Best Mixers For Home Studio (2024 Update)

I've been using this for 6 months now and it's a decent piece of equipment. Upgraded from the R24 so I could have more inputs and I've been loving the flexibility of this unit. I have used it very little as a standalone unit so I'm not familiar with that aspect, but I've found this to be great in every other functional aspect. The onboard effects and eq are decent though I shut them down to record. 6 mic outputs with individual mixes is a great feature for recording with others. The preamps are really clean. The only drawback I can think of is something that's unfortunately become standard with electronics in general: cheap casing and knobs/sliders. I wouldn't want to transport this thing around too much without a decent case. It sits in my studio and I don't plan on moving it. I would recommend this if you want a unit that does quite a bit for the money.Seanzilla

Amazing piece of equipment! This mixer is able to send in stereo and record individual tracks on a DAW simultaneously! Perfect for what I do with my project Chase Me, November on YouTube! It tracks songs perfectly, and the on-board effects are nice as well! All of the lights and indicators work very well, and there is never any glitchy noises or glitches in general with this board, which is a stark contrast when compared to my experience with the Tascam Model 12! Zoom did an excellent job with this one! Well worth the money!MATT

Overall I like the unit. It is made of plastic, and although that doesn't necessarily mean it is fragile, I don't know if this would really be the right unit for using heavily as a road mixer. For instance, it's billed as being useful as a stand alone mixer, without the recording capability, but I think if you were going to take it to a lot of clubs you'd want to be pretty careful with it. However, I bought it for mainly home use and knew that I wouldn't take it out all that much. That being said, I find it pretty useful with the following caveats. For initial recording your channel must go straight to the track you are recording. So for instance if you wanted to mic a drum kit with 4 mics and route that all to two tracks you couldn't do it initially. There is a work around though of once you have those 4 drum tracks, you can do a mix to the master fader (which has it's own track), you can export that to a USB stick and then drop it back on the stereo channels, freeing up your initial 4 drum tracks. For my workflow this sort of replaces "ping ponging" on other units. I Another thing is that it doesn't have phantom power for each individual mic input, it has two groups of 4 channels that can have phantom power on or off. This means that if you want to use all 8 mic inputs at once, and you have 5 condenser mics and 3 dynamic mics you have an issue, because you have phantom power going to all of them. I don't usually plan on using all of them at once though. Pros: I like the compatibility of using it to record, dropping tracks on a USB stick and then plugging into my computer and dropping them in my DAW. Also, I think you can record simultaneously to the unit while using it as an audio interface, so you'd have a back-up recording. I haven't used the audio interface, but it seems to work. When recording in 96K it disables effects and EQ on playback Bottom line? I'd say it's good for small home studios that want to use it in conjunction with a computeM. Munson

A lot has changed over the course of my musical life. It is now more and more possible to create music as an individual, with great sounds, and while living in an apartment. The Model 16 is a great addition along that path to musical independence. This unit has great sound. If yours sounds bad, return it, because you got a lemon. It's also as easy to use. I have keys, multiple guitar direct outs, and mics plugged into mine at all times. It makes getting an idea from germination to a finished track easier than ever. I can use it with my computer, but I generally record all tracks directly to the unit first, so I'm not dealing with extra screen time and distractions.Res Cogitans

I use it for live recording, multitrack recording, and mixing. I have found that using it in a daw can be kinda glitchy so I just use the standalone functions. It works great for room recording and it even has built in Bluetooth receiver that has almost no latency. There's 2 stereo TRS channels and 18 Mono TRS channels on the 20 XLR inputs. 1 RCA aux is built into the Bluetooth channel. Stereo out monitor room and control room only one headphone out so you might want a headphone Amp to be fully equipped for live monitoring.Sterling

This reminds me of my old Tascam Cassette 4 Track. Difference is, I can record hours without hitting stop. It's a good board for rehearsal and performance space. It sounds really good. It captures everything that is happening without making any sacrifices. I am able to record the band multitrack and take the SD Card home and drop it into Logic. If you are looking for something to record a band and then do all of your overdubs, editing, and mixing in a DAW. This is the thing to have.Bill W

