All user reviews of 4/5 for the Behringer Eurorack MX2004A

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Within certain limits, you can even change the configuration (used for pre / post fader)
Mine is adapted to simultaneously control the six channels for surround recordings.

UTILIZATION

Simple.
The manual (if you need it) clear to me.

SOUNDS

In contracdiction with other opinions:
I measured the noise of the microphone inputs with Neutrik equipment / NTI Minirator + Minilyzer.
Even at 50 dB amplification (gain) - this is used to record "classic" with condenser microphones Neumann, Schoeps and Gefell etc.. placed at a distance as a main microphone - the sound relative to the input of mic preamps (XLR) was slightly lower than on my Mackie 1402 VLZ. Obviously, Behringer specifications were correct at least in this aspect. The results were much better than on separate Focusrite preamps (OctaMic) and Presonus (Digimax)! For those who like figures: My MX 2004A reached -129 dB (A) of noise relative to the input equivalent input noise = EIN.
The breath of the preamps MX2004 is much lower than the background noise of the best professional microphones like Neumann TLM 103, Gefell M930 and Sennheiser MKH80!
Of course, ACEC input "open" (infinite input impedance) the wind increases, but we judge with an impedance 150 Ohm eg realistic, because it is the output impedance of a typical professional microphone.
So I wonder if others have heard the soffle microphones connected to the MX2004, or really the breath of the MX 2004 preamp?

OVERALL OPINION

I use it 3 years now.
What bothers me are the knobs to adjust the input sensitivity that is not reliable.
Unfortunately, the Mackie has the same weakness 1402VLZ ...
Hopefully the new Mackie Onyx series will correct this!

In general, it seems that Behringer products sometimes suffer from negative stereotypes ... (Favored by vendors for commercial reasons?).
It was one of the reasons I really enjoy the exchange of experiences on Audiofanzine.

The console is Rackable, it's better.
For a small home studio is perfect because the number of entries is sufficient, which can test a lot of connections.

UTILIZATION

Configuration is very simple, it's always analog, not digital as sub menu. I put a little time with the Solo / PFL, but because I did not know the PFL, but they learn very quickly to catch up with gaps in our knowledge. It is a very simple console again.

SOUNDS

Good for the sound, it's still behringer, is the breath when you push the volumes.
The preamp is very average, but the price / quality ratio is still very good in this constructor.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 years and it still holds the road. I have not changed it.
For a first or small investment, I suggest, but for serious work, I think we should forget the brand.
I will not buy the table if the mine was released because I now looking for quality pre-amp, but it is a good model to make his debut. But I still advise to small budget.

It may be rack, but I use it in the recording studio (I mean dj scream "the fool!"). T say everything on the technical specifications, I will not add more.

UTILIZATION

Configuration gnrale simple, indeed. You turn the knobs, and .... It maaaaarche! (Yeah, walking, why you, does not?) I have read everything on this small console in the late 90's, and I find that one point should not joke. None of my collgues do prcise dtail in how it uses this table, for against critics are not uncommon when it comes to spitting a knob or a so-equalizer called ineffective.

SOUNDS

The console is transparent (what that the era of purchase, in 1999, colourful midrange, which somewhat surprised) ... of hiss? Okay ... Yes, if you push any background, even the big consoles worth living wage gnrent also a bit of hiss, so ....
I read that the equalizer and the table were not worth Tripet, that nothing happened when you turned the knobs, you name it and the best ... At this point I wonder if the one speaks well of the same console ... Or I have bionic ears, because when I turn DSOL a knob in one direction or the other, I have to be careful because change means trs trs much faster and (I must be the Steve Austin of music!)

OVERALL OPINION

I bought this table in late 1999, exactly 1,850 francs of the era in a store brand distributor of Plan de Campagne, in the Bouches du Rhne.Je did not have much money, I certainly did not want the console with built-in effects, because prices like this, the effects are Ben .... ..... By the way, what effect? So I am back at home with this thing of evil, which it is true that THE FIRST costs, it said: It sounds squeaking, trs (too!) Mdium, This silent color that marked the era. I made a little by adding Autocom Pro era of the vocal microphone recording studio, then ULTRAFEX Pro EX 3200, then more rcemment (3 years ago) the Ultra Voice Digital (bomb!) and Ultragraph pro in equalizer, and two years ago the Tube Ultragain lamps and T 1953 Tube Ultra-Q as lamps burning before the final. I wanted a year ago to change the table, I tried the new Xenyx always in the same brand, but if they are remarkable for the price, live (best in low, it is closer Mackie of color, without reaching however) they will not at all in the studio. So I kept my MX 2004A, which is more "sche" in its construction, which makes me use for the bass drum and toms in gnral. I added the Lexicon LXP-15 (the Rolls of the reverb!), The Alesis Midiverb 4, Digitech Studio S-120, and before the music! Premire C'tait my mixer, I will change srement one day, but for now, I keep some time with her. For what I do daily, it is largely damped dj. The report quality price Behringer in gnral is the best on the market. Exprience with, yes, I do it again the same choice ...