Soundcraft M4

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UTILIZATION

Clearly French manual, setting up a normal table nothing special

SOUNDS

transparent sound quality, well-made equalizer no particular breath.

OVERALL OPINION

very very good value price qualitée occasion I do it again this choice without hesitation, the sound is clear, no distortion, lack of adjustment can be a full band cut because you can adjust the mid / hight cut and on single track console if anything to say very good mixer, I used for my techno liveset, it serves dispatched me to the different part of my remixes and live very well, it prevents me from having too big natural compression there in the digital, I have used it as dispatch console for the big sound nothing to say the sound compared to macki in the same range that remains transparent colors a can sound (after macki the color in the right direction "heat").

yes it is rackable with optional corner braces (45 euros). I personally have built a dedicated flybridge with 2 Pioneer CDJ turntables with 2 shelves and who stand up for the PC.
insert effects impeccable auxiliary, I use a Lexicon mx 200 DJ and karaoke evenings. 4-way stereo + 4 mono channels, 4 auxiliaries, the equa para 4 mic inputs on the 4-way stereo bass / treble.
It exists since 2002 and is approaching the end of life, take advantage of price based ... right now!

UTILIZATION

Easy for anyone with some knowledge. Manual in the language of Shakespeare ... So British ... I love! 3 types of sockets 220 V which are supplied with English!

SOUNDS

Pure console, its transparent. Effective equalizer, I remain, however, and I stuck linear output a DBX 160 XL + 1 DBX 231 S Equa ... Sound wawe CD, MP3 to 320k for pc!
Zero breath and it grows!

OVERALL OPINION

Since February 2014 I use. I hesitated with the avai Yamaha cx 124 mg (309 euros new, secondhand 180-200 euros), no regrets! Yam is excellent but fewer opportunities and smaller.
Quality prices! The M4 was still worth 550 euros in it a few months ago ... 259 euros bought new beginning in February 2014 at Thomann B Stock (demo table but in new condition and 3 years warranty!) To date is 288 euros ... Unbeatable!
This week I get into the 42 to buy a second ... 220 euros a few months and still under warranty ... A studio of voice track and prod, another rule M4 evening!
As you love it does not count!
Super quality, functions, class look and pro ... it is impressed on ... As some of my competitors have told me ... you do not work with a DJ table ... !
Yes, but long race knobs ... outstanding (RCF Art 715 MKII behind) ... It changes a Behringer DX 2000 some ... Laugh!

No rack,

4 mono channels: direct outs, XLR microphone input, line input jack, insert, parametric eq, 2For pre-fader, 2 post faders with button, PFL, mute, LED signal presence and saturation, I probably forgot
4WAY stereo line jack inputs, inserts, non-parametric eq (low-high), the rest is the same as the mono channels.

Overall a very good architecture with many opportunities, quality construction, 100mm fader is very nice and good ergonomics.

Pleasant surprise, too, the presence of a digital output

UTILIZATION

RAS on the use, it will take care of every one because it is well designed.

SOUNDS

Not even the slightest breeze is quite impressive.
on the other hand I found the equalizer not very convincing, and no possibility of by-pass, pull the big sound it shows a little less fat.
In short it is very clean but not very typical

OVERALL OPINION

8 / 10 because it is a console that is well within its price range:
- The most ergonomics, build quality, clean sound
- The least: the equalization bof, lack of personality of this console

In the same price range, you will find old soundcraft with his best (but probably with repairs and a much larger size)

- Rackable
- 4 votes mono and 4 stereo voices. TO 4 on each slice.
- Connectors XLR, Jack and RCA.
- The equalizer is set to single slices.
- No effects section.
- Ability to be released in digital (SPDIF output on the back)

UTILIZATION

- The general configuration is simple.
- The functions are easily accessible.
- However, and that's why I put in 10, the manual is in English (while for the EPM, which is less expensive, the box provides you a guide in French). on the other hand, soundcraft book with a nice little guide, certainly in English, on mixing with the Spirit range.

SOUNDS

- The console is clear and transparent.
- There is no breath, it's great.
- The equalizer is very effective, good quality, like mic preamps, which are also of excellent quality.

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it for a week.
- The characteristic I like most? Well there are several: it is transparent, good quality, complete, finishes are also good quality and very beautiful! The faders are nice to handle.
- I have tried a few other models from Soundcraft (I am a blind faith in Soundcraft) including EPM and Spirit E (more precisely a Spirit ES with 10 stereo inputs, but which is unfortunately no longer manufactured).
- The value for money is good. I bought it at Thoman to 398 euros.
- Yes I do it again this choice.