Sound: This console will add a subtle but obvious warmth and fullness to audio passing through it without muddying it up at high volume. I've done an A/B for myself during the same session with my Focusrite 18i20/Octopre Dynamic and found that while the Focusrite is very clear, uncolored and studio like, the Soundcraft was warm and full, the edges softened just ever so slightly and it glues the mix together very well. It's done great at being the soundboard at a gig and for recording sessions on the go. The preamps have 90% of the gain I wish they did but the quality and quantity completely makes up for it! Features: The 24in/22out is amazing in this format, much easier to transport than a heavy, loaded 6U rack! The 5 auxes are great for personal mixes, perfect in fact as is for wedges and even better for IEMs. The 100mm Faders are definitely a welcome feature, smooth high resolution for easy adjustments. The headphone amp is perfecrtly decent for those wondering as well, it's been more than sufficient for my Shure 215's and Shure 940's. The Lexicon effects are powerful and have a lot of adjustment between the 2 knobs each. So powerful in fact I've barely used them as they become comical then annoying quickly for normal vocals at a gig. I'm sure they'll find their use one day for certain songs. The USB return is the real key player here. As if it weren't enough to have the interface alone, Soundcraft included a button on each channel AFTER GAIN and BEFORE EQ that will take in anything you send to it, doesn't have to be the corresponding channel, from your DAW which you can route any way you please. Therefore, the most extreme instance being you can record 22 tracks and a stereo master track (23/24) and send 22 completely different audio files back into the board that then pass through the channels as normal and out the master outputs. A more reasonable example would be you can use plugins in your DAW such as compressors, FX, and EQ and then send the audio out to the board possibly eliminating a rack of gear for some. The dbx limiters work, are set pretty high but are great indicators of being near clipping when lit solid. Ease of Use: There is a learning curve to this board, even for someone experienced. The routing can get a bit overwhelming if you don't do things systematically which can lead to errors in the audio and possibly a panic lol READ THE MANUAL. Quality: The chassis has been packed and unpacked repeatedly in it's box until I can get a hardcase this size. It's been inside, outside, level, unlevel, and even balanced. I do baby it a little but so far it hasn't taken a ding or a scratch, condensation from drinks have landed on it and it's still as beautiful as when I bought it (3 months but still). This is a purpose built board by qualified proffessionals. In all seriousness for not much more than the Behringer (which we had before) this is a serious upgarde in all respects. Value: Worth it's weight in gold for the do it all engineer. The appeal of digital is great but this is an even better compromise. This console is cheaper and packs more features and usablilty than the Focusrite combo mentioned above. If you're a playing musician and you do the sound, get this. If you're like me and you make money doing sound but live to jam and record, get this. Learn it, love it. Manufacturer Support: Their website had all the info I needed, even printed the PDF in color for others in case I can't make a gig. The Wow Factor: I'm a Soundcraft fan boi now! The quality and value of this console are incredible. It's not hard to find a good mixer, but this is a gem. I love working on mixes previously recorded through it as much as recording fresh material through it. The raw files are just as impressive as the Focusrite, the character is lovable, the Master Mix recordings are just brilliant for videos later. Really, if you need a mixer that's more than a mixer, much more, there is no competition for this product. I'm enamored with it and I bet you will be too. Overall: If you're looking at this mixer it's because you need something different, dynamic, and a little inspiring. It's done excellent at shows and recording sessions alike, it can easily be you're all in one solution for audio production. The routing can't be beat, 5 Aux channels, a VERY large interface for the price, and of course that sweet sweet analog sound!Kyle

Overall: I bought this mixer after seeing a number of recommendations on social media and reading up on it. On paper and for the price it sounds too good to be true, but it absolutely delivers on every aspect. For just monitoring and live mixing audio, the signal path is clean, tons of headroom, the EQ sounds great, there's plenty of routing options and the Lexicon effects are actually decent. The audio interface side works wonderfully, drivers are simple and stable, capable of low latency monitoring and recording. I use this mixer in a home studio environment with a hardware synth rig. It's used for making a live mix for my synths if I'm writing/playing without using a DAW, as well as recording into my PC in Studio One 3 Pro. I've only used the audio returns on the board coming out from Studio One for monitoring while working with a guitar player so far, so I can't speak to how well mixing with the EQ and main buss summing works, but given how great this board has sounded so far, I don't expect I'll be disappointed in any way. Lastly, audio that I've recorded through this has been perfectly clean — at least as good as the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen that I had previous. It's only 24 bit/48khz, but 48k is good enough for my needs. The other thing to keep in mind is this is that all the channels send digital audio from the gain stage bypassing the EQ and sends. The way this is designed is to first capture tracks, then use the EQ and other parts of the board during the mixing stage. Overall, this is one of the best investments I've made in ~15 years of buying recording gear.Mike

