My band has a good sized mixer that lives at our rehearsal space. But I would like to start recording my own stuff. I need at least 2 (preferably 4) and USB connectivity. I'm looking to spend around $150, give or take $20 or so. I've been looking at the Berhinger XYNEX series, I know Berhinger gets a bad rap, but the band mixer is a Berhinger and we've never had any problems with it. Any thoughts?
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USB mixer ?
- Thread starter 5StringThunder
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I never had a problem with Behringer stuff either. Some key features that you might want on your mixers are: phantom power, instrument/line/mic inputs, aux input and USB 2.0 or 3.0 data transfer. It's no excuse for anything to have USB 1.1 anymore.
Check out Alesis's MultiMix series also:
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Check out Alesis's MultiMix series also:
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Just know that mixer USB interfaces differ ... many of the low cost mixers only route the mixed signal to USB as a simple L/R signal. Others route as many as 16 discrete channels to USB to be mixed in the DAW.
From what I've read, the Behringer mixers "mix down" to two-track for USB. Just so you know.
To start with, I'd recommend the U222 (maybe UCA222? Not sure...but google Behringer 222 usb and you'll find it). Usually around $30, it's 2-in/2-out, with a "monitor" function. I've been recording our church services with one of these for about a year, now, and it works REALLY well.
To start with, I'd recommend the U222 (maybe UCA222? Not sure...but google Behringer 222 usb and you'll find it). Usually around $30, it's 2-in/2-out, with a "monitor" function. I've been recording our church services with one of these for about a year, now, and it works REALLY well.
