gonna buy a mixer need advice

[silversurfer1919]

Im gonna buy a mixer for my studio after christmas and ive narrowed my choices to 2 mixers

one is the Yamaha MG32 14EFX 32 channel mixer

and the other is the Behringer MX 9000 24 channel

is the Yamaha(if anyone uses or has used it,) for just live sound or can it be used in as a studio mixer for making tracks??? and if someone uses it for studio uses how do you like this console???

The Behringer ive never heard a Behreiger mixer knowingly or a yamaha for that matter but the Behringer products are well alot of their mixers are very cheap which makes me ask about the quality of the parts theyre using. The Behringer MX 9000 is more expensive than the Yamaha.

If anyone has heard these mixers or uses or has used them in their music how did or do you like the Behringer or Yamaha mixer you were using??

how is the durability of these mixers??

thanks

[space6oy]

ought to check out this thread
http://www.vintagesynth.org/phpBB2/view ... hp?t=32959

i've had a behringer mixer (always forget its number though) for like 4 years now and it still does its job AOK in my book. had one of their 4 channel dj mixers for a while too, was pretty cool, just didn't need it.

[Stab Frenzy]

The durability of anything Behringer is, in my experience, not so good. That one costs more because it's an inline console like the Mackie they copied the design from, meaning it's actually got two inputs for each channel which can be routed to the stereo bus; the channel or Mix B. That may or may not matter to you as the Mix B inputs are usually used to monitor the tape returns, if you're recording to a DAW and mixing in the box you wouldn't be using them for that. Then again you could use them as handy extra line inputs for your synths.

I guess whether or not the Yamaha would be suitable depends on how you're going to be using the desk. The Yamaha wouldnt be as useful for the traditional recording technique where you're going:

input->channel->bus->tape->tape return->stereo bus

because it's only got 4 busses. However if you're just using it to mix your synths down to stereo to hear them, or if you sequence everything live and do a live mixdown to 2-track, or you're going to have everything patched in to monitor but record 4 or less tracks at a time and mix in the box then it would work fine. You could also set up the aux sends as 6 more sends to your recording device of choice, although that would be a little fiddly and probably not the optimum way of working.

The effects on the Yamaha could be useful for you to give a bit of reverb in the cans when you're recording vocals, you might not want to use it in your final mixes though. Then again you might like it, but they aren't really all that lush sounding. Usable though.

I've used MG32/14FXs in a few different venues and I think their sound is really quite good for their price. I'd love it if there was another swept mid on the EQ for live work but that might not matter for you in your studio.

A final word: Yamaha are used a lot in live venues because of their reliablity. Behringher are known for their lack of quality control. If reliability matters I know which one I'd choose.

At the end of the day you can record good music on either though. If you let us know how you intend to use it in your studio it'll help make the decision easier.

Hope that helps a bit.

[xpander]

i'm about to plunge into a 32ch board, too, but i'm going the Mackie route, i've used Mackie mixers nearly every day for years and generally swear by 'em.