Sound: This console will add a subtle but obvious warmth and fullness to audio passing through it without muddying it up at high volume. I've done an A/B for myself during the same session with my Focusrite 18i20/Octopre Dynamic and found that while the Focusrite is very clear, uncolored and studio like, the Soundcraft was warm and full, the edges softened just ever so slightly and it glues the mix together very well. It's done great at being the soundboard at a gig and for recording sessions on the go. The preamps have 90% of the gain I wish they did but the quality and quantity completely makes up for it! Features: The 24in/22out is amazing in this format, much easier to transport than a heavy, loaded 6U rack! The 5 auxes are great for personal mixes, perfect in fact as is for wedges and even better for IEMs. The 100mm Faders are definitely a welcome feature, smooth high resolution for easy adjustments. The headphone amp is perfecrtly decent for those wondering as well, it's been more than sufficient for my Shure 215's and Shure 940's. The Lexicon effects are powerful and have a lot of adjustment between the 2 knobs each. So powerful in fact I've barely used them as they become comical then annoying quickly for normal vocals at a gig. I'm sure they'll find their use one day for certain songs. The USB return is the real key player here. As if it weren't enough to have the interface alone, Soundcraft included a button on each channel AFTER GAIN and BEFORE EQ that will take in anything you send to it, doesn't have to be the corresponding channel, from your DAW which you can route any way you please. Therefore, the most extreme instance being you can record 22 tracks and a stereo master track (23/24) and send 22 completely different audio files back into the board that then pass through the channels as normal and out the master outputs. A more reasonable example would be you can use plugins in your DAW such as compressors, FX, and EQ and then send the audio out to the board possibly eliminating a rack of gear for some. The dbx limiters work, are set pretty high but are great indicators of being near clipping when lit solid. Ease of Use: There is a learning curve to this board, even for someone experienced. The routing can get a bit overwhelming if you don't do things systematically which can lead to errors in the audio and possibly a panic lol READ THE MANUAL. Quality: The chassis has been packed and unpacked repeatedly in it's box until I can get a hardcase this size. It's been inside, outside, level, unlevel, and even balanced. I do baby it a little but so far it hasn't taken a ding or a scratch, condensation from drinks have landed on it and it's still as beautiful as when I bought it (3 months but still). This is a purpose built board by qualified proffessionals. In all seriousness for not much more than the Behringer (which we had before) this is a serious upgarde in all respects. Value: Worth it's weight in gold for the do it all engineer. The appeal of digital is great but this is an even better compromise. This console is cheaper and packs more features and usablilty than the Focusrite combo mentioned above. If you're a playing musician and you do the sound, get this. If you're like me and you make money doing sound but live to jam and record, get this. Learn it, love it. Manufacturer Support: Their website had all the info I needed, even printed the PDF in color for others in case I can't make a gig. The Wow Factor: I'm a Soundcraft fan boi now! The quality and value of this console are incredible. It's not hard to find a good mixer, but this is a gem. I love working on mixes previously recorded through it as much as recording fresh material through it. The raw files are just as impressive as the Focusrite, the character is lovable, the Master Mix recordings are just brilliant for videos later. Really, if you need a mixer that's more than a mixer, much more, there is no competition for this product. I'm enamored with it and I bet you will be too. Overall: If you're looking at this mixer it's because you need something different, dynamic, and a little inspiring. It's done excellent at shows and recording sessions alike, it can easily be you're all in one solution for audio production. The routing can't be beat, 5 Aux channels, a VERY large interface for the price, and of course that sweet sweet analog sound!Kyle

Overall: I bought this mixer after seeing a number of recommendations on social media and reading up on it. On paper and for the price it sounds too good to be true, but it absolutely delivers on every aspect. For just monitoring and live mixing audio, the signal path is clean, tons of headroom, the EQ sounds great, there's plenty of routing options and the Lexicon effects are actually decent. The audio interface side works wonderfully, drivers are simple and stable, capable of low latency monitoring and recording. I use this mixer in a home studio environment with a hardware synth rig. It's used for making a live mix for my synths if I'm writing/playing without using a DAW, as well as recording into my PC in Studio One 3 Pro. I've only used the audio returns on the board coming out from Studio One for monitoring while working with a guitar player so far, so I can't speak to how well mixing with the EQ and main buss summing works, but given how great this board has sounded so far, I don't expect I'll be disappointed in any way. Lastly, audio that I've recorded through this has been perfectly clean — at least as good as the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen that I had previous. It's only 24 bit/48khz, but 48k is good enough for my needs. The other thing to keep in mind is this is that all the channels send digital audio from the gain stage bypassing the EQ and sends. The way this is designed is to first capture tracks, then use the EQ and other parts of the board during the mixing stage. Overall, this is one of the best investments I've made in ~15 years of buying recording gear.Mike

I bought this because I wanted a small mixer with more than 6 channels (& effects). I didn't want to be bothered with a separate effects unit. EQ on each channel was also important. This covers all the bases. I usually perform solo & only use a few channels, but it's nice to have a few more when they're needed. I gigged with it once so far. Perfect. Good sound & the compact size is a plus. Highly recommended.Mario G.

Good sounding board that works great for a small combo. We needed something compact, fast and easy to set up, with phantom power. We use 4 mics and 2 line inputs for acoustic guitar going out to a pair of QSC K10s. USB out is a useful feature, especially since live casting has become so common. The digital effects (reverb, etc,) sound good and add a little depth to the sound. Would I like more versatile EQ? Sure. A tunable feedback suppressor? Sure. A XLR monitor out? Sure? But for a mixer that comes in just a bit over $200, i will not complain,Bruce K

I bought this because I wanted a small mixer with more than 6 channels (& effects). I didn't want to be bothered with a separate effects unit. EQ on each channel was also important. This covers all the bases. I usually perform solo & only use a few channels, but it's nice to have a few more when they're needed. I gigged with it once so far. Perfect. Good sound & the compact size is a plus. Highly recommended.Mario G.

