![]() The above features would have made this a killer product BUT at a much higher price. USB/2-track is single directional (either input or output your choice) No on/off switch or integrated power supply Would recommend this to noobs and people looking for cheap alternative to having more inputs. Not very stable on a table top setup, must be fixated using creativity/other equipment Perfect amount of inputs (2 mic/line and 2 stereo/mono inputs) capable of accommodating 4 instruments of all kinds. I haven't used it via USB so i'm not sure if it supports multi-mix for your DAW via individual channels. Sad that they did not think of this when making it.Īll in all a great bang for the buck, if you're looking for extra inputs to your 2i2 setup (like i was) to plug a little more instruments and jam at the same time. This can be solved easily with velcro or rubber stoppers stuck to it. This was a little annoying when someone accidentally stretches the cable plugged in, if not taken to account, it will easily slide over. The first downside i found was that is does not have rubber fits on the bottom for grip on your table top. The mic channels also have a compressor, not great but definitely useful when jamming with multiple instruments. It does offer USB connectivity if you would like to use it as a sound card itself. It's compact size is awesome for fitting it in your backpack and going for jam sessions, the size does come at a cost though, instead of faders for the channels you have level knobs which is okay but a little less accurate that faders. ![]() It does offer 48v phantom power, which is rare in the price category. The mic preamps seem fine for what you pay for, i still would rather use my sound card when recording. :-) Anyway, the point is that I would prefer the device I get be as small and as portable as possible.I'v had this mixer a few days in already, i have it connected to my sound card via stereo (irrelevant: my sound card is also Behringer, the 204HD model).įirst thing i want to highlight is don't expect to compare this to mixers in the 400-500? range, it's a cheap product for beginners/intermediate users. Do the Behringers have a low latency? Also, do they have enough gain in their preamps to not be noisy? Also, what about the other Behringer Xenyx USB mixers-will they work too? I currently have an almost new 16 channel mixer that doesn't have USB and an ART Dual Tube MP rack preamp and only need a iOS compatible interface, but I really would rather be portable (I know, I know.1st world problems). I hoped to have the ability to record in stereo with two mics if needed or to record my Roland JV-1010 or my Boss VF-1 in stereo if needed, but at my current budget, I can't be picky. My main usage will be vocals with my NT1, so I don't anticipate needing too much. I've sold off most of my better gear over the years, but still have a few mics left, including some cheapy off-brand dynamics and condensers, a couple of SM57s and an almost unused original model Rode NT1. I used to have a pretty decent project studio about 11 years ago. Only 2 on the 18i20 (the other 6 are line only), while the Presonus big win (for lots of guitars to plug in directly) is all 8 are XLR combos. Both boxes have 8 instrument tracks I/O + Main stereo out.īut your main criteria may be how many of those inputs are mic/instr/line. The box is also about twice the depth of the Presonus. Can record all channels simultaneously (with iPad 4 anyway). I haven't tried Cubasis with it yet, but Auria quite likes it. ve is no iPad mix control for the 18i20, but in practice I've not found that to be an issue. The 18i20 has two headphone outs with independent mix, routing, and level control too. iPad by default sends the stereo out to channels 1,2. So you'll hear the output from stereo only iPad apps in the headphones too. And because of this it will remember the headphone assignments when away from your desktop DAW. Nice circuitry, but no attention to iPad portable use cases. The box itself is just a set of ins and outs. Its iPad app is in fact only a remote for the host mxer. ![]() One major difference is the Presonus does its monitor mixing on a PC/Mac host. It was a deal-stopper for me.įor the same pice, but a more logical iPad-friendly arrangement (and quick service responses:), I would recommend the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20. I found Presonus remarkably unresponsive when I asked them about this. Then when connected to the iPad you get to hear the DAW output only if you explicitly route it to out 9+10. In particular you lose headphone out when you disconnect it from the PC. I found the headphone routing of the Presonus 1818VSL a little unintuitive. ![]()
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