BehringerXenyx X1622USB Mixer with USB and Effects

One of the best mixers what I even have , my old one was 20 years old and it was time to upgrade it . Thank you

I used this mixer for quite a while at my live sets. I just recently switched to the Ze 10FX form Allen & Heath, which fits my purpose better (more compact size, cue and built like a tank), but is also has less channels and is more expensive. So back to the Behringer:The XENYX X1622USB it is well built and after 3 years, everything works like at day one. It may not take as much abuse as the A&H I just got, but If you handle it with care, it'll go a long way.Regarding the effects. There are plenty. I used the reverb and hall effects, which worked nicely for me.The compressors and EQs sound good to me, too.The USB audio interface does not need any drivers, and works like a charm on on PC, Mac and Linux. In the matter of fact, I use a tiny Linux netbook with Audacity to record my sets. - Please be advised, that you can only record the stereo sum and not all the individual channels in one session!I like that it has a built in power supply, unlike some of its smaller siblings. I can't say much about the phantom power, since I only use electronic instruments.

Behringer has a plethora of mixers, often with just minor differences between nearly-identical models. For my needs, this particular model (X1622USB) hits the sweet spot.I use small-format mixers in a variety of situations, so I need a lot of flexibility. In particular, I need separate volume controls for the main left and right outputs, and high resolution level meters. This mixer meets these needs — so that's a start.In addition, it gives me four, independently-controllable output channels (Sub 1 and 2, and Main left and right) which I can use for various purposes.One good example of how I use this is for hybrid Zoom meetings, where I use the Left Main output as the send-to-Zoom mix, and the Right Main output as the house mix, and can control which input channels feed which output channels (see YouTube videos about "mix minus" setups for Zoom hybrid meetings).The monitoring system is (finally for Behringer mixers) flexible and understandable. I can use the level meters to check or monitor the levels on any input channel (using the solo feature), or on any pair of busses. This is great.As usual with Behringer mixers the Aux and FX channels, and their input and output jacks, and their various knobs and buttons, are intricately interconnected in non-intuitive ways, that are not documented in the manual. After a huge amount of trial and error experimentation I have figured most of it out (and written my own "manual" for those parts), and to some extent the features are useful — but I strongly feel that Behringer should have documented these things clearly in the manual. This is a failing of all the many Behringer mixer manuals I have read.Another huge disappointment is the inflexibility of the USB interface. It would be a huge benefit if each channel from the USB interface had its own fader, and could be switched to any desired bus, but no — they route to the main L and R busses with no independent volume control. This is a crippling lack. The USB sends are similarly crippled. I almost invariably have to ignore the built-in USB interface and use an external one, connected to the analog jacks as needed. What a waste.The built-in effects engine I never use. I've never needed reverb or echo, etc. for any of my applications. For me, things like a graphic or parametric equalizer, or a feedback eliminator, would be far more useful.Bottom line is that I get a lot of functionality that I need, at a very competitive price, with some quirks and inadequacies that I can for the most part ignore.

I got this mixer for a startup podcast I'm working on. With this board, I can connect at least 4 XLR mics and many other input devices using the other input jacks. The quality seems good, its well made, sturdy. Its perhaps not the most intuitive to figure out, especially with the USB connection. My issue was that I wanted to use an RCA input from my iphone (which this board supports), but if you are connecting the board to your PC via USB, the RCA input audio is not output to the USB connection. So your recording will hear you talking, but it won't hear the RCA input audio. Thats kind of a bummer to me. To work around this I bought an audio cable that lets me connect the 3.5mm audio out on my iphone to the 1/4" jacks on one of the other inputs. This way the audio is treated like any other input and you can mix it into the master audio or aux, which does get output to USB.The effects generator is a bit confusing to use, but thats likely just an issue with me the user, as I'm new to this. It does work and the quality seems very good.I'm also thrilled at the high quality audio I'm getting through this mixer and the mics I bought. With a variety of cables and adapters you get quite a flexible range of options for input and mixing. This is probably overkill for what I want to do, but I'm very pleased with the results so far. The only thing missing as far as I can tell is the ability to give each input mix a return audio mix minus their own input. There doesn't seem to be a way to do that on this mixer. Otherwise, I'm totally happy with it.