free spirit
more tea vicar?
yeah I hear you on that, it can be useful to have the ability to do that upon request, though personally I don't really like it so quite like being able to say 'no sorry' and keep a nice clean sound.editor said:The Mackie has some digital effects and I never thought I'd use them, but the band on Saturday wanted echo on their lead vox and I felt quite chuffed being able to deliver it!

well I've not used this version with the effects and stuff on it, so can't actually vouch for this specific version, but I'd imagine the basics of the thing are pretty much the same... so yes I'd say it's good kit, and in my experience was actually surprisingly rugged.editor said:But you reckon the Behringer is decent enough gear, yes?
We used it on a 12 volt rig that we bought in 1999ish, that went round multiple festivals, raves, houseparties and the like, and is now being used regularly for gigs in a social centre up here as far as I'm aware. I also had another mate who also had one for use with his dj rig that worked fine for years, and I'm pretty sure the Baghdaddies have one that they take out on tour with them. None of this was flight cased, though it it was mostly taken reasonable care of, and no particular problems.
It is a tiny bit limited in the number of inputs as you only have 8 xlr channels, but for what you're doing it'd be pretty rare that this would be an issue, and you can always use your other mixer in addition to this one if needed.
BEst thing really is that it's dead compact and lightweight, and just does the job without too much fuss, plus if some pissed arsehole knocks a pint over onto it and fucks it, it's not too expensive to replace (the old version would probably have survived this reasonably intact, not sure about this version)



