Allen & Heath ZEDi-8

ideal for retro gaming

i use many old sound cards in my retro pcs and i would have bought earlier... it helps a lot, great sound quality. the headphone is not mono of course - just the previous reviewer cannot use the mixer. very good pairing with the adam t5v.

big con to the cheaper mixers: you can set the input level well, not just mix the output.

i found smaller issues:

* the usb interface is not so sophisticated, it works well, has great sound - but the sound level looks different to the mixer levels itself. eg the playing headroom is too big - i set ~50% of the volume to a good "average" input, but at the recording i had to overdrive the inputs to get the right recording level.

* after disable the speaker output, it is not completely muted. a little bit confusing, for the headphone you got two level output volume, for the speaker just one.

perfect - does what is expected to

I use this small mixer at home but whenever I need it for gigs, it is super easy to take as well. The instructions it comes with are very detailed and clear yet fit on a couple of pages, so I just plugged it in and started using it to its full capacity. Perfect for recording in your DAW - I am not sure if it is my personal taste but I even like the sound and performance on Ableton slightly better with it than with my Roland SPD-SX as an interface.

It is a small mixer and on the EQ side you don't get much but since I use it with synthesizer and an my iPad - drum machine (seekbeats) and synth apps - Moog 15 and Animoog, I don't really need an EQ on the mixer.

Tried it with my bass and it works great - I am not a bass player though so I can't give too much info on this topic but the sound was crystal clear both in headphones, speakers and DAW.

Used it as well to record vocals - again great quality - no problems at all.

Home studio mixer in Hi-Fi quality

- Hi-Fi quality mixer for home musicians

- USB interface

- perfect as Headphone Amp

Unlike other small, low channel mixers, this has perfect sound quality, and it is also a USB interface in one solid case. Plus! > it serves as a great headphone amp as well, and a very good one for the money.

Nice design, clear layout, enough functions for a serious musician.

Cant think any cons, even the price is reasonable.