MIC CHECK! Testing the Yamaha MG10XU USB Audio Mixer

[@AndroidG13]

Hi Paul, Hi Kyle. I AM an audiophile of sorts. I graduated from UCSD with a B.A. in ICAM; Basically a music technology degree. With the compressor, you're not adding an "amount" to the signal, like when adding the other effects like chorus or delay. The knob for the compressor is setting the threshold in decibels for when the compressor is activated. If sound coming into the line is above that set threshold, the compressor is activated and compresses the signal. How much it is compressed is dependent upon the compression ratio you choose. If you need a sound guy to help you set up, answer audio tech questions, or just help you get familiarized, I'd love to help you guys. I live just outside LA, Ventura County, and all I would want in return is a thumbscrew T-shirt :P haha. Anyway, have fun with the new gear and the fun new effects. Can't wait to see you use it on the next Awesome Hardware. Keep up the great work guys. I'm gonna build my own computer for music production soon because of your channels.

[@lucasrem]

Computer-Aided Manufacturing in the music industry, not sure what your major is, but you got some degree i guess. pulse-code modulation, PCM sound, a codec to encode sound! You only need the same codec running to reproduce, to do the encoding to analog signals. It's kind of easy, the less compression the better, lossless streams work the best, but is your player able to reproduce it again, or does it go back to a less good ratio, because your player can't play > 19k2 steams, there the tresh hold comes, when it's producing a less good analog signal then the source is. So try to decode the stream to the original signal again, too highest rate as possible that your DAC can reproduce, the less compression the better! You don't need a sound guy at all here, just basic knowledge about codecs enough here! Keep the signal on the original format, the decoding DAC in the last step of the process, in the headset or DAC to the speaker set, some speakers can do that job too, inducing a DAC in the speaker set. You don't need any soundcards for that, onboard codes are the best these days!

[@CortMarshal]

lucas rem what are you even talking about...

[@lucasrem]

CortMarshal DAC, you have that, or on some Headset, what is your problem? Learn to ask a question, tell what you have, and what you don't get!

[@MsASSKISSER]

lucas rem -stupid

[@YHRS]

Lucas seems to be mistaking audio dynamics compression with digital file or stream compression. Two totally different topics.

[@savanaviolenta]

I have this yamaha console and I freaking love it. I record many songs on it and they sound super professional. It's the main hub in my studio.

[@InconsistentManner]

It is a "Locking DIN" not a BNC Paul

[@Thecollectivegatheringihiasia]

I purchased one myself and do not regret it for my streams. It is just awesome.

[@FredPalmerJr1]

Fantastic Paul. Sounding off on a good note.

[@paulshardware]

LOL Thanks Fred!!

[@FredPalmerJr1]

Your old mic and new mic are pretty close in quality honestly.

[@tylerweigand8875]

FlippinFreds Free Form Factor These puns are so ear-ritating

[@FredPalmerJr1]

I hear that..

[@HarryL2020]

FlippinFreds Free Form Factor I could notice the difference, it's much more clear and the EQ is better.

[@FlizzyDuck]

2:06 someone is happy af :o

[@AKAMustang]

Pretty sure that was an "if i smile no-one will notice that I tried to cut through the cardboard rather than the tape" face.

[@lucasrem]

Flizzy Duck 2.06?? why you cry?? Happy??

[@Shad0wD3v]

I live right down the road from Sweetwater HQ. I bought this a few weeks ago from them and the staff is fantastic and very helpful.

[@ELJefeReviews]

New intro at 5:22 😂😂😂

[@Tyrian2k]

I agree, new intro!

[@ELJefeReviews]

I'm Batman That ones pretty good too!

[@nakkisormigaming1481]

Definitely 😂

[@meson183]

Yes, pre-record a full one for both halves of the show, just like that. Don't. Tell. Kyle. Just drop it on him unannounced.

[@smatchimo55]

dude all of these highlights are amazing

[@chengsbond3769]

What I like to see is how this device is connected by various types of cables to each inputs and outputs eg. speakers, TV, laptop, amplifier, smartphone, tablets etc. Thank you.