Good sounding board that works great for a small combo. We needed something compact, fast and easy to set up, with phantom power. We use 4 mics and 2 line inputs for acoustic guitar going out to a pair of QSC K10s. USB out is a useful feature, especially since live casting has become so common. The digital effects (reverb, etc,) sound good and add a little depth to the sound. Would I like more versatile EQ? Sure. A tunable feedback suppressor? Sure. A XLR monitor out? Sure? But for a mixer that comes in just a bit over $200, i will not complain,Bruce K

A lot has changed over the course of my musical life. It is now more and more possible to create music as an individual, with great sounds, and while living in an apartment. The Model 16 is a great addition along that path to musical independence. This unit has great sound. If yours sounds bad, return it, because you got a lemon. It's also as easy to use. I have keys, multiple guitar direct outs, and mics plugged into mine at all times. It makes getting an idea from germination to a finished track easier than ever. I can use it with my computer, but I generally record all tracks directly to the unit first, so I'm not dealing with extra screen time and distractions.Res Cogitans

I use it for live recording, multitrack recording, and mixing. I have found that using it in a daw can be kinda glitchy so I just use the standalone functions. It works great for room recording and it even has built in Bluetooth receiver that has almost no latency. There's 2 stereo TRS channels and 18 Mono TRS channels on the 20 XLR inputs. 1 RCA aux is built into the Bluetooth channel. Stereo out monitor room and control room only one headphone out so you might want a headphone Amp to be fully equipped for live monitoring.Sterling

This reminds me of my old Tascam Cassette 4 Track. Difference is, I can record hours without hitting stop. It's a good board for rehearsal and performance space. It sounds really good. It captures everything that is happening without making any sacrifices. I am able to record the band multitrack and take the SD Card home and drop it into Logic. If you are looking for something to record a band and then do all of your overdubs, editing, and mixing in a DAW. This is the thing to have.Bill W

The Soundcraft Ui24R is the BEST mixer I have ever owned. I have been a gigging drummer/musician for 38 years. This mixer has everything you would need. I have used other digital mixers from PreSonus and Behringer and this Soundcraft mixer blows the others out of the water. On their website they give you a demo of the interface for both a tablet and phone. The pre-amps and effects sound amazing! Even the first 2 channels have Digitech amps built in for guitar and bass. I typically use them for practice so my guitar player and bassist don't have haul amps to rehearsal. I love the fact that there are 8 AUX outs for monitors with the capability of having 10 AUX outs. Oh and did I mention this is an Audio interface as well? You can also record straight to a thumb drive from the mixer. Lets get to the interface/connectivity. It is the most user friendly interface I've used. Everything you need at your finger tips and there is no guessing. Other digital mixers require you to download an app in order to operate the mixer which creates problems on certain devices (sometimes Apple works best, sometimes Android works best). Soundcraft does NOT require an app. You simply connect any device (that has wifi and the ability to access a browser) to the mixers hotspot and bam you're connected to the mixer. Open up a browser of your choosing (Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox) and type in the magic website and you are in. In 2 years I have only had one connection issue since I've owned this mixer and it was corrected by changing the wifi channel on the mixer to a channel that wasn't full of other devices in the area. Since then, there have been no issues at all! If you are still worried about connection issues, you can plug a monitor into the mixer via HDMI and a USB mouse/keyboard to operate the mixer without connecting to any network at all. I love the fact that you can save scenes/snapshots mixes. So if you're at a club and it sounds amazing, just save it so the next time you play that venue, call it up so there will be minimal adjustments as far as mixing goes. Another great feature is having the ability to adjust the "view" of channels. So if your playing a venue and not using all 20 inputs, you can create a custom view that only show the inputs/outputs/effects you are using. If you don't believe that this is the best mixer, do your own research. Go to Soundcraft's website and read about it. Go to YouTube and watch videos on it. It is truly amazing! If I wasn't on such a tight budget, I'd probably buy another one as a backup!Jay

Device independent. All you need is a browser. I've used android, windows and an iPad to run it. All of them work beautifully and each device runs it exactly the same way. Much more user friendly than mackie or behringer. Great sound as well. The ui24 is the model to get out of that family of boards because of the Excellent preamps. Excellent with a capital E.Kevin Eddy

