Behringer Xenyx X2222USB Mixer with USB and Effects

Excellent product arrived on time and in good condition. Right now I am in Venezuela testing it. Excellent quality without any type of defect. I recommend the seller since I have bought consoles from him on several occasions.

I love it. it came in great shape and very fast which is remarkable considering the pandemic going on. very satisfied. and just cause its Behringer doesn't mean its crap. yea I get it, not everything is gold but their mixers are pretty alright. I've never had a problem. its has built in effects which is a plus with a lot of people but for people like me there's inserts on every XLR channel plus the normal effects loop stuff. oh and it has a lot of options to do with everything. u could even take the insert pre or post and a bunch of other cool options. they has slightly smaller models than this and if this price is too high there's cheaper versions with less cool things but even the smaller models has inserts for at least 4 XLR inputs. must get or at least consider. its not a Mackie but that'll be one day. im happy with this for now.

A lot of reviews of this mixer lament the fact that the USB output is only two-track stereo. I consider this a feature, not a bug. Online video conference software like Zoom only allow for 2-track inputs. When using Zoom for music performance with more than two tracks you WANT the output to be only stereo, otherwise you'd have to pre-mix the the sound anyway. There are plenty of options for multi-track recording -- I have Behringer's UMC1820 and an Ultragain for 16-track recording, but when doing online performances I always had to mix the 4 or 5 tracks before the A/D interface and output only two. Now I can easily run 8 XLR channels at the same time into Zoom with just this one mixer.

I am a Mobile DJ and also a Sound Tech. I provide sound services for different music groups and companies events. This mixer is Well built. Has Awesome features and is very reliable. Happy with my purchase.

You’ve got 8 mic inputs with XLR or quarter-inch, channel inserts for those inputs - allowing you to route them out to separate effects processors and back - then 8 more inputs lined up as dual quarter-inch inputs for stereo or mono via the left channel. The 6 mic inputs have a gain knob for the pre-amp and a built-in compressor knob. All inputs have a level adjustment pad for +4db or -10db. Along with a 3-band EQ.Flexible output options are available, as well. You’ve got your standard phones output up top, then on the back you have Main Outputs available in XLR and Quarter-inch, sub-mix output via quarter inch, and a “Control Room Out” via quarter-inch.This is a 2-bus mixer, meaning you have a main mix and a sub-mix. I use this HEAVILY for streaming and inspired my primary interest in learning audio mixing for streams and information that I regularly use to this day.For each input’s fader, you have 3 switches - Solo, Sub, and Main. “Solo” sends the signal to what is essentially a “soft mix” of sorts - it only goes to the headphones and control room out for you to hear. If you want to hear and monitor a source, “Solo” needs turned on for it. “Sub” and “Main” are for the sub-mix and main mix, respectively. I utilize this to create a main mix of all of my input sources together - something I don’t use all that often anymore - and a sub-mix with just my microphone inputs. I use this sub mix as my primary input in Windows. This way, I have a clean, microphone-only input to my PC that I can record and send to VOIP apps like Discord, Skype, etc. without the people I’m chatting with hearing an echo of themselves.Then, if I need a full mix-down for live streams, I have that running in, as well - though I mainly just mix to headphones for me to hear and capture main mix sources in software anyway.The FX slider also allows you to map which tracks it plays to, and then you can turn up FX levels per device. So I have FX set to only apply to my microphone devices - so when I unmute FX, my mic has the effects applied. The built-in 24-bit effects mainly include reverb and chorus-style effects.Lastly, of course, this mixer has USB output, buuuuuut I have honestly found that feature to be all but useless. It uses generic ASIO4ALL drivers, only sends the main stereo mix to the PC, and overall was just way too quiet to be usable. In my original testing, even clipping the main mix would be like -40db input to the PC, and then amplifying it up brought crazy noise floor with it. No thank you. Plus USB audio just sucks anyway.

Quick, review, I'm very satisfied... I received it late yesterday. Set it up fairly quickly. The quick start multi-lingual manual is on the bad side of OK, but it did help me through initial level sets and some suggested functional configurations. Cutting to the chase, in my home "recording studio" I've got 7 mikes. I needed 3 channels going out to a PA with FX for voice and acoustic guitar, with all inputs going to the main mix. The X222USB's SUB feature, outputs its own mix with FX. Main mix goes out to USB for recording. The X2222 is capable of doing a heck of a lot, and I expect to be doing some exploring. It was a great buy.

I have bought 2 of these mixers and they both had issues with the USB I interface. You will get little tech support from Amazon since they will refer you to Behringer "tech support ". This in turn will send you to MusicTribe where you will need to register before getting any support. The registration process there is the most opaque and convoluted I have ever seen. I still haven't registered after hours of frustration. I will never again buy anything from Behringer, their products are probably made by child labor anyhow. Well, what isn't these days. DO NOT BUY!

I needed a mixer for USB recording for my home studio. In the past, I have purchased a lot of Behringer mixers from 2 inputs to 24 inputs for live and studio. This USB feature is perfect for home studio recordings.I have also purchase precious which was more costly, but this mixer does that as good for my needs at a great price.The only thing I wish it had more than just two recordings at once. But for the price, it is okay.I plan to order an interface from Behringer with 18 inputs and 20 outputs and run the playback through this mixer.