Xenyx Q502USB : Good and durable analogue mixer for home use and portable needs

Handling: As this is analogue mixer it's handling is very easy. It works "you get what you see" way. Balance triggers could easily stick to middle. Plugging it to PC works straight ahead without need of additional drivers.

Features: Main feature of this cheap mixer is USB of course. It works quite good. I wish there would be feature, which would allow me to send sound from USB to headphones only WITH sound of guitar, but send guitar ONLY sound to USB, so I could record pure guitar sound but still have backing track in my headphones. I was thinking of giving 3 stars for features, but though it will be unfair because of it's small form factor.

Sound: After playing a bit setting on my PC, mixer and effect pedal I got very good sound on my recording though USB. Guitar sound is rich and decent for home recording. However, when I am using it for recording my bass guitar I missing some very deep notes that I could hear only in my headphones. Like some deep barely noticeable reverb.

Quality: I am actually VERY impressed with it's quality. It is much cheaper than my two others guitars processors, but this mixer build quality is so much better. It is made of two steel metal sheets and feels very durable and brick-like. All knobs and triggers also feels very durable. Seriously, if there would fire in my house and I have to escape through window, this mixer would be first candidate to break glass with. It is heavy, but still good to be portable solution due to it's small size.