Out of the box the installation was simple enough. When we first used it at our church we loved it. Removed the need for a snake from our old system and this sitting on stage and you being able to control it anywhere was amazing. A week in and we encounter the first "disconnection" on it so we bought a router for it. Set up again was not difficult and it's just a one time set up. It's served it's purpose well but I can't help to feel disappointed after 3 years. The first symptoms were connection loss to usb stick. Sometimes it wouldn't recognize the usb… another symptom, it would RESET all of our settings out of the blue for no reason. We'd come one day, turn it on, to find all of our mix settings rested. We'd have to manually load them. After couple of weeks this became an everyday thing. Now whatever settings we'd try to save, they just wouldn't stay in the mixers memory. Whatever scene we had PRIOR to this issue would still be there, but anything NEW we'd try to save into it just would not save. Not to mention the usb ports used to UPGRADE or DOWNGRADE firmware do not work anymore, so if it's a software issue, I have no way of RESETTING to factory firmware on it since the usb ports don't work anymore. Sadly no warranty past 3 years and gc coverage was only 2 years so now we are left with a piece of gear sitting in a shop somewhere waiting to be fixed while we have to use a secondary small mixer to serve our needs while the unit gets fixed. Have not had a word on the shop of HOW MUCH it will cost… but our studiolive we had served us for so many years and still kicking at a secondary room at church.. it breaks my heart a lil because it's soundcraft. I was expecting a lot more quality on the product. If you want a mixer that will last a long time, I'd look at a different brand and try your luck there. As far as this one goes, though it didn't give us much issues at first, it's a nightmare to live with once this "memory" issue kicks in.Saul, p

I've owned this one before. The board is very easy to use. The only issue I have is that the effects are limited. Best if you use pedals with the guitar. Vocals will definitely need a different source for effects. Other than that, it's a good buy.Silver Fox

A great compact console with tons of options. Ive used the M32 for several years now, and had heard great thing about the Producer for a while. I needed a small traveling mixer for our multi-purpose spaces, and thats exactly what I got. It came with the original packaging, manuals, cables, and rack ears. Unbeatable value for the price.kennypaone3360

WOW! I'm a professional sound man with 40 years experience with top of the line bands. I have mixed on Midas consoles and the Behringer X32 has me blown away.I have yet to find anything I don't like. Construction is very good, and I'm very Impressed with the sound it does have a Midas quality to the it. The input preamp is very forgiving and has a clip detector that lets you run up to clip without audible hearing the clipping . The routing is very versatile and the interface carries 32 in and out of the computer Glitch free.The X control software is great and allows one to control the console in the background. Good Job behringer, yes I have recommended to ALL my friends,I'd even buy another one for me!Soundgodz

I'll just get my one complaint out of the way. The inputs after 1 and 2 are arranged funny on the board (less intuitive) and I'd love for this to be better for plugging in three guitars at once, for easy switching between them (I use different tunings). But, mostly, that's all on my less than masterful understanding of mixers. Which leads me into one of the reasons this board is awesome: Even I can use it! You can be a novice with sound (I always hire someone) and this board is still pretty intuitive. And, while I use a 2i2 interface for online teaching and the like, I use this board for livestreams. I picked it up partially because I wanted effects without a DAWS, but the multi-channel aspect also makes it possible for me to use this for live sound for my trio. Get this! It's great for live sound and as an interface.Phil Circle

BEWARE the 5&6 channel, does not get sent to the monitor bus at ANY TIME. The USB 1&2 OUT channel cannot be sent to the main mix at ANY TIME. I bought this mixer after reading the Mackie advertising that implied this was a flexibly routed mixer that has 2x USB stereo output busses. Well it does, but they're useless for what I was hoping to do which was a live setup of: Vox Ch1, Guit Ch2, Hardware keys Channel 3&4, Drum M/c Channel 5&6, IPAD Software synth or backing track via usb 1&2. Prior to purchase I did spot that the USB 3&4 OUT were switched with hardware 5&6, but I didn't spot until reading block diagram closely (after purchase – grrr), neither mode of this channel ever makes it to the monitor (headphone mix). Equally unfathomable is that the USB 1&2 OUT can be switched on or off to headphones but NEVER sent to the main mix. So if you're thinking of sending your iPad synth to main 1&2, or listening to anything coming in on Channel 5&6 in the cans (not even usb synths), forget about it! This seriously limits the usefulness of this mixer and I'm seriously disappointed with Mackie (I have a couple of their mixers and studio monitors) who I used to think were pretty good. Big thumbs down on this expensive white elephant. There are several other small mixer from Yamaha, Allen &Heath & Studiocraft that I'll look more closely at next time rather than Mackie.johninbrisvegas

