The tape input phono sockets are convenient for interval music. Search for the user manual - widely available to download.

Use an external echo/reverb unit. Nothing built-in. Either use the FX send and receive or channel inserts. Search for the user manual - widely available to download.

Hi Harry - not sure if this is a question or a statement. If it's a question, use an external echo/reverb unit. Nothing built-in. Either use the FX send and receive or channel inserts. Search for the user manual - widely available to download.

Yes, the pots were spindly little things if I recall. But it worked. So much easier now with digital options!

This console is entirely analogue and by definition has no internal effects. You therefore need to patch an external delay unit either in a channel insert point or via the aux in/outs. The user manual (search for it online) shows you how to do this. Many KZbin videos describe the use of external effects units.

Very little, if I recall - probably slightly improved preamps and headroom. Best to compare the specifications in their respective user manuals (all available online.)

Thanks!

No.

You may not have noticed that the voiceover was being recorded through this mixer.

@@FarewellOldFriends awesome thank you!

Mine was so modified (for balanced XLR inputs and 12V phantom power) that I could not comment on the unmodified unit. I did a few recordings of small instrumental and choral performances, and it seemed clean enough for me. I suspect that when this was sold (before affordable balanced mics were available) this mixer would have been an appropriate match for the hobbyist grade single-ended electret-condenser mics of the day.

The schematic in the service manual indicates that XLR (BAL Out), 1/4" jack (Main Out) and Phono (Tape out) sockets are all connected in parallel, so available simultaneously. Note that the 1/4" jack is only 'impedance balanced'.

Sorry for the delay in replying - you've probably figured it out now. That's what aux 1 and 2 (with PRE selected) are for, unless you've already used those for floor wedges. This connection is well described in the user manual, which you should easily be able to find online if there isn't a hard copy at your church. If you are not using aux 3/4/5/6 for FX, then they could also be used for monitor mixes (albeit post-fader, so you would need to experiment.) Good luck!

Yes, it has 48V phantom power. It can be switched on and off globally (all mic channels, or none) via a switch on the rear panel.

To turn the signals from an M-S (Mid-and-Side) pair to X-Y (coincident stereo) pair, you can do the following: 1. Plug Mid mic into Chanel 1 mic input. Pan central. 2. Plug Side mic into Channel 2 mic input. Mute the channel. 3. Make up a "Y" lead with three stereo (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) 1/4" jack plugs. With solder, short Tip & Ring on one, and solder that combined point to the tip (only) of a second stereo plug and the ring (only) of the other. Connect all sleeves (grounds) together. 4. Plug the jack with the shorted pins into the rear panel Insert socket for Channel 2. 5. Plug the other two jacks into the line inputs of Channels 3 and 4 (panning hard L and R respectively), or the L and R inputs of a stereo channel (panned to centre). This applies the Side mic signal in antiphase to the left and right channels. 6. Bring up the Mid mic level to achieve a good general signal level (adjust gain trim to suit). 7. With the Side mic (Input 2) set to the same gain trim level as Channel 1, bring up Channels 3 & 4 together (or the stereo channel if you're using that), to increase the width of the stereo feed to your taste. Now, of course, if you are just using a single M-S pair of mics, and don't have a need to output an X-Y signal (live streaming, recording to tape etc.), you could ignore this and just pan the Mid and Side mics hard left and right, record as M-S and deal with the matrixing in your DAW; indeed, that can be a safe way of identifying the source of problems with an individual mic (at the cost of a rather weird lop-sided headphone mix.) But this in-mixer approach (especially using the stereo input channel) can be useful if you need to create a balanced stereo mix incorporating a couple of spot mics and/or some other stereo sources. I have also done this with my 1402VLZ mixer, but IIRC, due to its selectable input sensitivity, proper balancing of the stereo input channel only works at one of the positions (+4, I think, but don't quote me!) HTH

Glad it was helpful!

Intriguing - there is no voltage selector on my mixer.

No this is a total analog mixer

Glad I could help!

Yes - obviously I had a lot of room sound here, but the hard plastic pads are very noisy!

Hope you are enjoying your HR-16 by now. On the subject of the clicking, this video was more about seeing the unit being operated. I'm sure most people will be able to pull down captured files of the HR-16's samples from somewhere on the Internet if they need to hear their actual quality.

This is a simple analogue mixer. It has no internal recording facilities. To record you will have to connect it to an external recorder or PC sound card. The user manual, which is widely available on line, has excellent hookup diagrams for PA and recording configurations.

This is a simple analogue mixer and has no internal power amp. You would have to use either an external amplifier and passive speakers, or powered monitors.

It's a very workmanlike desk. Lack of built-in FX limits it for live work and analogue mixdown, but I used it purely as mic preamps for acquisition into an ADAT-HD24 recorder. It was a compact solution, and did the business. All subsequent mixing was done 'in the box.' Have long since moved on to other solutions (Behringer XR18 for 48kHz 16ch work, and RME UFX for higher sample rate work up to 24ch.), making the CR1604 redundant; not sold yet, but will be soon.

Glad it helped - hope you enjoy it!

Each channel strip line input is on a mono jack socket. The tape return is via a dedicated LR pair of RCA sockets. The effects return is a dedicated LR pair of 1/4" jack sockets. HTH

Yes, it's a great mixer. Note 150 USD only on the second-hand market - mine cost about £650 new over 10 years ago!

@@FarewellOldFriends I used to have the old 8 bus that was pre this mixer. But I prefer the sound of the xdr preamps on the 1604, also like it more than the newer revisions of the 1604. Aint a Neve or API but it’s still more than just a ”good enough” preamp.

I just bought a second hand one for $100 Australian dollars. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it cause I’ve pretty much gone digital now but it was too cheap to pass up.

Thanks, Tony!

You're welcome!

Think I used a Mackie 1202VLZ at the time.

Item has now been sold, so can not open up the mixer to see the transformer. Good of you to ask.

Thanks! Hope you still enjoy playing it!

Definitely... I still keep several electronic musical instruments in my studio, from the 80s, 90s... They still represent a source of inspiration. Good luck in everything you do!!!

Hi Peter - The PowerPlay P16 monitor uses the 'Ultranet' 16-channel digital interface, which is specific to Behringer. You need a mixer with an Ultranet output, and that is only provided on Behringer's digital mixers, e.g. the X18/XR18 and X32 series. No regular analog mixer, whether Behringer or any other manufacturer, will provide this output, so you will either have to get a suitable digital mixer or give up on the P16.

@@FarewellOldFriends your ans......... mean you do not know . notice the behringer for analog and digital check the behringer page. notice i have behringer now at my church but i do not how to connect it because i do not have direct output and only 2 aux

@@peteryousef5177 Clearly I did not understand your question. Someone else will have to advise you. Good luck!

@@FarewellOldFriends please i need to know how to change from insert to direct output on mixer ? only

@@peteryousef5177 It sounds like you have a mixer with channel insert points (normally TRS sockets), and you wish to send the signal from that point (which is Pre-EQ, Pre-Aux, Pre-fade) as a direct output for recording or other monitoring, without breaking the signal chain to the rest of the channel. If that is correct, you need to make up a special cable. To quote from Page 5 of the SL3242FX Pro User Manual: "All mono input channels are equipped with insert points. They can also be used as pre-EQ direct outputs, without signal flow interruption. For this, you need a cable with a 1/4" TS connector on the recorder/effects processor end, and a bridged stereo 1/4" TRS connector on the console end (tip and ring connected)." This is what I used to connect this mixer to my Alesis HD24 recorder while still using the console for FOH PA. If this is not what you meant, it would help if you could describe your setup in more detail.