[@PedroCostaLopes]

If you ever read this, Paul, one of the things I liked most in this episode is that you don't "pretend" to know a lot about audio - and yet, you seem to know more then some of the experts out there...

[@brendanyam6298]

The new sound quality is so much better! You can literally hear it. So much less echo as well!

[@adrianwarner8686]

Most people would go into deep technical details, Paul just dives straight into the surreal. Excellent.

[@Macdaddymoo1]

Paul please anytime you are on a rant you the demon voice

[@lucasrem]

He is just promoting products he bought, his job! Onboard codecs are the best, not needing any bullshit! Just buy a good DAC AMP too, not needing any crap here!

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

lol same music as KidBehindTheCamera :P Just thought i wanted to point that out. Probably royality free music :)

[@JsGarage]

I like to hear myself in the headset as long as it is real time no delay. This allows you to speak accordingly and know what you are delivering.

[@scottcmiller]

Love these types of videos! Please do more of them as you get new stuff. Wouldn’t of minded an extra 5 minutes, or even more, of you playing around with it. Pure hardware videos can get stale after awhile, these always break them up enough to keep things really interesting. The behind the scene type of hardware that allow for all the magic to happen always seem really interesting. It’s like Linus’s fascination with servers. Am I ever going to have full server rack full of high-end commercial hardware that I could store and edit hundreds of hours of 8K video on? No. Do I absolutely love watching his videos on them? YASSSSS

[@linusx84]

exactly how i would see it - things we wouldnt buy ourself since we dont have any use for it but its fun to see how your (Paul, Kyle, Linus,etc.) setup works and runs i think thats even more fun than having the 10th. review of a 1080 ti or just another AIO Cooler because after benchmarking most of the stuff lands on some shelf - but tech like the Yamahasoundboard/mixer is something we are experiencing regularly on your channel and its fun to know which tech u r using to run your channel (even all the kinks and probs u got with it - probably even a possible new segment: 'tech i use that drives me nuts ;)' ) so keep on doing these kind of 'random' tech videos because technophiles are always curious :)

[@steamkidsdad]

Sweetwater is awesome and they will call every now and then just to see how you are doing.

[@filteredwaters9171]

My "sales engineer" has never called me after $1,000s spent.

[@igors_lv]

New setup sounds softer and closer.. its nice

[@Lythrynn]

Interpretation of Kyle is ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON

[@HeatFilter]

I'm SUPER impressed! Just got mine yesterday to replace my ART Dual Tube Pre. It's like day and night with the mic, headphones, and adjustability. Seriously, I feel like a full grown man after realizing that I've moved up in the world :P

[@luishagner8120]

*watches on crappy cellphone speekers*

[@t4iga121]

Well compression should make a noticable difference even in a smartphone speaker

[@SlotsNStuff]

Sounds clean, better than previous sound. What was to total upgrade cost?

[@BustaChimes]

ive been using this thing for about a year now for my mic and am music stuffs. I love it

[@dwarf365]

My room mate just got one of those for the studio. It's fucking bad ass.

[@MagesticWolff]

Yes, please when ever you get the new gear for the studio. Like the format.

[@lucasrem]

Wolff_O_Matic Garage studio, you need a Mic, you do reviews too, need some pocket money? Format? KZbin is just the same everywhere, crying for subscribers, giveaways, crying community.....New Gear they all need, but why? buying crap makes them happy.....

[@doveshouse]

I love how you are socially aware enough to not want to "feed the Amazon beast". Very well put and I feel the same way

[@DarkVidenge]

I JUST ORDERED TIHS. CAN'T WAIT.

[@aarongarabedian2941]

Great little mix board for your application. Soon as I saw what you got I was like, "oh he must have gotten that for the compressors lol

[@JoshuaNicoll]

Wow that is a good bit of a difference, the better mic is smoother, more mellow and all round warmer, well rounded and a lot less noise. The old mic is quite sharp and piercing.

