4 Channel Line Mixer . Super cheap but works!

[@scottbailey1560]

I am a former radio station owner/broadcaster now retired. I watched your video last night and tonight, went to Ebay and bought the mixer you have for $38.00! It beats paying $79.95 for a little Behringer XENYX 302USB Mixer that does way less! I took your word for what you said in the video and bought the little Muslady Mixer. It will be here Dec. 17. All I'm doing is just using the USB Port on the Desktop PC, going to the back of the Behringer Mixer to get music over the speaker. I'm just streaming audio on line. I won't be using the mixer for recording. As far as a microphone, I use a Electro Voice RE20 Broadcast Microphone. I have to crank up the Behringer Mixer gain to get audio from the microphone into the mixer. It's like a simple Internet Radio Station I'm doing for fun because I'm disabled. I have a 100 mw AM Transmitter that needs audio out from the mixer. I think the RCA Audio Jacks might provide that. My Behringer Mixer also gets it's power from the Desktop PC. Looks like the mixer is going to do what little I need. I have Computer Speakers that put out 80 watts, so that's not a problem. What do you and others think?

[@scottbailey1560]

@@DjMartiniMidwest Tell you what I'm going to do, If my Stream sounds bad On The Air, I'm going to complain. I bought it from a company that swears it will be fine. My website is: rock1560.com Go click Listen Live so you can hear it with the Behringer XENYX 302USB. We have Religion on Saturday Night at 10:30 pm until Sunday Morning at 11:30 am, Central Time, so you don't want to listen then. The rest of the time it's a Contemporary Rock 🎸 /Mainstream Rock Format, with harder Night Time Rock cuts from 8 pm to 1 am Central Time. I'm in Rural Tennessee outside Nashville. I am anxious for you to hear it and report back to my Consultant Engineer, Jim "Turbo" Turvaville. He owns two full power FM Stations in the Panhandle of Texas. One is a Country Station and one is a Mainstream Rock Station. Both Stream On Line. His Country Station is just using a Behringer XENYX 8 Channel Mixer!

[@evangelistzeffrogaskinsr.7767]

Someone gave me one and it really works I'm still trying other things on it So far so good

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Good to hear … Thanks for watching and the feedback.

[@toodleoo88]

Very helpful & informative tutorial - thank you heaps !

[@AdrianClement]

Good to know! Thank you! I have on order a four channel Bluetooth usb powered mixer from Pyle for low price that I plan to review soon for my mobile live looping setup. If it's not a go, I may look at the one you reviewed here.

[@AdrianClement]

@@DjMartiniMidwest hey heads up just in case you were not aware that your content is marked for kids which makes the notification bell inaccessible. If you meant it this way just disregard. But if like me you were not aware that you do not need to set your channel for kids to mark it as safe for kids. Check your settings. I too had to adjust my settings because the terms were presented in a confusing way. I just don't want to miss being notified of your channel when you release. Blessings to you.

[@ErnestLingerfelt]

i am watching all vids on this mixer before i buy / i am on a budget

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching and your feedback. Works decent as a analog mixer but has some digital recording issues. But if your not recording just using it to play through.. it works and its a value price .

[@pamelasowinski8655]

Any chance that I can hear how it sounds ...that would be a selling point for me...

[@ErnestLingerfelt]

what if you put a preamp on your mics for that or can you

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Absolutely preamps would work but cost around 40 dollars each or more so price wise … your still around $80-100 dollars with the mixer. If microphones sound is most important .. I would pick up a better mixer. Check out the Rockville rock mix 6 it’s $109 or the rock mix 5 is 60 dollars (rock mix 5 only has one mic spot) but has other mic options. Rockville has most everything this reviewed mixer has except the thumb drive reader and they work well. I have reviewed other Rockville products including the rock mix 5. Just links to check & compare… #CommissionsEarned Amazon Rockmix5 - one mic / with Bluetooth amzn.to/3JRk3KS Rockmix5 two mics - no Bluetooth amzn.to/3uP28jX Rockmix6 two mics / with Bluetooth amzn.to/36iRxEf Mackie analog mixers are under 90 bucks but at that price won’t have all the bells & whistles of Bluetooth, USB ports , or be audio interfaces. They Will just be audio mixers but will work well. Sorry for all the info. Just trying to be helpful . Thanks again.

