Behringer X Air XR18 5-stars Reviews

The best in their category. Does exactly what it promises.

Featured loaded, value for money mixer for home/live use

I bought this mostly for home recording with a small amount of live work. The 18 channels weren't strictly necessary, however the appeal was the ability to record multiple channels at once which the XR12/16 won't do.

This is my first time at using a digital/software mixing desk and the range of options around Aux, FX, patching is quite awesome allowing just about any setup to be made. I tried the Android, Linux and Windows apps and all worked well enabling me to get the settings I wanted quickly. The WiFi client and Access Point options were tried, both were easy to set up although they do like "line of sight" and no interfering devices near them, to avoid drops.

There are four built in effect slots which emulate a large number of effects, the ones I listened to were of high quality and good enough for my needs. In the rare case of these not being enough, I can't see any way to add new effects to the software yourself, however you can always send out on one of the Aux buses and return on an unused channel for external FX.

In summary, this is a very versatile unit with a price point (and size) that makes it attractive even for home use. However, given 6 AUX channels, I'm guessing this is aimed very much at live bands. For live use, I would want to team it up with a decent quality external Wireless Access Point or Ethernet cable for a 100% reliable connection. A 19" rack mounting kit already comes with the unit allowing integration with existing equipment.

Simply fantastic value for a great product!

I use this as a live mixing desk for my acoustic band, and also have used it as an interface for doing live recordings and studio recordings. This desk can handle everything I have thrown at it with ease, with a very easy to use interface, and the capabilities you would normally expect to find of a product at a much higher price point. Its compact size make transporting and storing it much easier than an analogue 18 channel desk, and of course it has so much power that it also replaces any outboard gear I may have thought to use.

Cons - The built in WiFi is not very powerful, if you plan to use it in a venue were the person controlling the desk is far away, I would recommend using an external router that has better range.

Pros - 16 great mic preamps, built in EQ, compressors and effects, dedicated monitor outputs via XLR that can all have an individual monitor mix, the ability to multi track record over USB, can connect more than one device at a time to control the desk, expandability with Behringer monitoring products.

Behringer used to be known for making cheap not very good products, not any more. They're making some of the best products in the industry, to a great standard, for a great price. Could not recommend this product enough!

My favourite piece of audio tech. Its a mixer, its a multi-track capture device. Easy to use, easy to integrate with other devices, like Elgato Streamdeck etc. Love this

The best mixing console!

Many functions, convenience and portability - this is xr18 !!! The product arrived quickly to Russia) Thank you Tomann!

Amazing

I love this! I have owned it for several years now and used it for recording and live bands. Really easy to use and love that I don't need a multi-core to the back anymore! The only downside: Don't rely on the wireless connection - when the mixer gets bombarded with lots of connection requests from all the phones in the audience you can loose your connection to the mixer (even if it is password secured) and cannot reconnect! As long as you use the CAT5 connection I would say this is flawless and a brilliant investment.

Love it

I already have a x32 this is just great for gigging and to sub mix if I dep on the drums!

User friendly and pro quality.

I switched to the Behringer digital mixer from another make that I was finding difficult to negotiate and I’m very pleased that I did. This mixer is much easier to get to grips with, plus there are numerous tutorials on line should you be stuck. I have a hard wired, cheap laptop sitting on top of the rack case for 100% secure connection ( via a router ) but mainly set everything up using my iPad remotely ( use a 5g router if you can ). Fully satisfied with this mixer. Thumbs up! 👍

great box

awesome box for live performance, recording or home recordingg cause i use it every day for my desktop . Quite good sound quality in recording. easy to handle app even from mobile phone

More than i thinked

It's small mixer with big heart.. ❤️

Very good for live and for studio recording

Small mixer with lots of great feutures. Good for live gigs and also for studio recordings. It has 6 AUX outputs, that is more than enough. Totolly controllable via computer, tablet, phone.

This kit is a power house

I use this for live and studio work, works brilliant for both. Can’t say enough good things about it, especially for the price! It’s a power house of a bit of kit. The only thing I’d say is to get an external router as the built in one dose work but not as well as having a duel band external one. I like this so much I bought 2 one for live and one for studio

XAir mixer

This is probably the best small form digital mixer out there. I’ve done hundreds of gigs with full bands And utilised all of the features of this excellent mixer.

I’ve upgraded to the X32 for larger shows the require matrix and additional Aux channels

However for a 5 piece band playing in pubs and clubs this is all you need great product.

perfect for a full band

i use it live and band pratice

easy software realy complete

easy to use and strong made

Nice mixer!

Ideal for a small studio and live band.

Easy to use, but you need to get used to the settings, it was not immediately clear and often still confused, connection without problems, support for android and aios. the ability to customize the wireless connection from the tablet. We use it for in-ear stage monitoring at rehearsals and concerts. In the studio, he perfectly steers sound with amplifiers and sound monitors.

It works perfectly, we are very satisfied with the purchase, I recommend reading a lot of reviews everywhere,

it is better to put a separate router

Great solution

Great and smart solution for any band and sound engineers. It has everything you need to perform on a stage and control the sound from everywhere in the audience. Strongly suggested an external modem, since the integrated one is too weak. I define it as a semi-professional mixer.

Great

Amazing sound quality! Would recommend this to anyone!

Fast shipping and great customer service!

Wow.

Wanted to get a boatload of outboard rackmount FX and processors, and an interface. This will replace a lot of that for less money, with more flexibility.

Pros:

Comp, Gate & EQ on every channel.

Compact.

Routing flexibility.

Cons:

It's not the X32 Rack...

Incredible performance / price ratio!

If you're fine to mix on a computer or smart device, this mixer will give you the BEST performances / options VS price ratio!! I'm used to high quality analogue mixers, and for what this is, it really is a great little mixer!!! A+++

Make sure to buy the Mixing Station third party app (on a smart phone). It's a very well made app, and gives you full control over the mixer, even on your iPhone.

I've read that the internal WLAN acces point is a problem to some users... It hasn't been for me. Rock solid in any more (AP or Client).

Great fun

Funny and good intuition. Nice to use and deliver what it promise.