BehringerXenyx QX1204USB Mixer with USB and Effects

I bought this mixer a few months ago, and it's been a great analog mixer for the studioPros:It has more than enough to handle inputs to handle pretty much everything I have running. The sliders feel really nice and smooth, and the dials feel nice and tight.The construction feels really solid, and it is much bigger than I was expecting it to be. This feels like it can withstand everyday use-and-abuse, and still last a long timeThe on-board effects are fun to play around with, but love that it supports off-board pedals too.Having the flexibility of the alt 3-4 output is nice, a handy way to route audio to different monitor speakers or interfaces.Cons:the USB interface it pretty janky, so don't buy it just because of that. It seems to take audio in thru USB just fine, but I had trouble feeding audio back to my PC. Behringer makes excellent analog equipment, but the digital side is always lacking. buy it for the analog audio mixing, and buy a separate dedicated USB interface for the PC.The mic preamps are great, but the gain pots seem a bit mushy. It's hard to dial in, but the sliders can help compensate.Overall this is an excellent analog mixer for the home studio, or even small production studios. It packs in a lot of features for the price

Just what I needed. I use it in my mancave to compliment my stereo component system. Speakers are sounding so much better. I definitely recommend this. I've even seen other DJ using similar size mixers in their setup with their stage monitors. I went with Behringer, because in my home mancave studio setup, I use the Behringer Xenyx x2442usb model. I've had it for 7 years and it's absolutely an amazing add to the gear! My powered Cerwin Vega tops & bottoms sound outstanding! Behringer has a very solid lineup of mixers, at more than reasonable prices!

Too bad It didn’t work with Reason because I really liked the quality of this mixer. Had to return it. It did work perfectly with Garage Band. Sliders are really cool. Found the FX edit simple and really cool too. Awesome mixer for personal sound and small gigs.

There were a few buttons that were hard to discern (looking at you USB to main) but within a half hour I was connected and able to record music using two vocal and one guitar track. Vocal effects worked well and had a lot of good options, including a reverb that added depth without being over-processed. Very happy over all.

When moving from four to eight inputs, I strayed to another brand from my trusted Behringer. Such a difference! The other had lots of build and quality problems. Returned it and bought this Behringer QX1204USB. The "Q" is important because this model includes FX built in, including lots of echo and room effects which can be silenced with a single button. two of the inputs (four of the eight channels) can be allocated to stereo sources such as stereo music input. An LED light panel lets you know which effects are active if any. Highly recommended for quality, build and features.

Having spent nearly 20 years in major market radio, I have seen and used a lot of professional broadcast equipment. When it came to replacing my home studio with a small footprint mixer for voiceover, production and podcasting, I went with the Behringer QX1204USB because of their reputation over the years for quality and usability.The versatility of this little mixer is amazing for such a small unit. There are plenty of inputs and outputs, and the Multi-FX Processor is simply amazing.This is the best small footprint mixer I could find. If you can still find one, buy it.

First off, the form factor and amount of capabilities are numerous when compared to the price point and competitors offerings. What pulled me towards this model was I have other Behringer products and understand their limitations especially around noise on the mono channels (make sure the source volume is not super quiet and if you have higher end recording requirements, I suggest investing more in your mixer setup) and cross channel bleed.The idiosyncrasy that caught me out (and is not listed in the manual), is the VU Meter doesn't show the Main channel output. This is counter to how many mixers work.You only see the VU Meter levels when you select which zones are routed to the Control Room / Headphones output. If you are leveraging the Control Room / Headphones in your setup, you will need extra steps to monitor the Main output levels (turn down Control Room / Headphones volume to zero, select Main as the source for Control Room / Headphone output) and when done, reverse the steps. Frustrating when being used in a live setting.If there were compressors on all channels and an Aux Send on the Yamaha MG10XU, I would have been tempted to go for that.

Bought this as a gift for a friend of mine. We wanted an easy, but affordable solution to run multiple lines through a mixer and adjust the sound in real time. It was easy to set up and get going.