I'm super happy, this mixer is great, it sounds phenomenal and it's really easy to set up. I've used it 3 times live last week with bands I didn't know and the soundcheck was done really quick. Patching is intuitive, faders response is precise and fast, the strip assign function saves me a lot of time and reverbs are beautiful compared to all the other digital mixers I've used. I can multitrack with my MB pro and do virtual sound check super fast. As you can see I love this mixer! PatrickReviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Coming from a Qu-32, this new mixer addressed nearly every small shortcoming and feature I had wished the Qu had. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVED my Qu-32, but as is always the case, I had a few small nit-pickings that simply weren't possible to be addressed with the hardware contained in the Qu. The first is the ability to fully patch any input and output to anywhere, either physically on the board or on a remote stage box, AND you can split signal to send it to more than one location with this board! The second is the scribble strips; no more magnets on the board! The third is 8 effects engines (over the 4 that the Qu had). This means I can now have four effects on returns that may be used across a number of channels, and still have 4 dedicated as inserts as specialty effects for a specific channel. The fourth is really huge: the ability to patch in OUTBOARD GEAR as an insert!! Amazing board; just get one!D.J.

I am coming from a Digidesign Digi 003 ProTools workspace. I got tired of the dongle and insular ecosystem disallowing the interface to be used w/other DAWs and decided to give PreSonus and Studio One a try. It's been ok so far. Disappointed to learn that I have to upgrade to the pro version of the DAW in order to use the mastering software. I am doing my first recordings as I type this. I'm sure I'll uncover this systems strengths in time.Lex Machina

Overall: When I called zZounds, I told them I was using for small gigs, FB and You tube live. This has very limited ability to do so. In fact, trouble abounds! Was very upset at first, however, don't want that to be an issue. zZounds is great and no problem with them. Just wish the advisors were a little moe knowledgeable :). If you are planning on doing Live Stream, check out zZounds other available systems.Nicholas

I've been using this for 6 months now and it's a decent piece of equipment. Upgraded from the R24 so I could have more inputs and I've been loving the flexibility of this unit. I have used it very little as a standalone unit so I'm not familiar with that aspect, but I've found this to be great in every other functional aspect. The onboard effects and eq are decent though I shut them down to record. 6 mic outputs with individual mixes is a great feature for recording with others. The preamps are really clean. The only drawback I can think of is something that's unfortunately become standard with electronics in general: cheap casing and knobs/sliders. I wouldn't want to transport this thing around too much without a decent case. It sits in my studio and I don't plan on moving it. I would recommend this if you want a unit that does quite a bit for the money.Seanzilla

Amazing piece of equipment! This mixer is able to send in stereo and record individual tracks on a DAW simultaneously! Perfect for what I do with my project Chase Me, November on YouTube! It tracks songs perfectly, and the on-board effects are nice as well! All of the lights and indicators work very well, and there is never any glitchy noises or glitches in general with this board, which is a stark contrast when compared to my experience with the Tascam Model 12! Zoom did an excellent job with this one! Well worth the money!MATT

Overall I like the unit. It is made of plastic, and although that doesn't necessarily mean it is fragile, I don't know if this would really be the right unit for using heavily as a road mixer. For instance, it's billed as being useful as a stand alone mixer, without the recording capability, but I think if you were going to take it to a lot of clubs you'd want to be pretty careful with it. However, I bought it for mainly home use and knew that I wouldn't take it out all that much. That being said, I find it pretty useful with the following caveats. For initial recording your channel must go straight to the track you are recording. So for instance if you wanted to mic a drum kit with 4 mics and route that all to two tracks you couldn't do it initially. There is a work around though of once you have those 4 drum tracks, you can do a mix to the master fader (which has it's own track), you can export that to a USB stick and then drop it back on the stereo channels, freeing up your initial 4 drum tracks. For my workflow this sort of replaces "ping ponging" on other units. I Another thing is that it doesn't have phantom power for each individual mic input, it has two groups of 4 channels that can have phantom power on or off. This means that if you want to use all 8 mic inputs at once, and you have 5 condenser mics and 3 dynamic mics you have an issue, because you have phantom power going to all of them. I don't usually plan on using all of them at once though. Pros: I like the compatibility of using it to record, dropping tracks on a USB stick and then plugging into my computer and dropping them in my DAW. Also, I think you can record simultaneously to the unit while using it as an audio interface, so you'd have a back-up recording. I haven't used the audio interface, but it seems to work. When recording in 96K it disables effects and EQ on playback Bottom line? I'd say it's good for small home studios that want to use it in conjunction with a computeM. Munson

I bought this because I wanted a small mixer with more than 6 channels (& effects). I didn't want to be bothered with a separate effects unit. EQ on each channel was also important. This covers all the bases. I usually perform solo & only use a few channels, but it's nice to have a few more when they're needed. I gigged with it once so far. Perfect. Good sound & the compact size is a plus. Highly recommended.Mario G.

