Track: “5 AM” by Senbei *Gear used in the making of this video: Mackie Mix8 mixer and all mixers featured in this review The only question is whether or not it will hold up over time? Links mentionedĪudio samples from the Q802USB and other sub-$100 mixers At the relatively cheap price you get a lot of features out of this little mixer. Overall, I enjoyed this mixer more than I thought I would. You also get one-knob compression which you’ll see on most Behringer mixers and can be quite handy if you want to add some extra punch and leveling to your audio in realtime. This mixer also has an aux send, labeled FX send, which would allow a podcaster to create a mix-minus setup for recording and mixing audio back to Skype or Google Plus Hangouts.
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Windows may perform differently especially if drivers are required. The setup was very easy with no required drivers. I only tested this mixer with a Mac using Adobe Audition. Not sure if this is indicative of the build quality or I just got a bad button on my demo unit. I did have one issue, when I turned on phantom power, I could not get the phantom power light to go out without unplugging the mixer.
The build quality is not the best in the sub one-hundred dollar category but I’m sure it would hold up just fine in most podcast studio setups. Even at the top range of this preamp, I was able to get clean audio. With plus 60DB of gain, the preamps in this mixer are enough to power most dynamic microphones including the Heil PR40 and the ATR2100, two of my microphones that require the most gain. The Q802USB has Behringer’s Xenyx preamps and they perform very well in this mixer. The Behringer Q802USB mixer* is a great choice if you are looking for a mixer that can handle most podcasting applications for less than $100.Ī good preamp is where a good mixer starts.
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