[@andrewlittleton7837]

Yamaha makes great stuff, I have two drum sets, a digital piano, and another keyboard from them and they're all wonderful.

[@collinadler9761]

Professional audio guy here. Good choice for the money. Good on you for caring about your audio... not many people do on the youtubes. Keep up the great work!

[@pip5528]

Sweetwater is awesome. Nick is my sales engineer. He calls me up every once in a while to check on me and ask about things I was considering.

[@erlandjohansen7195]

New setup definitely sounds warmer than the old one. I like it!

[@MrChiprocks1]

Can you hook up an Android Smartphone to the Yamaha MG10XU Mixer for the purpose of recording (with software on PC of course) a two-way phone conversation for a podcast? If the answer is yes, what would the connections be on this Mixing Board?

[@DizzzyKipper]

It was fun.Beer and Flamenco always a good combo.

[@Gavrev]

Randomness is good, sounds great and never let Kyle forget that cork..

[@TheKoladis1]

I've had my MG10XU for about a year. its awesome

[@AJaytheCEO]

are you only recording the audio externally? are you using the usb input at all?

[@Dirtyboxer1]

I'm a bit late to the party, but this is the exact model I'm considering at my local Guitar Center, but for a single computer setup using both the onboard audio and an additional sound card to handle game and discord separately, then run both audio streams through OBS for streaming.

[@Laihoistheman]

oh man i remember doing this stuff in high school, its good you went hardware since it makes life easier in a live setting, unfortunately running your audio into a DAW and then routing said audio out into OBS or whatever program you use tends to cause latency issues.

[@dsebrock]

This may be my favorite Paul's Hardware video ever

[@HATEregelt]

As long as YOU are happy with it, but it of course sounded way better than having the mic farther away. :) I personally returned mine as it didnt pack enough "punch" for the voice compared to my other pre-amps.

[@falsekingallant6343]

compression kinda like volume normalization (compression kinda sacrifices clarity of whatever sound), windows used to have this option available in the sound control panel. TVs need this piece of tech tbh, for those late night movie nights when we don't want to be suddenly startled by a very loud SFX out of nowhere. regular broadcasting is guilty of this too, where ads might be super loud but the main show is significantly quieter.

[@Daehawk]

Paul and viewers..quick silly question. I have both SSDs and HDDs in my system. My OS and games are on SSDs. The only thing I use the HDDs for is storage. But being a big gamer does having HDDs in my system, slow my PC down in any way? Should I simply put SSDs in my next build?

[@futuraman2112]

DUDE! The line from An American Prayer by The Doors was so awesome. That record has special meaning to me and my friends and it's so freaking random that you would pull from it. My respect for you has just doubled. Bravo, sir!

[@ExCanMan]

The old one is "OK", but the new one is BUTTER SMOOTH!

[@capone315]

Paul can you monitor yourself as well as hear USB playback at the same time via this mixer?

[@enixsound7620]

I purchase a lot of stuff from Sweetwater. They have excellent customer service. As for the mixer, make sure you use the high-pass filter (HPF). It'll cut down on the rumble when a train rolls buy. Unless you have the voice of James Earl Jones, it won't effect vocal range.

[@hothatchpa]

One more thing.. I am not sure exactly how informational this is but you guys are VERY entertaining. Absolutely like kids with a new toy.

[@NoSkillScrub]

I have that same mixer. I really enjoy mine.

[@mortenerichsen6487]

It's not quite true Paul. The compressor don't just turn down for the high volume (that's a limiter) it compress the sound. Meaning that the high tones get lower and the low tones get higher. I thing that the mixer you have also have a limiter on it.

[@mortenerichsen6487]

A one knob compressor is actually not that great for mic's. Its good for guitars, keyboards etc. The problems is that it will turn down for high sounds like your voice, but it will also turn up for keyboard clicks and you beer when putting it on you table. ;) So you have to use the comp. and the limiter (found on the mix bus) in combination. Use the comp. as little as posible.

[@bygphillywilly69]

hey kyle thank u for supporting my local sound company!!!!

[@trevorlangdon]

Sounded great. Anything to tame Kyle is a bonus.

