Mixers

Designed to meet very specialised needs, mastering consoles can be scarily expensive. Crookwood’s modular system offers faultless sound quality at a surprisingly affordable price.

Can you really make a complex, DSP-packed mixer that even musicians with no engineering experience can use? Line 6 think they can...

Audient’s modern classic is now available in a smaller format — but there’s nothing cut-down about the sound!

Can you really mix a live show without any physical controls? If you have a DL1608 and an Apple iPad, it seems you can...

Behringer’s new digital mixer and snake system are impressive on paper, but how do they fare under real-life gigging conditions?

Digital mixing offers a huge range of benefits over analogue, and with more models available than ever before, there’s never been a better time to try it. Here’s our round-up of some of the most popular models available today.

Audio precision analyser test results accompany the article

Behringer are known for making cost-effective products, but their new X32 live mixer takes that to a whole new level...

With its high-voltage power rails, this console offers more headroom than any other we can think of. Oh... and it sounds rather nice, too!

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With its built-in effects, compressors and graphic EQ, this compact console might just be ideal for small-scale live work.

Analogue summing is proving a popular route for ‘warming up’ digital mixes, and there are many models on the market that are dedicated to the task. Here’s a selection of current options, with links to the SOS reviews where available.

Yamaha have added USB interfacing to their established digital mixer. Is this enough to ensure it keeps pace with more recent competition?

Wharfedale’s latest portable mixer-amp offers a compact solution for smaller venues.

Soundcraft’s compact desk is designed to offer digital power and versatility combined with an operator-friendly ‘analogue feel’.

The StudioLive range of mixer interfaces now includes a compact 16-channel model.We find out how well it performs on the road.

Have you ever wished that artists could control their own monitor mixes? With this system they can, whether on stage or in the studio.

Achieving the perfect balance of analogue mixer and control surface in one product used to mean getting a mortgage on a high‑end SSL or reducing your analogue channel count. Not any more...

Zoom have launched a sibling for their R16, adding a further eight tracks and some neat loop-sampling and rhythm-track features.

Hugh Robjohns checks out another offering from Black Lion: the new passive summing mixer, PM8.

Thought you'd seen the death of the large-format console? Think again, as you read our exclusive preview of this modern take on classic Neve designs.