Good sounding board that works great for a small combo. We needed something compact, fast and easy to set up, with phantom power. We use 4 mics and 2 line inputs for acoustic guitar going out to a pair of QSC K10s. USB out is a useful feature, especially since live casting has become so common. The digital effects (reverb, etc,) sound good and add a little depth to the sound. Would I like more versatile EQ? Sure. A tunable feedback suppressor? Sure. A XLR monitor out? Sure? But for a mixer that comes in just a bit over $200, i will not complain,Bruce K

I've been using this for 6 months now and it's a decent piece of equipment. Upgraded from the R24 so I could have more inputs and I've been loving the flexibility of this unit. I have used it very little as a standalone unit so I'm not familiar with that aspect, but I've found this to be great in every other functional aspect. The onboard effects and eq are decent though I shut them down to record. 6 mic outputs with individual mixes is a great feature for recording with others. The preamps are really clean. The only drawback I can think of is something that's unfortunately become standard with electronics in general: cheap casing and knobs/sliders. I wouldn't want to transport this thing around too much without a decent case. It sits in my studio and I don't plan on moving it. I would recommend this if you want a unit that does quite a bit for the money.Seanzilla

Amazing piece of equipment! This mixer is able to send in stereo and record individual tracks on a DAW simultaneously! Perfect for what I do with my project Chase Me, November on YouTube! It tracks songs perfectly, and the on-board effects are nice as well! All of the lights and indicators work very well, and there is never any glitchy noises or glitches in general with this board, which is a stark contrast when compared to my experience with the Tascam Model 12! Zoom did an excellent job with this one! Well worth the money!MATT

Overall I like the unit. It is made of plastic, and although that doesn't necessarily mean it is fragile, I don't know if this would really be the right unit for using heavily as a road mixer. For instance, it's billed as being useful as a stand alone mixer, without the recording capability, but I think if you were going to take it to a lot of clubs you'd want to be pretty careful with it. However, I bought it for mainly home use and knew that I wouldn't take it out all that much. That being said, I find it pretty useful with the following caveats. For initial recording your channel must go straight to the track you are recording. So for instance if you wanted to mic a drum kit with 4 mics and route that all to two tracks you couldn't do it initially. There is a work around though of once you have those 4 drum tracks, you can do a mix to the master fader (which has it's own track), you can export that to a USB stick and then drop it back on the stereo channels, freeing up your initial 4 drum tracks. For my workflow this sort of replaces "ping ponging" on other units. I Another thing is that it doesn't have phantom power for each individual mic input, it has two groups of 4 channels that can have phantom power on or off. This means that if you want to use all 8 mic inputs at once, and you have 5 condenser mics and 3 dynamic mics you have an issue, because you have phantom power going to all of them. I don't usually plan on using all of them at once though. Pros: I like the compatibility of using it to record, dropping tracks on a USB stick and then plugging into my computer and dropping them in my DAW. Also, I think you can record simultaneously to the unit while using it as an audio interface, so you'd have a back-up recording. I haven't used the audio interface, but it seems to work. When recording in 96K it disables effects and EQ on playback Bottom line? I'd say it's good for small home studios that want to use it in conjunction with a computeM. Munson

A great compact console with tons of options. Ive used the M32 for several years now, and had heard great thing about the Producer for a while. I needed a small traveling mixer for our multi-purpose spaces, and thats exactly what I got. It came with the original packaging, manuals, cables, and rack ears. Unbeatable value for the price.kennypaone3360

WOW! I'm a professional sound man with 40 years experience with top of the line bands. I have mixed on Midas consoles and the Behringer X32 has me blown away.I have yet to find anything I don't like. Construction is very good, and I'm very Impressed with the sound it does have a Midas quality to the it. The input preamp is very forgiving and has a clip detector that lets you run up to clip without audible hearing the clipping . The routing is very versatile and the interface carries 32 in and out of the computer Glitch free.The X control software is great and allows one to control the console in the background. Good Job behringer, yes I have recommended to ALL my friends,I'd even buy another one for me!Soundgodz

The only reason I can’t give this a 5 is the undependability of the WiFi access. It’s pretty tough to gig and not be able to count on your device to connect and stay connected. Sure sure, you can just keep a router with you but seriously… I thought it was designed to do just that. Anyway on to the good.

So many great features packed in that I haven’t even broached half of what it’s capable of. It’s compact and just has great playability. I would definitely recommend it.Donnie Howard

As many have noted these X Air mixers are nothing short of AMAZING ! You get an entire rack of gear in a small rack-mount or desk-top system that would cost a small fortune to duplicate with individual parts. That said it is a sophisticated piece of technology that has a Learning Curve unless you are already the Ultimate Sound Guy. WATCH the videos on YouTube (All Of Them) and most of your questions will be answered. Learn how to route and equalize 1 channel and the rest is pretty easy. Use a dedicated laptop to setup your network and soundboard… many adjustment can be made with a tablet or phone but initial setup is much easier with a laptop and mouse. X Air Edit is a FREE download that works with PC, OS and Linux and it is small (10meg) and uses very little in the way of system resources. Put a password on your network so others don't have the opportunity to "Help" you. With your own network in place you should have no problems with tablets and other devices dropping out and effecting your mix. Connect your laptop to the system with a cat5 cable for a connection that can't be interfered with in high RF rooms. Use your tablet or phone to adjust room mix from out in the room as needed If you choose to record use a hard drive not a jump drive as jump drives have no buffering system and files are saved in WAV format (large files). SAVE your work when you get a nice setup for a specific room and next time you just load the scene. I will be buying another soon. Excellent Product at a Great Price !! So far no problems with mine which I have had for over a year. Fast Free Shipping from Musician's Friend ! Watch The Videos !!DC

