![]() ![]() In fact, I’m sure they could be made usable for recording purposes, if they were your only option, although they would be far from my first choice. For non-critical applications, such as gigs, they would work fine. While I never found the two “high quality” preamps with “British inspired EQs” to be particularly “inspiring,” in a pinch, it would be usable. However, I see no reason the Behringer XNEYX couldn’t serve as a good little scaled down mixer for live applications requiring fewer inputs or even for recording on a very low budget. Having already owned some decent outboard pres and a Mackie 1604 that I used primarily for live applications and recording drums, the XMEYX wasn’t something I ever considered using for recording. For that purpose it did a very adequate job. I bought the Behringer XNEYX 802 in 09 to have as a desktop mixer for monitoring between my standalone DAW and computer at the time. Bang for a buck? Yes, would buy it again. ![]() I certainly dislike the lack of power switch, and kind of wobbly power connector. ![]() Knobs work fine and are not loose, though the unit never had been used very heavily. Front plate is metal, everything else is plastic. The build quality is ok, but nothing special. A nice additional feature are unbalanced RCA inputs to connect additional sound source, such as a CD player, as well as unbalanced RCA outputs sync'd with mains outs to connect an additional recording device. There is also headphones out, controlled via the same pot as the control room outs. Mains and control room outs can be controlled independently. No per-channel inserts, unfortunately - not this tier of hardware. There is a single mono FX send output derived from all channels post-fader, which can be in turn brought back using AUX returns. There is a basic FX send functionality with AUX returns to send signal from the mixer to the external equipment, the functionality is very basic though. The eq is basic, with three knobs for lows, mids and highs (lows and mids are shelving filters, whereas mids is a peak filter centered at 2.5k) - I like the sound, but it certainly lacks flexibility. Two mono channels with mic pres have their own eq chain, whereas line inputs 3/4 and 5/6 are paired in stereo and cannot be operated independently. Mics can be phantom powered, unfortunately either both or none at all. Not comparable to anything found in good external gear built for that purpose, but had pretty decent results with both vocal and acoustic guitar. Clean, transparent, with more headroom than I expected. The two mic pres on this unit are pretty solid. He ended up buying a Xenyx 802 piece from Behringer, I had the opportunity to use now and then. My friend was looking for a small mixer on a budget to work with his vocal chain and synth live. ![]()
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