I wasn’t sure what to expect from this Taiwanese mixer, it’s definitely not high end but nor is it super budget.
So far I’m bloody loving it…it ticked all the boxes for what I needed, a simple mixer to allow me to jam with PT, MM2, DT + others without taking up too much space in my tiny environment and without constantly needing 3.5mm stereo to 1/4" mono splitters.
The knobs feel a bit budget but the case is metal and feels sturdy. It has a 3.5mm mono (I believe) input on CH1 set up for microphones and offers switchable 0/1.5/48v phantom power and a built in echo (not tried)…they include an XLR-3.5mm adaptor in the box. CH2, 3 & 4 are 3.5mm stereo inputs and CH5/6 and 7/8 are L+R 1/4" mono connections. The volume sliders on each channel are smooth but have very limited tracking (just 2cm) so, fine for me pissing about at home and basically setting them and leaving them…if you wanted to use them as part of your performance I’m guessing they’re a bit short. The master output slider is 3cm so a it more controllable. The channel mutes work well and are a nice-to-have on a mini mixer.
Channels 2 - 4 have an ‘EQ’ which is reminiscent of the tone control on a 70s transistor radio.
Channels 4, 5/6 & 7/8 have a gain control which has been useful if you have a bit of low output gear vying to keep up with the others.
I’ve just changed things around last night to feed my monitors from the L+R 1/4" output on the back and then attach my Tascam recorder to the headphone socket of the mixer and that is working beautifully for adding/removing the recorder without cocking up my levels to the monitors.
If you’re looking for a small mixer for the studio that you can set and forget this definitely does the trick.
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