BehringerXenyx X1222USB Mixer

My friend and I started a podcast (called Oh Honey, coming out February 14th everywhere),and we had no idea what we were doing. I've never done anything with audio recording before, and I had to do a lot of research on exactly what we would need. We knew we wanted to be able to have guests, so we needed a mixer that would support at least 4 mics, and this was the most affordable and reasonable option that worked for us.IT COMES WITH everything you need to plug it into your computer and plug it into the wall for power. The USB cord is a few feet long, and so is the power cord. Both are standard and look high quality to me. The manual, which I read cover-to-cover, is very easy to read and understand. It's only probably 20 pages, and half of them are diagrams showing where to plug in different components.THE MACHINE ITSELF is very user friendly, especially considering that I've never done anything with audio before. Because we needed guests to be able to hear themselves as well, I purchased a Behringer 4-Channel Stereo Headphone Amp, and that works really well for us. The knobs and controls are also high quality. I love having this thing on my desk because it looks SO legit. Within probably a half hour of unboxing, someone with no experience whatsoever with audio had everything plugged in and set up and working correctly. If I can do it, you can too.Overall, this product gave us everything we needed. It's easy to use, isn't too big or small, and works great!

This is the one! After using the 1202 (rotary channel knobs, 4 stereo channels) and then changing to the 1204 (channel sliders, but only 2 stereo channels), I am really liking the 1222. It has the sliders, 4 stereo channels, AND 2 sliders controlling monitor and effects send right down with the rest of them where they should be, not some hidden knob hard to get to on the fly, AND a slider for the 2-track return too! FINALLY I can balance all my inputs on the mixer and not fuss with volumes/gains on the computer/phone/cd player I'm sending from. All the channels are in a vertical row, much easier to keep track of the inputs as opposed to the stacked channels on the 1202. This does not have a PFL button BUT I think the separate level setting yellow LEDs up by the gain knobs are better for my mobile DJ use...maybe not as accurate as using PFL on the main meter but they are a constant visual aide to keep the input gain levels hot but not too hot. You simply keep them dialed to where the input occasionally flashes them. I would prefer the main XLR outs to be on the back like they are on the 1204 and I might miss the Solo buttons that the 1204 has too but I'll swap mixers if a gig needs that. All in all the 1222 has a great mix of features. I like the onboard graphic equalizer with feedback detect, stereo expand feature, and a great FX section. Good job Behringer!

Really a versatile, nice sounding product. Didn't want to review it until I used it for at least a couple of months . Some Behringer products can be iffy, but if you get a good one, it's a good one. The preamps are clean, the build is robust and the output sound is very nice. I hook up a Centrance Mic Port Pro to the XLR output, and get great results at higher bit rates. The effects are adequate for the price, the compression is also better than I expected, although I try not to overuse either, because I use this for Voice Over.My only complaints are, the headphone output is a bit noisy and the low bit rate usb output, only 44k, 16 bit. But I don't use them, since I output with a Centrance Mic Port Pro or the TSR outputs to a more robust processing unit, a dbx 286s.Back in the old days, I'm talking the late 70's, this mixer would have cost way over a grand, without features and would not have sounded as clean, I know because I had an old Tascam, and used Professional Harris boards in broadcasting. I had used a Mackie board, in more recent times, but found it really was not as clean as this Behringer, which honestly is equal in sound quality to some Allen and Heath boards I have heard.Now this product is being updated, look at the Behringer web site, but I'm happy with this one and the price I paid $209.00. Can't beat that.5 stars if the headphone amp was quieter and had at least a 24 bit 48 k output via usb.

This mixer is just what I wanted. The sound is clean and with the built in effects it sounds pretty darn cool. The only problem I have is I wish it had two more aux ports, but other than that it is a solid piece of machinery. Thank you Behringer.

Compact USB interfaceable mixer. Feedback detection is very helpful and easy to use. For the price this is a hard mixer to beat. Some things to be aware of though. USB audio IN is routed to the main mix, however the USB audio IN channel is excluded from the USB audio OUT mix which otherwise contains everything from the main mix. Compression is only available on the first 4 channels. It bills itself as a "high head-room" mixer, I may just be doing something wrong, but it seems like the area above 0db is small and very touchy. Sound quality is excellent and I have not been able to detect any noise on the main mix from slider operation.

I use this for our family band when we have a get-together. Easy to set up and use.

First time using it out of the box, and it created a loud white noise during the middle of the K5 Graduation service. The sound only went away when the main fader was turned down. (All other faders were muted). I had to swap out sound boards to one I paid 50 bucks for. Trying to find a way to send this back, but I'm probably out of luck because I ordered it 6 months in advance of when I needed it.

Very professional feature-packed mixer at a great price. I specifically like the onboard mic compression, for a professional sound. I use the Shure SM7B microphone for a great sound. Good built-in effects as well. More than enough channels and inputs for my needs. Radio broadcasting has been my career and this is almost as good as any radio production studio I have used. Very pleased with it and would highly recommend for Home studios, internet radio or podcasting.