Behringer XENYX 1202FX Mixer  

If you're looking for a small, 6/8 input console to simplify small technical/event setups this is your console. Prior to this console my students used a Mackie 1604 for our small setups but we frequently found ourselves setting up a 16 channel console for a wireless microphone and an IPOD. Never used in a recording setting only live sound but it has worked surprisingly well for us. Only complaint is that we started experiencing some distortion/peaking of the console due to a loose AC power cable. Nothing a quick phone call to customer support couldn't resolve. They replaced the entire unit in about (3) weeks with no questions asked. Couldn't ask for better customer service on a console. Make sure you purchase adapters for your outputs if you need XLR out for L/R. 

Behringer used to make good stuff in the old days when they were new to the industry. The XENYX pre-amps are garbage. after about a week of use, you have to wake them up by turning the gain up all the way with a mic. on for 15 mins. then adjust for mix and it might make it thru 3-45min. sets (maybe). Noise, FX cut in and out at random. Sorry product. Avoid!

Behringer used to make good stuff in the old days when they were new to the industry. The XENYX pre-amps are garbage. after about a week of use, you have to wake them up by turning the gain up all the way with a mic. on for 15 mins. and it might make it thru 3-45min. sets (maybe). Noise, FX cut in and out at random

I've had my XENYX 1202FX mixer for a little over a year. I use it to record my drum set. I'm using all the inputs and the board really does sound pretty good. That's what makes this so annoying. The problems started when I began playing with the onboard effects. At first it was cool! Then I noticed the left channel would develop a weak and "static" signal, sometimes cutting out entirely for varying lengths of time. At first it seemed only to do this with the higher amounts of reverb. But now it does it even with effects completely off. I'm now looking at getting a better board, maybe a Mackie. At first I was really satisfied with it but if one has to buy a new board every six months is one really getting ahead? I don't think so. Also, a list of the effects can be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site. I printed it out and keep it near the board. I wish it had 4 EQ knobs instead of 3. I don't feel like I have enough control over the equalization with this board. I struggle to get the snare drum sounding like I want, same with the bass drums. I can't help but feel like if I had a little more control over the EQ it would help a lot. This problem is driving me CRAZY and I have no idea what, if anything, can be done to solve it. It's even more frustrating because I JUST got the stereo imaging how I've always wanted my drums to be in the mix. I've swapped out cables, checked and re-checked connections & microphones and it STILL does it. It seems to be an intermittent problem and those are the toughest to track down. I have a very limited budget for sound equipment and, at the time, this board seemed too good to be true. It was. Save up for a better board. I've had a guitar amp by the same manufacturer go bad, too and so has my brother. If I had it to do over again I would NOT buy this board.