Xenyx X1622USB Premium 16-Input 2/2-Bus Mixer with XENYX Mic Preamps & Compressors

I used this mixer for quite a while at my live sets. I just recently switched to the Ze 10FX form Allen & Heath, which fits my purpose better (more compact size, cue and built like a tank), but is also has less channels and is more expensive. So back to the Behringer: The XENYX X1622USB it is well built and after 3 years, everything works like at day one. It may not take as much abuse as the A&H I just got, but If you handle it with care, it'll go a long way. Regarding the effects. There are plenty. I used the reverb and hall effects, which worked nicely for me. The compressors and EQs sound good to me, too. The USB audio interface does not need any drivers, and works like a charm on on PC, Mac and Linux. In the matter of fact, I use a tiny Linux netbook with Audacity to record my sets. - Please be advised, that you can only record the stereo sum and not all the individual channels in one session! I like that it has a built in power supply, unlike some of its smaller siblings. I can't say much about the phantom power, since I only use electronic instruments.

Behringer has a plethora of mixers, often with just minor differences between nearly-identical models. For my needs, this particular model (X1622USB) hits the sweet spot. I use small-format mixers in a variety of situations, so I need a lot of flexibility. In particular, I need separate volume controls for the main left and right outputs, and high resolution level meters. This mixer meets these needs — so that's a start. In addition, it gives me four, independently-controllable output channels (Sub 1 and 2, and Main left and right) which I can use for various purposes. One good example of how I use this is for hybrid Zoom meetings, where I use the Left Main output as the send-to-Zoom mix, and the Right Main output as the house mix, and can control which input channels feed which output channels (see YouTube videos about "mix minus" setups for Zoom hybrid meetings). The monitoring system is (finally for Behringer mixers) flexible and understandable. I can use the level meters to check or monitor the levels on any input channel (using the solo feature), or on any pair of busses. This is great. As usual with Behringer mixers the Aux and FX channels, and their input and output jacks, and their various knobs and buttons, are intricately interconnected in non-intuitive ways, that are not documented in the manual. After a huge amount of trial and error experimentation I have figured most of it out (and written my own "manual" for those parts), and to some extent the features are useful — but I strongly feel that Behringer should have documented these things clearly in the manual. This is a failing of all the many Behringer mixer manuals I have read. Another huge disappointment is the inflexibility of the USB interface. It would be a huge benefit if each channel from the USB interface had its own fader, and could be switched to any desired bus, but no — they route to the main L and R busses with no independent volume control. This is a crippling lack. The USB sends are similarly crippled. I almost invariably have to ignore the built-in USB interface and use an external one, connected to the analog jacks as needed. What a waste. The built-in effects engine I never use. I've never needed reverb or echo, etc. for any of my applications. For me, things like a graphic or parametric equalizer, or a feedback eliminator, would be far more useful. Bottom line is that I get a lot of functionality that I need, at a very competitive price, with some quirks and inadequacies that I can for the most part ignore.

this has everything you need..unless you are a synth nut with too many stereo sources (like me).. this has balanced inpouts, balanced outputs and has two busses.. so you can listen through studio monitors to everything you wish, and record anything you wish... channel mute buttons and a low noise floor make this an easy decision compared to mixers at twice the price.. i cannot comment on the FX (dont use them in a mixer), or the USB audio (have separate module).. however this mixer reduced overall noise and hum in my system while giving mute buttons per channel (for on/off of instrument) and was a great buy.. ..unfortunately i have more stereo sources than it can take so went for a tascam lm8-st.. less frills and spill but at leat enough connectors :)

