Behringer Xenyx Q802USB 4-stars Reviews

Good little thingy

I use mine to monitor tracks and click with in-ears. Works just fine. Maybe not the best power cable ever. Always slightly worried it might fall out during a show.

Price wise a really great mixer

It is a compromise: you need something simple and not to expensive this is it. Do you really need sound quality than get another more exclusive mixer. The features of this mixer are well done and complete. The only 1 thing I would like to see is that the headphone level is independant of the main mix. It is perfect for rehearsal and local life stage mixing for in ears.

I use it at home, as the main analog remote control and as an external sound card to the computer via USB.

Positive: easy to use.

Negative: the master fader does not work at the minimum volume.

extra noise at the output.

the lack of a power-off button is very inconvenient.

Behringer is more or less the cheapest alternative available, so from that perspective this product is great! It's very feature packed for the price.

Would I recommend it though? Well, if your on a budget, this will fit the bill but if quality and sound is the top priority and money isn't an issue I would recommend offerings from Mackie, Yamaha or other similar companies.

Does the job

So far it seems to work fine, however, condenser mics seem to take almost 10 minutes to discharge when you cut phantom power. Other mixers do it in a few seconds.

For this price range, it s doing a decent job, only the lack of power button can be disturbing sometimes.

Live and Studio

I am using Q802usb as an audio interface and in live performances. So far it is a trusty piece of gear. Although it is not a high-end product gets the job done quite decently.

PROS:

-phantom power

-stereo R/S aux (I am using it for external effect pedals)

-basic EQ

-compressor

CONS:

-no power on/off switch

-it can slip off a surface (simple mod can fix this issue)

-slight hiss noise when the phone volume is high (manageable)

OVERALL

Good for home recordings and live performances. At this price range highly recommended

Good for the money

Good cheap mixing table, very good option for someone who wants to have control of 3 band EQ, compressor,pan and effects before going to the recording software.

The only downside to this product is not having an ON/OFF switch, which is easy to fix connecting it to a powerstrip.

Excellent for the price

Delivery on time as promised, actually a day early! Biggest drawback it does not have an on/off button and has to be unplugged to switch off. A little bit 'noisy' when turned up although if you have a good level input then it's fine. It was picked up immediately as a USB audio codec on my Mac with GarageBand and if you plug in an electric guitar you can simulate pretty much any type of amp. It gets a little warmer than expected but just be careful not to put it on anything soft. Make sure you leave air flow all around it. Overall an excellent unit and great fun for both the amateur and semi-pro. Its size is good and fits on a table top perfectly. Just what I wanted.

Does its job

We use it in our classes to mix a backingtrack with a mic or an instrument, it's quite inexpensive and does its job very well.

Great for beginners who are looking to set up a small PA.

We didn't explore its usb features.

The most complete of all the Q(X)xx02 range

Let's get the cons out first.

No on/off switch or integrated power supply

USB/2-track is single directional (either input or output your choice)

No low cut on the mic channels

Very few level indicators

No PFL

No XLR outputs

No integrated FX

No levels on the USB/2-track

The above features would have made this a killer product BUT at a much higher price. TBH I would gladly have paid an extra 10-12Euros for a QX802USB that would have had FX, Low cut switch and master fader as the QX1002/1202

But what mattered to me most and what makes this mixer stand out from the rest of the Behringer line is the fact that this is the only mixer at this price point (along with the plain 802) that offers 3band EQs on the stereo channels as well. Compared to the plain 802 whose price is a steal this one also offers compressors on the mic channels and a USB interface.

And actually if you factor in the Stereo Aux/FX return you actually have 10 channels.

Quality-wise a huge weak point is the power supply coupling at the mixer side, pay extra attention when plugging and removing the power supply so as not to strain the solder connections on the board.

Behringer live mixer

Works great for me for live monitoring on stage. Sound is crisp and clear. Lots of volume. 2 Mics inputs which I use for my kick sound and live keys. Compact and hasnt failed after a year of use. I certainly recommend this product.

a bit confusing but a good product for the price

I bought this to record our bands rehearsal , for this it works great !

the first issue is I can not keep it on all the time because it gets hot and it lacks of the on/off is disturbing so I wouldn't use as a multipurpose sound-card like i do with my audiobox USB , rather I would only use it only when needed.

second issue for me ,it uses asio4all and i found that annoying when dealing with multiple applications.

in terms of sound quality its very good , I was able to get zero latency monitoring by doing a simple loop workaround and it works great ( after a bit of research)

pros :

- price is very good for what it does

- solid construction

- sound quality is very good

cons:

- no power switch

- gets hot after a while

- phantom power led gets stays on even after turning it off - has no proprietary driver , works with asioa4all.

for this price and functionality, i would recommend.

Cheap little mixer

I use this to deliver sound to my active monitors, drive my microphone and drive my bass.

The good:

Lots of I/O

Small EQ

Phantom power

Cheap

Usb recording / playback

Seems sturdy, though my desktop isn't the big durability challenge.

Gain knobs

The bad

The knobs is very unprecise. Some channels have sound leak when they should be muted, and at lower volumes, the main mix will deliver very unevenly divided sound to my monitors.

No direct monitoring while recording, unless you reroute AUX in/out together.

No on/off button

No pads on the underside

Might look at bit silly on your desktop

Overall:

It is great for the price, and suits my needs.

Bargain price for an interface

This product does a fantastic job and a great price. If you're building a set up on a budget, don't hesitate to buy this.

Good little interface/mixer

So I mainly use this to record guitar to my PC or record vocals, over all its a good interface/mixer. Build quality is good, low/no latency, sound quality is good, although I would recommend using a mic pre-amp as it is a little quiet. Other than that it has a good set of features: can be used without a PC as a mixer, compressor, post-aux effects and 3-band EQ for each channel (4 main channels, 2 of the channels can be split into 4 making it a total of 6 channels). Probably suitable for a small band or those starting out in music and need a budget mixer.