[@lucasrem]

Will this Audio Mixer do the job, i use a digital mic amp for that, that does the job, beatbox history tool..... i hope Paul will use all the sound effects and phony voices that it creates! Pimping his channel! We need Zombie people that do reviews, doing theme builds!

[@SaifSameer]

Paul, congrats for the new buy, it is a great piece of equipment. By counting all the inputs you will see there's a total of 10 inputs, hence the product title.

[@EverythingisFire]

Yep; Sweetwater's customer service is ridiculously good.

[@SlopeiZCSGO]

holy damn the audio is SO damn nice with the new stuff

[@thebestweston8307]

Oh god we can hear your true voice now. Rip headphone users.

[@EricErnst]

Kudos to you. Thanks for taking the initiative to provide a higher quality viewing experience for us. It wasn't bad before, but I'm sure you can have fun with the different voice effects and add some new moves to your repertoire.

[@bluedeath996]

Do you find the serration useful on that knife? I got the straight one and just wondered if i am missing out. Now you have a compressor you need to normalize your volume to 23LUFS.

[@hothatchpa]

That knife sound.. Sheesh! Whatever mic you were using pics up amazing detail.

[@kcsrr15]

Hello. I've used the MG10XU for announcing football & soccer(stadium use). I always press down/on the pad/26db button just below the XLR insert for the microphone(far left). If in the pad/up position, it seems to pick up too much surrounding sound. When pushed in (26db), less sound goes into the mic. I'm trying to use the board now for online video (think youtube), production as I'm a teacher forced to work from home. Do you have a better explanation of this button? Thank you in advance,

[@antoineinniss5586]

Hi.....what's the name of the headphones you wore.....and yes, that adk sounded great ...the mixer's preamp is very clean

[@YotaNinja]

Best review ever. Needs more Joe though.

[@eldest3171]

Hey Paul have you though about getting a shotgun/hypercardiod mic instead of using the Monoprice ones? They would do a way better job at picking you up since you keep them out of frame and away from your mouth. Some good ones that I can recommend with my solid but lacking experience are the Rode NTG 1 and the Deity S-mic , they would pick up less noise and echo from your Studio and would sound more full at that distance. Love your content, keep up the good work!

[@pingu99991]

Have you thought about offloading your video switching to a hardwear solution like the Blackmagic Television Studio HD? It's more stable than OBS/xsplit and you can feed the audio in through XLR so that syncing the audio isn't an issue anymore. Might be a good upgrade for your streams.

[@brayans2859]

Been trying to choose between an audio interface and a mixer, this video came at the perfect time Thank you Paul you beautiful man

[@GeorgeOu]

Can you use the USB interface of the Yamaha MG10XU to do the audio recording so that we can hear what the ADC sounds like? Right now I believe you are recording the analog output to the Zoom recorder.

[@FelloutIsLife]

Paul does yours get really hot?

[@typicalthrill]

So from this video, possibly by accident, I learned that Monoprice has a mixer! I didn't realize they had one. I'm looking for something closer to the $60/$70 range than $200. Very helpful video all the way around! Thanks!

[@NEVERSTOPINNOVATION]

Sir i have bought mg10xu for home recording purpose ,but when i strat to record ,i found that my mixer gave me recording vocal output along with very irritating hissing sound ,also recorded vocal output is very low in sound .so does this means my mg10xu is a faulty unit ,bcoz in your video ,the sound is amazing louder and noice free . Please help me by replying,thankyou

[@stavroschios]

not many differences in sound, but the new mic had more base , I liked it better :)

[@e30Birdy]

If you want a good affordable compressor then get a DBX286s, i just got one for my setup at home.

[@jasonpowell8832]

Ok. I wish I could have saved you money there’s really good compressors that would have easily been patched in to the front of the mixer or converter. Some analogue devices hit the sweet spot. There is such a thing as too transparent. In music I’d prefer to get multiple inputs and compression can be used before or after in mastering. In podcasts I’d compress and use eq for correcting any sound.