I'm professional solo artist with about 200-220 shows a year. I've used the X-Air at every single gig with no issues. I use an iPad for odd requests so having the mixer app open simultaneously is super easy. My rig doesn't change much so I bribed a sound engineer friend with Jameson to EQ my setup during a set. I saved his settings (compression, eq, effects, etc) as a baseline so that at every gig I have little to no changes to sound great. The only downside is the built-in wifi is garbage. I plug in a cheap external router and then no worries. I definitely suggest buying the Gator carrying case for protection. If it's worth gigging with, it's worth casing. The 4 AUX outs are great. In band situations I use one AUX for a subwoofer line and still have 3 different monitor mixes that each musician can control from an app on their phone. "You want more you? Do more you." At this price point it's a no-brainer. Save each venue as a separate, recallable scene. Was skeptical about the Behringer name before I bought this 3 years ago, as a B-stock no less, but now a full fledged cheerleader.WJC

I bought this as I am getting into using hardware synths, drum machines, etc. and I needed an audio interface with more inputs. The flow8 has surpassed my expectations. Mic preamps are great with low noise. Latency is low. Mixer very easy to setup. I am even able to use the monitor outputs to send audio/cv to my semi modular synths eg. Behringer Crave can become a multi oscillator synth with FM an d an extra tempo sync LFO using VCV rack/max for live etc. On board FX sound as good as any of the plugins I use and I now love playing without using my pc at all. Would be a great mixer for a small band or musician playing live. Seems ridiculous value for money when you consider all it can do. Love it.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Excellent little mixer. Small low cost mixers tend to have non replaceable pots and faders so this appealed due to very few moving parts. The build is excellent very robust. Only pity is the use of a Micro USB for power (separate USB B for audio). The feature set is unbeatable for the money with 8 inputs but more importantly extensive EQ on every input and output and also on the BT/USB and Monitor buses. The two Monitors can be separate for band use (i.e. different mix for two wedges). Plus there is (good sounding) compression and output limiting. There are two FX processors although as usual the second one is chorus/delay type effects that only an acoustic duo etc are likely to use. The reverb is not world beating but perfectly ok for live use. The App can be slightly fiddly to use on a phone but works well. The mixer remembers all settings (plus you have snapshots) so I found that actually once set up I could edit everything needed from the the front panel (bar EQ). One thing I hadn't really realised was how useful the USB audio is. You can either send the main mix post fader/eq etc to the USB or you can send the main mix pre fader/eq plus all 8 inputs seperately. The latter is super useful for recording a band mix plus all sources independently for tweaking later. In summary this mixer can work very well for both live use and recording making it super flexible. The only improvements to this (Flow-16 anyone?) would be the second FX also supporting reverb, a more robust power connector and more inputs for those that need it. More monitor outputs would be allways be nice (same on all mixers really) as nowadays IEMs make it possible for all band members to have a separate monitor mix.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

I run a studio. Just swapped out a Behringer X32r for the StudioLive 32r. I like the sound of the presonus better, although I was able to get great sounds out of the Behringer. But Behringer's mixing software is much better. The Presonus mixing software works but it's much more clunky. Some examples: – Behringer's channels are slimmer on screen; you can see more of what's going on at once – I can make several custom views of whichever channels I want in whichever order I want with Behringer. If I can do this with Presonus' software, I don't see how. This would be a GREAT feature to add in a future release. – Behringer's software shows more information about each channel without having to change screens – You can choose where in the signal chain AUX (headphone) sends are taken from with Behringer (including top of the channel, pre insert, post insert, post EQ, pre or post fader. Presonus has a single switch for pre/post only. – When I change screens in the presonus software (and I have to a LOT more than with Behringer's) my channels scroll all the way left and I end up looking at about the 1st 10 channels. I keep having to re-scroll to the right after I say, change a send to a headphone mix and switch back to the main mix view – I can choose the name of any channel from a bank of options, but I can't just type the name of my channel with Presonus (I can with Behringer). – I can control the sends for up to 16 submixes (headphones) from ONE SCREEN with Behringer's software. I have to switch screens each time I change the level of a any single headphone send with Presonus'. Big bummer for me here, especially combined with the scrolling problem above. Very slow.Billy