Alesis MultiMix 8 USB FX | 8-Channel Mixer with Effects & USB Audio Interface, Black

I bought the Multimix8 about a year and a half ago. I was looking for something compact and solid to use both for home studio recording (GarageBand and Logic Studio Pro) as well as on-line karaoke with Zoom. The build and sound quality are excellent. I have owned other Alesis gear in the past and that helped inform my decision to go with this product sight unseen.It has some important features that I value including sweepable mids on the first 2 channels as well as built-in reverb and an external effects send. Additionally, there is an insert on the first 2 channels as well which means the ability to use side chain compression. Nothing else in this price range had all of those features. There was a Yamaha that came close but required using a computer to access and control effects so it could not be completely standalone. There is also flexible input and output routing via switches which are important depending on what you are doing with it and how you want to monitor audio.It is limited to 44.1/48khz 16bit stereo digital in and out via USB but that is not an issue for me. That said I do wish it had a few other features. Exclusion of some of these are purely about keeping the cost down:I would love solo and mute buttons on the channels. These seem to be missing from all small mixers but are immensely valuable things to have! (I would have paid the same amount of money for only a 4 channel mixer that had all features on every channel plus solo/mute). It would also be really nice to be able to control the volume of the digital audio input. The digital audio FX are passable but limited (I use one of the Alesis reverbs then add in delay when needed externally with the effects send).So ultimately truly a great piece of hardware which I highly recommend!

A really great professional quality mixer for a good price.I want to address first and foremost to anyone wondering, this mixer only outputs a stereo mix from the Main channel over USB. The channels are not routed individually.Besides that, you get a lot of functionality including two parametric EQ's, and EQs on every channel and built in FX sends that I have found incredibly useful and of great quality. One thing I also really enjoy about this mixer is I've found it to have far less noise than my other DACs. Which I assume is just the quality internals of an Alesis productI personally like to use this mixer to mix my drums and then send it's output into a seperate USB audio interface along with my other instruments/mics.This mixer has more functionality than I have mentioned, some of which I'm not entirely sure how to use yet! But I think any entry level recording enthusiast would enjoy this amazing quality mixer

It's my first XLR mixer, and it's pretty good. The 1/4 inch Headphone out port has a lot of hiss and I can't seem to find the culprit. I'll contact the manufacturer to find out what it could be, but if you use it for feedback on how your mic sounds, expect a hiss in the background. The FX included are alright, but I don't have a use for them myself. I bought this with a Sennheiser E835 and it sounds a lot better than my Blue Snowball. Since it's a mixer, you have 4 controllable channels to mess with.I have my Main mic on Channel 1 with the low cut filter engaged (which also supplies Phantom Power if your mic requires it) and a 1/8 to 1/4 inch adapter with a standard cable connected to a device such as my phone with the guitar switch engaged. I use this to spam MLG Airhorn effects whenever I win a round in CS: GO.One thing the manual doesn't say to get this working is that you need three knobs turned on to get sound out of your mic: You need your channel gain knob engaged (item 4 on instructions sheet), channel volume (item 11), and the master volume (item 18). For line in on channel 2 from an external source such as from a guitar or tape deck, you need the guitar switch engaged and it's recommended that you don't increase the input gain, only the channel volume.Overall, it's a pretty neat toy if you want to break into podcasting or something, and an XLR mic and this mixer combined during sales isn't more expensive than a USB mic such as the Yeti, but sounds better than one.

Great product bought two. Alesis should return to this market and their effects are spot on. Miss their nano technology.

Como músico y creador de contenido, buscaba una mezcladora compacta y versátil que me permitiera grabar y mezclar de una manera sencilla. La Alesis MultiMix 4 USB FX ha sido la solución perfecta para mi estudio casero.Lo que más me encanta de esta mezcladora es su tamaño y facilidad de uso. Es increíblemente compacta, lo que la hace ideal para mi escritorio, donde el espacio es limitado. La interfaz es intuitiva y fácil de entender, incluso para alguien que no sea un experto en sonido. Pude conectar mi micrófono, mi guitarra y mi teclado en cuestión de minutos y empezar a grabar de inmediato.El puerto USB integrado es un "game-changer". Me permite usar la mezcladora como una interfaz de audio, grabando directamente a mi ordenador con una calidad de sonido excelente. Esto ha simplificado enormemente mi flujo de trabajo, ya que no necesito ningún otro equipo para grabar mis demos o mis podcasts.Los efectos integrados son otro punto a favor. La reverberación, el delay y el chorus que incluye son de muy buena calidad y me han permitido darle un toque profesional a mis grabaciones sin tener que recurrir a software adicional. Esto es especialmente útil para actuaciones en vivo o para ensayar, donde puedo añadir efectos a mi voz o a mi instrumento de forma instantánea.En resumen, la Alesis MultiMix 4 USB FX es una herramienta fantástica. Es la combinación perfecta de portabilidad, funcionalidad y calidad de sonido. Si eres un músico, podcaster o creador de contenido que busca una mezcladora versátil y fácil de usar para tu estudio en casa, esta es una inversión que vale totalmente la pena.