[@WesleyJolly]

Channel 3 and 4 are stereo left and right, and are shared by the Stereo RCAs, USB, and Blue Tooth. Figuring out the the back pushbutton took a minute, you might talk more about them if you revise or do another video. On this mixer 3&4 are separate inputs but a common output, that is pretty common, especially at the lover price points. Are you using dynamic or condenser mice, and if they are condenser mics are they self or phantom powered? I have the same low volume issues with dynamic mics, but my Shure and Altec-Lansing condenser mics work fine. I did have an issue with the phantom power and using the balanced output from my wireless mics, I ended up putting the wireless mic on the input five and six (I have the six channel version) RCAs from the combined output of the receiver, so the condenser mics could have phantom power. Oddly, my self powered shotgun mic didn't have any problems, I'm still trying to figure that one out. Anyway, thanks for this, it's a fair review and matches my experiences.

[@dmprdctns]

Hello... Well done... Very informative...! I'm doing a V-log on my android phone and have 2 1960s mics to input for stereo voicing... 1 is a dynamic (ribbon) XLR and one might be a condenser lavalier with 1/4" jack. Is the phantom switch controlling all inputs? And do you think this would do well for voice recording my V-log to my phone? Thanks so much...

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching and your question. This unit is ok for analog uses but for recording I would try something like Rockville Rockmix5. Might work better for recording in my opinion. #commissionEarned Amazon links: amzn.to/3wPl6GM

[@dmprdctns]

@@DjMartiniMidwest My golly... So kind of you... Very appreciative. Thanks so much...

[@dmprdctns]

@@DjMartiniMidwest So, by the way... And if nothing else... Going with just the one 1960s Shure SM33 Ribbon Dynamic XLR mic, I could conceivably attach directly to Android phone Samsung S4, via XLR adapter to TRRS into the phone jack... Ya think? Thanks again, Mate. And, of course, I'd Subscribed and Belled.

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

@@dmprdctns yes , with correct cable for the microphone and phone…. you should be able to use any dynamic microphone. Thanks again

[@dmprdctns]

@@DjMartiniMidwest You totally rock. I'm so appreciative.. Thanks for everything...

[@scottbailey1560]

Hi. I got my Mustlady Mixer in late December. I'm just now getting around to working with it. I'm wanted to use it for streaming audio only. I'm confused. I got it to power up from my desktop computer, but does this mean that I must feed the audio from the Dell's Desktop PC Soundcard straight to the RCA jacks on like Line Channel 3? I didn't power the mixer using the little black power supply. I know there is a switch to switch between powering the mixer and .mp3 playback from the desktop computer. Without asking my Consultant Engineer, Jim Turvaville in Wheeler, Texas first, I thought I would ask you because Jim is so busy. He just lost his brother. Jim owns and operates two Full Power, "Class A" FM Stations in Texas that are Automated using Behringer 802 mixers, then if he has to air a live show, there is a Radio Systems Console to switch one of the stations for that task. I wanted you to understand what were doing. I am streaming in Tennessee. The instructions were a bit confusing on this. I won't be using a mic on this mixer, so I'm not worried about that. Behringer has gone up on their mixer prices. We were just trying to find a cheaper alternative that would give good audio streaming and on Terrestrial AM/FM Radio. Thanks, Scott😄

[@leewightman8619]

Well I got one today for 60 pound and I'm not expecting much for it at all

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching .

[@toodleoo88]

I gather that the USB connection works only on a P.C. ..... but not Macs ?

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for the question . I’m not 100 percent on your question and don’t have a Mac to test the USB connection. So I’m not sure . I think it would work . Just like using a sound card . Let me know if you ever test it . Thanks again.

[@denniscorson8997]

I have the wihte one. It works for me.

[@earthtonesHQ]

Can this mixer be used for a basic P.A. system? I just want to use it to put one Mic through 2 powered speakers.

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Yes , it’s simple but works. My main use for it… is a analog basic mixer . Thanks for watching and your question.

[@earthtonesHQ]

@@DjMartiniMidwest Thanks!

[@stephencraig8578]

Will that power a passive speaker with its phantom power?

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching and your question. NO , this mixer will not power a passive Speaker. Still need a amplifier for passive speakers .