[@TotalForge]

Paul, you recite poetry and zoom off to other planets whenever you want. It's clear you had fun recording this, and more fun in editing!

[@larsstutz3305]

This is by far my absolute favorite video.

[@LumenateTV]

hey I just bought one of these for my AT2035!

[@samsule8339]

I don't know much, is it possible to buy a single or double channel hardware EQ. And use that to mix (add the hardware tone character) all channels of a song in a daw. One channel or instrument at a time. And then on the master mix use it also. And then can I repeat this type of process with other analog equipment like compressor or delays. I'm thinking how much is possible to do with cheapest options. more creativity less money

[@lanceripplinger8352]

So many possibilities now with your new mixer. Can't wait to see what new intro you come up with LOL! Also, the sound quality difference is night and day!

[@Mrmagor34]

The old one sounds a bit tinny and has a lot more noise, which isn't surprising given the range difference.

[@chrishenrico4576]

Defo's needed some compression.. Good call and the new mic seems to have a bit more of a warmer sound.. Could've kept the old one and it would've been fine if it were just plugged into the new mixer.. but you can have two mics now for you and Kyle so yeah.. Pew pew

[@newkeyplay5627]

at first watching this video I had no plans to buy an audio mixer for the future. but uh because of 8:16 that voice has convinced me into buying one but not just yet.

[@TheTechWhiz]

Can you output the main audio from both the XLR and TRS jacks?

[@dtgxzeus6211]

i think the effects is what makes this so cool lol

[@DerJoshbert]

I really like the sound of the newer Mic :)

[@439bananas]

Yamaha are a good company for keyboards too. And ye, there is a keyboard that I really like and it's apparently quite value.

[@johnpatz8395]

Does the eliminate the need for a dac/amp to drive a high ohm headphones? I was planning on getting a Mayflower arc dac/amp (the replacement of the O2) to drive my high resistance headphones, and then I started looking for a mixing board to use for KZbin and Twitch so if this can eliminate the need for the Arc then it would basically pay for itself there.

[@JoriDiculous]

Butter smooth sound. And thank's for a little bit of Jim. Kyle dont need a compressor, he needs a limiter.

[@wishbone8275]

you can easily do a grunge 90's metal band

[@JCavLP]

wish bone more chorus!

[@questargon]

needs more cowbell!

[@alpha_th0t]

Wow you guys know just about jack shit about 90's alternative/grunge lol

[@Vamp_Tepez]

Sounds great. Always been a fan of yamaha especially their receivers.

[@uNd1.6]

I think your loud voice with the old mic was better, Clear and loud for my ears

[@AJA8th]

Been watching your channel for a while. I do like the branch out into audio tech. Because, why not.

[@JesseArt]

I love the Wolverine-style "SNIKT!" sound when you open the box cutter.

[@ahmednurabdinoor2562]

What kind of speakers are you using? how can you listen music in your Pc? thanks

[@amosdarkwaasare5682]

Thanks Paul. My question is do you need a separate sound card before you can record to cubase for example?

[@bsodmike]

Which AKG headphones are you rocking Paul?

[@blackie75]

I ended up buying this mixer based the demo, but it fucked up after like 6 months. My inputs went super quiet, so I cranked em up (for mic while I was gaming/broadcasting), then after a while it started cutting in and out, now I have no signal from any of my inputs. Not sure what the problem is, but it wasn't worth fucking around with so I just bought a traditional audio interface and have had no troubles.

[@benjamin_lecomte]

Barnacles made a review of it where he cover very well all the functions. His video made me buy it

[@SoTheStoryGoesBand]

What software do you use to tweak your voice? Or is it all done on the mixer?

[@larrywhite9552]

Thanks Paul & Joe great garage blog

[@brenthansen2601]

Probably wont see this but if you can get your hands on the new Coffee Lake series, can you do a review on the I3 8350k and the I5 8400? Building a PC right now and i plan to use one of them but I don't know which would be better as i want to start video editing.

[@Meinstantics]

Are you still using this Paul? I've had mine for years now and I love it.