Yamaha Mixers better than Behringer Mixers?

[gregorygrammar]

Okay, I was told wrong information about the Audiophile USB (better than the 2496) from a assistant manager @ Guitar Center. So now I'm a little worried about all the other stuff she told me...

She told me the quality of vocal recording on the Yamaha Mixer is much better than the Behringer. In fact she said Behringer's mixer are meant to be affortable and cheap, therefore not as good quality wise...


True?

The things is I really need to do vocal monitoring when I record. And I can't do that with the Yamaha...but with the Behringer I heard I can. But I am not trying to sacrafice the quality of recording.

[Sugarbaker]

It completely depends on which mixer you are using. The lower end Yamaha mixers are going to have the same kind of noise as a Berhinger mixer. If you are looking in the 02R96 range, it will be much better than the Berhinger DDX3216. I know that a lot of people complain about the quality of Berhinger products, but the fact of the matter is that they do more than the competition for a cheaper price. I would just be aware that their lower end mixers might be a little noisy. Just for your referance, I record to a protools HD set up and have used a variety of pro recording facilities and have used Euphonix (digital), SSL, Neve, Digidesign, Sony DMXR100s, Mackie D8Bs, Yamaha DM2000s among other things. I have several behringer mixers in my personal studio that I often use for monitoring and scratch track sub mixes. It really just depends on what you want to use it for. If you are going to record through it, just be aware of the noise floor and know that you can get a better quality signal from a more expensive board. I hope this helps!

Stephen

[martin armsby]

If you do mean the cheapest range small mixers I would take the Behringer any day. The small Yamaha is awfull and bad mechanical quality too. In the 70s it would have been a dream come true to have somthing as good as the Behringer MX602A, as your average live mixer was no where near that quality. Now Behring has even surpassed that with the latest series so lets not knock them.
If you grow out of your small mixer later on its still a great tool to have in the studio as a line amp / headphone extender / whatever. The only thing that makes you suspect is the price!

[samigascon]

I use one of those "cheap" (about 350€) behringer mixer... and those "invisible preamps" (thats the way they call it) really suck. Is a good mixer for live concerts but dont use it on studio because is noisy as hell

[samigascon]

I was rereading your post again...

if you are going to use a 2496 and want a good preamp for the price... you can buy audiobuddy, its a little 2 channel preamp that works without problem and without audible noise. About monitoring... there is no problem with ASIO drivers to record and monitor in 2496. Correct me somebody who reads this... but I think that 2496 CANT record and play at the same time (full duplex mode) using 24 bits 96 Khz but do well using 44/16

As a rule (that at least I use)... monitor from the recording "thing", not from the source or you will get unexpected results. When I used a mixer during my recordings I usually monitored in mixer and in recording card (delta 1010LT, a little more powerfull card than 2496). Now I dont use mixer, preamps, etc... I use Direct Pro Q10 (when I works, lol).