i want to buy this one but the question is will it my workflow better?

i have a roland jv 1080, a korg triton rack and a yamaha motif xs

the question is can all of these be connected through the mixer inputs and what about the Equalizers on the mixer are they better than the ones in a daw?

https://www.thomann.de/intl/behringer_xenyx_1002sfx.htm

 

you can have them all connected, but only two channels have eq. The eq is nothing special. The built in FX are fun. All in all, its a decent unit for the price. I have had a few of them over the years, stlll have one for a live setup.

 

One of the reviews on the webpage you linked says he uses it with 3 synths. The eq's won't be any better, but you will be recording in from those synths with a little eq already on that audio in. This can be most helpful for high/lo cutting on the way in. Better sounding, no; but will be an additional cpu-free option for you while tracking.

It's only 90, but money goes a pretty long way on second-hand analog mixers nowadays. $10 per channel is not uncommon. You did not mention your audio interface and it's analog i/o count already. If you have less than 6 ins now, then it will cut down on you playing with cables, and let you use your 3 synths all simulatenously. For a small mixer like this though, I would consider other options from Yamaha and Mackie. 6 channel Yamaha MG06X is only $169.

 

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if the mixer is an SSL that costs 500k then yes

any other hardware mixer costing less than 20k cant compete with the worst stock EQ ITB

 

Check this informative video :

If you got more synths, i would advice a patchbay :
https://www.thomann.de/intl/cat_GK_...LCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6MiwibGFuZ3VhZ2UiOjJ9&reload=1
Same price, more inputs, minimal audio path with less noise than Xenyx mixer.

But as you need 3 synths stereo inputs ... Xenyx will do it AND may help you live too ;D

 

this is the most cheap build and lowest quality you can buy .this is for schoolbands and similar .noisefloor from 90ies where better .
the big ones may be another story.
buy mackie buy everything but not that .
maybe they overworked the shit out in the meantime but i would go for mackie or similar .

if you not plan to go dawless , use just a proper interface and use DAW for eq and shit .

 

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not that im rich or need to ego flex and stuufff but hell what you want expect from 99 bucks mixer unit .
my choice : stock eq,fab and e27 ...maag...... ....

 

i dont expect much actually. i just need my synths functional.. i have alot of plugins for quality mixing and mastering. and this will be my first ever mixer - i dont need big mixer

 

Still wrong, but I've edited my post as you explained yourself better.
Today you can find many used mixers and consoles with EQ under $20k that smoke plugins.

 

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hard to explain, but if I was you I wouldnt buy the mixer for now.

You are starting your "no returning crazy trip" into hardware world lol and being one that started the same trip ages ago the best thing I can suggest, for now, PLUG modules/synth directely into your audio card and start to understand how to work with hardware modules ITB, how your DAW handle external instruments

then you will have to fight with the AD converters of your audio card

The first thing you will realze is: how many input-output do you need?
The second: how are my audio card converters are? Decent or bad?

after all that I listed you will be ready to evaluate what kind of mixer you need and, belive me, it wont be the one you linked above

dont buy it for now, just update here whats happening using your modules like VSTi into your DAW, then we will see

 

IMHO, no avoid that crap mixer.
As to your workflow we need more info as to how you work with your hardware.
Are you wanting to track through your mixer stereo into an interface?
Are you wanting to track each synth individual into an interface all at once or one stereo pair at a time?

Today you can grab a sync box like the Innerclock Gen 3LX, or equivalent and lock your hardware sequence to your DAW and track direct than going through a cheap mixer IMHO. I do this with my S2400 locked to Studio One on my Mac Studio. When I hit the space bar on my DAW it triggers my S2400 sync locked, but my S2400 records in 8 channels via USB or I can track stereo through my Lynx Hilo interface for synths.

You are better off avoiding the EQ's on those type of cheap mixers as they mostly degrade the signal sonic and VST EQ's while not adding anything, will not degrade the signal under most instances,

 

you can be whoever you want bro : ) I dont have any reason to attack you, chill out and stay happy, You completely misunderstood my post. And what you wrote confirms it

I was talking about a complete mixer console, if you are who you are read again and tell me how much does it cost a console with 32 API 500 installed on every channel?
How much does it coast an SSL 96 ch?

I was not referring to a 500 box but to a whole console

and even if what I wrote was wrong you have no right to attack and use those hard words.

all the best to you and peace.

 

and if you read again everything I wrote thats exactely what I meant.

maybe my english is bad, but I dont have any reason to attack random people that are also telling the same things like me

 

he was refeering to mixers ....what cost a api console ?

 

API Box is $15K new, $10k used... again he was still wrong.
It's not about cost, it's about quality.

 

for what you need a mixer ? serous question .

 

lol the numbers were random just for the sake of concept
I asked the price for 32 ch of api eqs and pre not the box

Now I understand that you are just looking for someone to fight : ) but you loose
I dont have any reason to fight with you, the more that you are not able to understand a simple concept after I wrote it 2 times and I also said that I agree. I-agree-with-you

you loose 2 times lol

love you anyway

 

If you can put a little more money AND intend to use only computers at home, a soundcard with more inputs (6 +) will be more convenient.
Yamaha, Mackie, ALto ... make (better ?) small mixers.
And you can find them for cheap second hand.

Like yamaha mg8 fx2 or any MG serie.
Less than 100 bucks second hand :D

 

I bought 18ch Soundtracs years ago for 200 euro. Love it and don't even think of selling it. Got my hardware all connected to it. You can find a 2nd hand mixer for couple of hundred euros that is better sounding than Behringer (better means more mojo in my language, so not necessarily cleaner or better in yours), although I tend to think Xenyx are not bad mixers at all. I'm just an old fart. Like SSL, Soundtracs, Euphonics, Allen and Heath mixers because I'm dumb like that.

 

Then this will do just fine. I thought you needed a "mojo mixer" bcs people usually buy analogue mixers for that. Yeah, it'll do fine. Still, have a look on Reverb for some of Allen and Heath 2nd hand or Mackie VLZ. You may score a nice mixer that you can resale later. This one will cost a Macburger in 10 years. That's the thing with Behringer.