Behringer XENYX 1204USB Premium 12-Input 2/2-Bus Mixer with XENYX Mic Preamps and Compressors, British EQ and USB/Audio Interface, Compatible with PC and Mac

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I also didn't expect it, but you have some degree of control over each effect by being able to tune one or two parameters per effect. Because you'll want to take full advantage of the XENYX USB Series mixers' recording and podcasting potential, we've thrown in a massive software package that includes Audacity (the most popular open source audio editor), Podifier, Juice, Podnova and Golden Ear (a great selection of podcasting software).

I find it easy to use qjackctl to control my sound system while recording because my studio machine is a laptop and I sometimes work on music away from my studio. It used to be the heart of our bar-gig PA system, but had ended up being my desktop mixer for controlling mikes, acoustics, and other isolated devices into my desktop and laptop computers. I want to work with it more, because the goal is to spend LESS time figuring out mechanicals, and more time creating music. Set your main levels where they need to be for recording then use the auxiliary sends on each channel to set up a custom monitor mix that can be sent to a headphone amp. At this level Audacity (or Linux I would say) does not amplify nor attenuates the level coming from my mixer into the recording.No statement or condition of sale contained within these terms affects or restricts your statutory rights as defined under the Consumer Contracts Regulation 2014. I found this unintuitive and it took too much fiddling to get what I wanted to come out of the monitor speakers. The control room features are very nice to have and help me a lot even though when I bought it I didn't think much about them.

LINE IN 7/8 is a Windows Audio Out (WAO3) carrying 1 specific music application for fader control, to be isolated for scrubbing from Twitch VODS, and therefore can't be part of the MAIN MIX over USB. The ''one-knob'' compression function is available on all mono channels and allows you to dial in the perfect amount of compression for both instruments and vocals.The verified answer is: The effects of the Behringer Xenyx X1204USB can be assigned to a single channel or to all channels.

Ask professional sound engineers what their favorite piece of external processing gear is and the majority response will be virtually unanimous—dynamic compression. Obviously if you avoid maxing out the gain knob and keep your levels loud and clean there is no noticeable distortion and background hissing. So, when we decided to go from two to four microphones, the Xenyx 1204USB was the natural progression. Owners manuals need to figure all possibilities, within reason, such that if something doesn't do, or work what we expect to have happen and do.

Same with the auxiliary sends/receives but I have used them once or twice, they are handy when you've the need. Ask professional sound engineers what their favorite piece of external processing gear is and the majority response will be virtually unanimous – dynamic compression.

The mixer features four state of the art, phantom powered XENYX preamps, offering ultra-low noise and high headroom.

Behringer have meticulously studied and incorporated the same style circuitry on the X1204USB's three band channel EQ, providing incredible warmth and detailed musical character. Remember to use high-quality cables for the connections and be careful not to create ground loops or irregular signal levels. Also the simplicity of this mixer makes it great for someone not doing a lot of effects or EQ, but the controls are there so you can be as creative as you want to be. The electric guitar and bass were played through their amps rather than through the PA, and for a gig that small this worked just fine. If I had a separate control room I could use the ALT 3-4 as a voice communication channel that would be kept out of the recorded audio.