speaker. Het geeft me op deze manier een betere controle over het geluid. Super handig in gebruik en bovendien een echt lichtgewicht. Echt heerlijk!
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Fantastic for the price with some small nags
I initially avoided this because Behringer yada yada but it's a great little device for having fun with music with my kids. The microphone preamps are really impressive even with mics like the SM57 and the sound comes through pretty clear. I have two reasonable complaints and one unreasonable/wishlist item.
Reasonable complaints:
- the device is ungrounded with a switch mode power supply and very noisy as a result. Even with just a microphone and a pair of headphones you can already hear mains hum. Connecting an electric guitar (via DI Box or directly) is catastrophic. Giving the board and source of grounding (like touching a metal connector or plugging the USB cable into your PC with a mains ground connection) massively improves the situation. But why couldn't they have spent an extra half euro or something for a grounded power supply option?
- some reviews mention a lack of rubber feet but mine actually came with a set which seem to have been thrown in the box as an afterthought. They have a hollowed out spot in the centre and are clearly designed to fit over the four screws on the bottom, which is thoughtful. The adhesive is terrible, though, and they fall off constantly. Without the feet the bottom of the device is uneven and wobbles from corner to corner. I think I'll try superglue.
And the unreasonable complaint: after you figure out the functionality of the "stream" buttons and their interaction with channel 7/8 you have a lot of really great possibilities for how to treat USB audio, but there's one thing that's not possible: you cannot hear both the USB audio and the main mix on the monitor channel without introducing the USB audio into the main mix itself. You either choose to hear the main mix (with or without USB) or *only* the USB "stream", without the main mix. That's annoying for a couple of reasons and eliminates one very obvious way of using the board, but fixing it would involve adding a second independent mixer just for the monitor channel, which would add some amount of cost, particularly when you could effectively use your computer as that mixer by having it reflect the input sound back at the output. So ya: very minor/unreasonable nag.
Otherwise a great product!
Reasonable complaints:
- the device is ungrounded with a switch mode power supply and very noisy as a result. Even with just a microphone and a pair of headphones you can already hear mains hum. Connecting an electric guitar (via DI Box or directly) is catastrophic. Giving the board and source of grounding (like touching a metal connector or plugging the USB cable into your PC with a mains ground connection) massively improves the situation. But why couldn't they have spent an extra half euro or something for a grounded power supply option?
- some reviews mention a lack of rubber feet but mine actually came with a set which seem to have been thrown in the box as an afterthought. They have a hollowed out spot in the centre and are clearly designed to fit over the four screws on the bottom, which is thoughtful. The adhesive is terrible, though, and they fall off constantly. Without the feet the bottom of the device is uneven and wobbles from corner to corner. I think I'll try superglue.
And the unreasonable complaint: after you figure out the functionality of the "stream" buttons and their interaction with channel 7/8 you have a lot of really great possibilities for how to treat USB audio, but there's one thing that's not possible: you cannot hear both the USB audio and the main mix on the monitor channel without introducing the USB audio into the main mix itself. You either choose to hear the main mix (with or without USB) or *only* the USB "stream", without the main mix. That's annoying for a couple of reasons and eliminates one very obvious way of using the board, but fixing it would involve adding a second independent mixer just for the monitor channel, which would add some amount of cost, particularly when you could effectively use your computer as that mixer by having it reflect the input sound back at the output. So ya: very minor/unreasonable nag.
Otherwise a great product!
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Perfect for the price
Great little mixer. I was amazed by the clear, defined sound. Headphone output is more than sufficient. Looks sturdy and it’s well finished. For the price, it’s unbeatable.
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I can see why it is so high in its ranking here!!
Bought this to plug my synths, drum machine, MPC into when practising or recording at home. I have since used it at full band practice will vocals, guitar and bass (both through Helix) and its perfect instead of dragging the gigging monster desk around.
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Super little mixer
Yup. Good enough for everything you need to get started. More experienced/ advanced people will want more.
Could it have compression and reverb? Maybe. But this doesn't detract from this 5 star review. Solid value for your money
Could it have compression and reverb? Maybe. But this doesn't detract from this 5 star review. Solid value for your money
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Good Value
I bought this to replace an old Behringer 802 mixer which I'd had for years but finally packed in a few weeks ago.
This is better in several ways.
It's a true 8 channel mixer, unlike the older one which despite it's name was only 6, but keeps the same footprint, which was important as it sits in a dedicated little space behind my digital piano. Any bigger and it wouldn't fit.
It has USB, which I haven't tried so far but claims to work as a proper interface (check that before you buy though as I haven't tried it).
Most importantly, it has a switch on the back, unlike the old one.
The sound quality is the same. Perfectly usable but not the best in the world.
All in all though, it's great value.
This is better in several ways.
It's a true 8 channel mixer, unlike the older one which despite it's name was only 6, but keeps the same footprint, which was important as it sits in a dedicated little space behind my digital piano. Any bigger and it wouldn't fit.
It has USB, which I haven't tried so far but claims to work as a proper interface (check that before you buy though as I haven't tried it).
Most importantly, it has a switch on the back, unlike the old one.
The sound quality is the same. Perfectly usable but not the best in the world.
All in all though, it's great value.
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JM
Excellent for me.
Since I use this for my in-ear monitoring, I find it to be perfect for my needs - the price is good, the sound quality is more than enough and the knobs are good too. I also like the fact that it has an on/off button on the back!
Coming from an ANCIENT Mackie mixer, I'm not disappointed with this unit. My bass player bought this one aswell, he hasn't had any complaints aswell.
Coming from an ANCIENT Mackie mixer, I'm not disappointed with this unit. My bass player bought this one aswell, he hasn't had any complaints aswell.
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Très basique et avec peux de possibilités, mais pour certaines utilisation elle est bien pratique.
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Excellent budget analog mixer
Compact, well-built, amps are good, USB connectivity.
Thing I really miss (though I do realize that it's too much to ask from mixer of this price range) is ability to record each channel individually on PC, as it only see's master mix L/R lines
Thing I really miss (though I do realize that it's too much to ask from mixer of this price range) is ability to record each channel individually on PC, as it only see's master mix L/R lines
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Gets the job done well
Works exactly like a mixer at this size should. . . I use it mainly for background music and speeches. For basic audio mixing and routing, it's perfect
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