Peavey PV 10 AT 10 Channel Compact Mixer with Bluetooth and Antares Auto-Tune

PV AT 10 BT This mixer is really quite excellent, I’ve been using it for well over a year now. At first I didn’t really feel like it was a worthy successor to my previous live sound and Dj audio mixer from Alesis. The reason why this happened has a lot to do with proper gain staging which has to be done with every new piece of audio equipment you introduce into your sound chain. Once I set up the sound from every stage in the right order, and reduced the audio gain on the first two sound channels that have auto tune, which are the two inputs that have my wireless microphones, it shined beautifully. The microphone inputs on the Peavey have more natural audio gain than my previous Alesia USB Multi-Mix Mixer, which had beautifully warm sound. With the microphone gain set lower on the Peavey, the main channel output volume can be raised instead of the gain. This is very beneficial because it works well with my DBX Go Rack’s feedback protection. Feedback is easier to avoid when less gain is in the sound chain. XLR cables are highly recommend, since they provide audio shielding. The first of the 3 pins on the cable is a grounding pin. When using XLR cables, your sound output will also be louder and cleaner than regular analog cables, especially if everything is setup properly during the gain staging phase. My dual wireless microphone receivers have 1/4th inputs. They also came with a 1/4th male to 1/4th male audio cable. The mics required more gain on the Peavey Mixer. A 1.5 foot XLR male to 1/4th male audio cable resolved the lower sound output issue. Despite the 1/4th audio plugs in the mic receivers, my Peavey AT 10 mixer was sending a louder XLR signal to my mics. My maim complaint is that the effects, outside of the excellent and fully featured Auto-Tune, aren’t all that great. The channel strips have an effects and equalizer bypass on them, which is good. This is important because adjusting the highs, the mids and the lows introduces a few little issues that have a potentially negative impact on the sound. I leave them at default, and then go to the final output strip, and adjust them there. My DBX GoRack is then used for final sound staging and processing. This combination puts out loud, full and powerful sound for me that my singers on DJ and karaoke nights love. My GoRack has an acoustic audio equalizer preset which sends out excellent microphone levels when my mix is properly set up on the Peavey 10 AT. Then I use the club mode on my EV ZLX speakers in sub mode with the crossover set to ELX 118p, combined with my ELX 200 18 inch subwoofer. The bass is further lowered on my ZLX 12ps or 15ps with the treble set to -1 one and the final output set to -1. With my subwoofer handling the bass, my speakers output louder, cleaner highs and Mids. My sub is placed on a slight raised wooden platform in certain venues and completely hidden by a Dj facade. The raised platform is only used in venues where the floor can lead to swallowing up the low end. There’s a venue I dj at which had this issue. My sub was clipping early and didn’t sound prominent at all until I raised it slightly off of the ground. The important thing to understand about any sound setup is, there is actually a correct way to stage the sound in order, which can alleviate issues. The more effects you introduce into your chain, the more likely you’ll have minor sound issues because each effect has the ability to boost or lower other sound frequencies. Too much sound compression for instance can result in feebavk loops. I use feedback suppression on my DBX GoRack, but even that can be instantly defeated by adding too much gain on the Peavey Mixer’s microphone output channels. The microphones wireless base sound has to be balanced first, which thankfully has a reverb setting on it, then the line it goes into on the Peavey mixer has to be adjusted next, then the Peavey effects channel, which in this case is usually very very light additional reverb, or rare auto-tune if a singer asks for it. Lastly the final sound output line, which feeds my DBX GoRack. The GoRack is set to output in Balanced XLR stereo. Each of these cable runs are about 1.5 feet since I’ve wired this setup inside of a flight case to avoid unplugging anything. My Peavey Mixer is connected to a Numark DJ Deck, that’s connected to my Windows PC or MacBook Pro laptop. My final cables are roughly 4 feet to my subwoofer, which then sends the last set of XLR cables to my speakers. This sound chain, since it’s properly staged with correct gain structure, sounds excellent and clean and allows for my EV ZLX and ELX 200 18 subwoofer to have equal to, or in some cases better than my previous setup which included 2 QSC K12s and the QSC KW 18 subwoofer. Granted that setup, even before proper gain structure, naturally took less sound knowledge to get more headroom out of, but people compliment my sound a great deal in both regards, and are hard pressed to tell the difference, though I notice the final output on my current setup is slightly lower. With the proper gain structure, it sounds fantastic and still provides punchy bass. Every once in awhile, if I want to push my Bass output further, I use the sub harmonic synthesizer on my GoRack sparingly to send bass a few octaves lower than the current signal has, and then I can raise it on my subwoofer slightly more to get more fully distortion free Bass volume without harming my sub. Too much can potentially damage it, it goes up to 99 on the GoRack, but I never usually set it to more than 15 or 20. The same thing with compression, which can keep my singers in the pocket, in terms of final sound mix. I never have that set up higher than 25 if I do use it. With my Peavey Mixer, since my music levels are first set on my Numark Mixtrack Platinum, then my final output channel strip on on the Peavey 10 AT, it usually sounds full and clean. My singers are adjusted accordingly with the gain always set relatively low, and the final microphone levels set to the 12 o clock position, or slightly above that.