[@stephencraig8578]

@@DjMartiniMidwest thank you

[@merjaymermanph]

Helpful video

[@medullarmc]

Hey...my question is that .when I but it ...will I get a proffessional sound and results in my home music recording studio....??? Please be honest to either saying yes or no

[@medullarmc]

@@DjMartiniMidwest should I buy m- audio interface...is there any lowest price sound card mixer u can tell me with a proffessional sound..cause iam trying to build my home studio but I want it professional

[@akweo]

Great show

[@gregandtonya5693]

What was the microphone that you were using at the time of making this video That had problems with gain ?

[@gregandtonya5693]

@@DjMartiniMidwest TY for your reply

[@simasboykgaming]

hey jay, i was wondering, would it power up my passives 8 ohm speakers? i did buy it but it seemed my speakers didn't get any power from it. i'm a noob, please help.

[@simasboykgaming]

@@DjMartiniMidwest thanks for the reply jay, i did get some power amps. Working perfectly now 🙏

[@generalawareness101]

I wish I understood about mixers to USB because none of them tell me the sample rate in their specs unlike audio interfaces or USB mics. What in the world is the sample rate of these things from it to the computer?

[@generalawareness101]

@@DjMartiniMidwest It can't be a simple pass through since XLR is an analog source and the mixer has an ADC in it. For instance the audio interfaces are all 24bit/192khz now save one that is old and at 96khz. You can generally tell what they are in Windows (I don't do Apple so I don't know for it) via going into the audio devices and getting into the properties page of the microphone and clicking advanced. Right there it will tell you or it may allow you to change. My old old USB headset mic is 2 channel 44.1 or 48khz 24bit and this microphone from Neewer (returned it is defective) only is 24bit/192khz.

[@generalawareness101]

@@DjMartiniMidwest Thank you for the testing as you 100% confirmed my suspicions of it being 48khz but what does amaze me is that it is only 16 bit. OUCH!

[@jvcaps4975]

I have this exact type only rebranded and I have been having problems recording with it. I cannot record vocals alone when I'm trying to sing with an instumental on a separate track. Whenever I hit record, all of the daws I use would record all of the signal including the instumental. Am I doing something wrong or this thing just does not support multichannel inputs. I'm using audition, reaper, audacity. Great video btw!

[@jvcaps4975]

@@DjMartiniMidwest I believe that's the case I did try to use a different audio interface to make sure my pc is working fine and everything was cool. I guess I would be forced to use this the same as how you use it. lol :D I'll be making a full review of my unit in the soonest!

[@abigaillynn15]

@@DjMartiniMidwest So this is NOT a full duplexing Soundcard? Meaning it won't play back at the same time it records?

[@DarrenMalin]

would this be good for a newbie you tube to record his audio for game play vid please ? my son wants to start youtubing and I want to give him a good start :)

[@DarrenMalin]

@@DjMartiniMidwest thank you for taking the time to reply , it is appreciated Sir :)

[@mass8606]

Use the amplifier 1200 w content xlr cable use dj

[@mass8606]

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[@Pistol662]

I wish you would have hooked it up so we can see the quality of it but you did too much talking about it

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching.. appreciate your feedback.. definitely enjoy the tips for better future videos.

[@computingwithcoffee3907]

I just want to say if you are reviewing something please read words correctly and use the correct terminologie. The first blunder was with console where you pronounced counsel and then you showed a 5 watt power brick, now the 5 watt power brick isn't technically incorrect but it's actually advertised as 5 volts not watts. And how you get watts is by volts x amps= watts.

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching and your feedback. Will do , always looking to get better . Thanks for the corrections.

[@henryakwetey3685]

Pls reduce the lecturing time so we feel the sound ourselves cus most average audio mixers have similarities in settings. Let's move on buddy.

[@K__K__K__]

PARAJ2000

[@topmastermind]

Ay mandaw ka uyam

[@vishtrinity]

Unnecessary talking ..u should have showed us the soumd quality instead.

[@5argetech56]

would have been a better video if you were actually using the device instead of just talking about it...

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for watching and your feedback..

[@5argetech56]

@@DjMartiniMidwest Thank you for taking what I said in a good way! I have recommended your video to someone who just purchased something similar and is confused about if it can record or not! Hopefully your video will help them to understand what the unit is. A mixer! Thank you! :)

[@borisb5289]

Too much bla bla bla...

[@DjMartiniMidwest]

Thanks for the watch & your feedback.

[@benstreet717]

I don't like it its not good at any price