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Behringer X32 Standard

Digital Mixer from Behringer belonging to the X32 series

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« Will kill the competition »

Published on 06/11/13 at 18:02
32 in - 16 out stand alone (ie without running stage box we can buy later)
phantom power supply per :-)
XLR connections all except six returns (or 8? dunno more) of the external ... 2 headphone outputs, two stereo outputs monitors (sym AND unbalanced, luxury)

digital / full motorized fader relatively well
41 or 48 khz
super versatile routing (pounds bus galore AAA + + Matrix)
I gets off the reverb compared to Yamaha (M7CL or LS9) clearer and brighter to wish it out of the tin from Yamaha!


THE MEGA + it has a sound card "built in" 32in/32out for - among other things - with a lap top to record live and do VIRTUAL SOUND CHEK (before this option only on tables that Vallent of tens of thousands euros) super simple way! You roads your recorded tracks to every, one is digital and you show mixes the "way live" on the console ... Huuuuge ...


UTILIZATION

Getting Started: 22 seconds to know that digital tables
Supports multiple i-pad and i-phone (via a standard wireless router not included) where yamaha not tolerated by a console!

Almost useless manual ... anyway there&#39;s not half the functions referenced ... go to the manufacturers forums! them very useful!

Arriving on Thursday, Friday in the studio with ... Live on Saturday ... go go go! it works ... to 7x cheaper than CL5 (config ° to nearly € 20,000 for the number of votes, and 8in/8out stand alone ... ouch because RIO - Yamaha box internship requirements are not ... our X32!)

Super ergonomic work
More "console tape" grace the screens led by voice, but hey, I think the colors choisirs for these screens a bit "girly" :-) see downright kitsch ... but effective way to navigate his small ...

SOUNDS

Midas preamp that make taf ... do not expect to pure American killing either :-) it should not be their high end (sic)

Klark converter Technics ... transparent? yes

Dynamics and transparency are there ... EQ and much more effective than the M7CL, by far! (Not hard)
Briefly, it works what!

Nice reverb ... really, for this price, it&#39;s amazing though!

A default setting of the gates ... blah blah

A great plus: the number of EQ band 4 + a low and hight cut! yes, 6 bands true increments :-) fully parametric ... awesome


OVERALL OPINION

acquired 3 months ago, already almost damped!

FAILURE compared to traditional yamaha: not possible here to assign A physical input to another slice, it must be done in groups of 8 slices ... good, need to think before what ... I used to do that when a portion of the multicore is dead, it is easy to reassign digitally Yamaha. There, it will clearly miss if "panic on the patch and is in a rush"

Another defect is that the gates are so-so less ... Now, Me, I&#39;m using it as little as possible of the gates, so it&#39;s not a problem ... metaleux friends, think still to this concern.

A final flaw is that it is (for now) not to make a multitrack recording POST treatment (eq / dyn / fader / etc.) Mulitipiste rec is the only "PRE everything" ... can not choose ... damage to my taste, but it is true that it also avoids anneries rec :-) The right / left on USB memory (please wave) is "post" if it is assigned as a source the right / left the master ... it compensates.

The top, so this is the "mix out the box" that allows the famous virtual sound check and mix lives ... um, like live on the console, but after and quiet at home ... remaining in the digital domain! Then, export the left right, a small master, and hop a live 2h mixed "live" in less than 3 hours ...

Shame not to "chained together" inserts for the same bus if I want to put on my master fx 2 (UNEQ stereo and a compressor for example) is not currently poss ... to see if it evolves. I hope! But hey, memory is not poss not on M7CL (which I invite you to review the price too! Ah ah)

BUT ALL this is NOTHING near the quality / functionality / price ratio and, uh, this X32 SOUND! For me, it is a revolution in the way I manage my investments. Given the rapid depreciation due to its low cost, I&#39;m already pretty sure to buy one in 3 years ... and so on, just to stay "lifetime" warranty, since it seems the weak point would be (will be) the reliability ... I expect to see then!

Firmeware updated often ... and some rumors about the "remote" option of your favorite audio sequencer software that rise from 8 to voice control -> all console control surface! to see ... it would be great (because the remote although functional option is quite limited for my taste)

BRIEF A PURCHASE I would do 10x

Behringer hits hard, and just changing range ... and résoluement target .. finished stews copy makie who went Lollipop after 10 uses and do not sonniaent caramel!
I have always claimed: do not buy this brand product ... I always proclaims, EXCEPT for their X32 range and all their affiliates solutions (rack, or stage boxes, system personal feedback I&#39;m looking forward to testing etc..) I am amazed.