Metal case - built to last and nothing sounds better than the little kosmos button. I wouldn't use any other mixer. Bluetooth is long range perfect solution for live sound , DJ, pocasting, small bar band ...great little mixer

I like it very much. I have used it for live and recording, it has been very clean for both uses. This is a great unit for a "one man" studio and/or a small live act. I fit both of those descriptions, so this mixer will get a lot of use. I hope it proves reliable, but I can only wait and see. This mixer replaced my Yamaha MG82cx. I have owned 8 Yamaha mixers ( I still have 3 of them) but this Peavey has really impressed me in the short time I've had it. I like the effects more than the Yamaha effects, I never thought the Yamaha effects lived up to the hype, but I digress... I can't think of anything I would change except maybe the display is a little bit small, and in place of direct outs on the channels I may have preferred inserts. However, those are very minor considerations and some users will want the direct outs more than inserts. And one nice touch is the faders on the mains. It is so nice to have smooth faders when you bring the signal up and down. There is a lot of usable function on this device. I hope it lasts. I purchased this item from the seller "geartree" and they were wonderful to deal with. They are friendly and helpful.

I recently purchased the Peavey PV 10 AT 10 Channel Compact Mixer with Bluetooth and Antares Auto-Tune for use at small to medium-sized gigs. It has an excellent build quality and feels very robust. It has a lot of features for the price, including EQ, compression, auto-tune, Bluetooth connectivity, and the ability to connect to a computer. It also has high-pass filters that can be used to clean up vocals. Overall, I would recommend this mixer.

While you can see how Pevey designed this, or so it seems, as a DJ, or Karaoke mixer, I find it works really well as a mixer for our multiplayer gigs, when there is no house sound guy. Very solid, built well. Built in BT and USB are a huge asset, and can be used for background music when not playing. Combo XLR & 1/4 phone input jacks are a great touch. Documentation on use was well written and easy to understand. Would recommend.

Used it twice for karaoke shows, sounded great was very impressed with it, until the third time I used it Mic channels one and two stopped working, and the right XLR output stoped working and it was in a flight case so the cables were not being pulled in and out.

works for entry level. beware if you need a mixer with multiple inputs. when they say 10 channel they mean 4 channel, some channels just have multiple inputs. if channel 1 has an xlr input and a 1/4" input that is NOT 2 channels... they cannot be used at the same time.

I am 99% pleased with the mixer. Great construction and functionality. Mic and instrument lines are clean. Morph and Cosmos functions sound great! Not as many doodads as the Behringer models but you get a quality product that is built solid. Dials and sliders are smooth. 30 Effects are alright but adjustable so there is a lot of flexibility. The guitar preamp makes my ukulele, bass, electric, and acoustic guitar warm sounding. The only real issue is that the USB A port does not quickly charge devices that have higher power consumption like an iphone6. Not a problem but it does not recognize my iPhone as a music source. I'm sure it works just fine with memory sticks or external hard drives. Hooked up to my studio mentors and cardioid mic, the sound is very nice. I am impressed!