I got this mixer for a startup podcast I'm working on. With this board, I can connect at least 4 XLR mics and many other input devices using the other input jacks. The quality seems good, its well made, sturdy. Its perhaps not the most intuitive to figure out, especially with the USB connection. My issue was that I wanted to use an RCA input from my iphone (which this board supports), but if you are connecting the board to your PC via USB, the RCA input audio is not output to the USB connection. So your recording will hear you talking, but it won't hear the RCA input audio. Thats kind of a bummer to me. To work around this I bought an audio cable that lets me connect the 3.5mm audio out on my iphone to the 1/4" jacks on one of the other inputs. This way the audio is treated like any other input and you can mix it into the master audio or aux, which does get output to USB. The effects generator is a bit confusing to use, but thats likely just an issue with me the user, as I'm new to this. It does work and the quality seems very good. I'm also thrilled at the high quality audio I'm getting through this mixer and the mics I bought. With a variety of cables and adapters you get quite a flexible range of options for input and mixing. This is probably overkill for what I want to do, but I'm very pleased with the results so far. The only thing missing as far as I can tell is the ability to give each input mix a return audio mix minus their own input. There doesn't seem to be a way to do that on this mixer. Otherwise, I'm totally happy with it.

very good, perfectly shipped, works great.

I bought this mixer with a view to starting out with some simple podcasting - there are smaller versions available, but I deliberately bought the extra capacity for when my projects develop and become larger and more complex. I've read reviews where people have slated these mixers for not having the stated number of channels, or such. It is a bit misleading. This has 4 mono inputs - XLR or balanced / unbalanced jack. Each of these gets 48V phantom power if you switch it on. There are then 5 stereo inputs (2 channels each) and a stereo subgroup. 4 + 10 + 2 = 16. Each of the channel strips is well specified with gain and compression on the mono strips, 4 band EQ AUX / FX Send - mute, solo, sub. Although you can send signals to off board effects processors, there is also an onboard unit with quite a range of effects. Strictly, i suppose it's a PA mixer or for recording single take performances. I use mine with GarageBand and the output from the mixer comes into GB as a single stereo source. I record music and voice over separately on different GB tracks. A benefit of this mixer for me is that I can customise channel strips and leave them set, even though I might not be using them. Any music tech student or home recording musician would do well to look at Behringer kit - you'll get great quality at a great price. Don't be tempted though by the software package - much of the stuff is freeware and you probably have far better DAW / podcasting software already. If you use Mac OS X Lion, much of the free stuff won't work anyway. The proprietary DAW package works well, but Macs have GarageBand which is far superior. Windows people, you're also bound to have your favourite package also.

Muy buena, una herramienta bastante equipada y a buen precio.

een goed en nuttig produkt.werkt perfect.

Excellent rapport qualité prix. Fonctionne très bien et facile à utiliser. Des heures de divertissements assurées avec Behringer.

直線フェーダー、マルチバスがついていてこの値段！ とてもコストパフォーマンスが高い機種だと思います。 おまけとして、USBインターフェースがついています。 私はアナログで入れてアナログで出すことが多いのでUSB機能は使いません。 そのため、USBインターフェースの評価は出来ません。 音質に関してはこの値段の割にはかなり良い方だと思います。 HAも思った以上にノイズ対策がされているようで、ほとんどノイズを拾いません。 フェーダーに関してはAUX、ステレオラインのギャングエラーは聞いた感じではほぼ皆無です。 EQのギャングエラーに関しては測定器で見ていないためわかりません。聞いた感じではほぼギャングエラーなしです。 説明書らしい説明書はありません。 使って慣れろ という感じです。 ミキサーの原理をわかっている人ならすぐマスターできるでしょう。 付属品として、ラックマウンターがついています。 気になった点は、7セグLEDがアマゾンの写真では青色になっていますが、届いたものはオレンジ色でした。 パイロットランプは緑でした。 色は気にしない人は良いかもしれませんが、一応注意です。 あと、LEDまぶしすぎです。 クリアLEDなので天井にLEDの光が届きます。 そのため、簡易的な業務で使う場合は設置場所をすこし選ぶかもしれません。気にしないのであれば大丈夫です。 長々書きましたが、総合的に見て☆５とさせていただきます。