Midas MR 18 5-stars Reviews

3 years gigging - holding strong - would buy again!

This was our first digital mixer. We opted for the higher quality preamps over the XR18 model. The only drawback here is that there are no Hi-Z inputs. This was not a concern of ours, and we use a DI box for our Bassist usually.

Firstly - If it hasn't been beaten into your skull yet - you need an external secure wifi router connected. I'm a technical nut - so I bought a cheap one and put OpenWRT firmware on it. This way I can easily bridge the house wifi (w/NAT) to our own personal band network which then gives our devices house internet access, AND secure access to the mixer control.

Second - Expect a learning curve. My mate has a degree in audio recording, and I am an electrical design engineer. It still took us hours playing around to understand the signal routing, aux bussing (for IEMs), and FX. It took about 4 rehearsals to have it figured out enough for gigging.

Third - I LOVE THIS THING, it has amazing sound, and is a 100% Linux compatible interface, class compliant (no driver needed). I multi-track record all of our gigs with great results! I use electronic drums, and also record the MIDI hits directly with the audio. I am using 100% FOSS software for this on Dell laptop. Fedora Workstation (w/ native pipewire!), Ardour (DAW), Carla (signal routing / onboard effects). The requirements of this system are stupid low. To test that, I was able to multitrack record on an ancient dual-core laptop with 4G of RAM, and a slow spinning rust HDD. (But you NEED to be running Linux for this - windows is too bloated)

Fourth - I haven't tested it yet (but will soon) - but apparently a midi control surface (like Mackie MCU Pro) can be used as a physical mixer interface. COOL!

We all use the Mixing Station App because it is very flexible, and I can customize my layout on my tablet. Its worth the $5. Also it is quite lovely being able to all have IEMs and control our own mixes.

In closing, this mixer is nothing short of amazing, and can easily find a place in your toolkit, be it in a home studio or on the road.

Absolutely amazing, best in class regarding small portable digital mixers. Down side is the bad default application, but there is a substitute that works great.

Midas MR-18

Very similar to Behringer X-air XR-18,but Midas MR-18 sounds much better.Very reliable mixer.Built-in wifi router is poor,but with any external router works perfect.

Best quality, Midas preamp

one of the best digital consoles... midas company and preamps... what could be better?

And all the input combos.....

Great Digital Mixer I have ever had

Excellent quality mixer and I love the mic preamps. Be sure to use an external router with it. Otherwise, you're sure to lose your Ethernet connection at some point if you rely on the internal router. Install it in a four unit rack along with a power conditioner and you're ready to go. Couldn't be happier with my Midas MR18. also need it not supports for apple but works fine with PC and android

MR18..

Fast, Small , SPEED .... GOOD..!!!

It's just perfect. Does what it needs to do. Having it for about 2 years, not a single problem occurred. Well build. Use it studio for recordings, use it for live sound in the concerts.

Compact, clean, comfortable

An awesome console, used as a stagebox, no cable mess. Nice clean preamps, easy routing, ideal for any small concert

Game changer app for all purposes: home studio, live gigs, and studio sessions

This piece of gear is the perfect choice for anyone trying to step up his recording game! Whether its a home studio, live sessions, or album recordings this is your go to if you’re tight or budget. Use an ipad for versatile sound editing and mixing on the spot as you navigate between musicians. Great for multitrack recording and its 6 aux/buses makes it very friendly for group recordings as you can control who hears what and the levels of each. EQ, 4 effects rack, and dynamics options make this unit a mobile beast! Save your presets to navigate from your in studio and live customized templates to save time.

In conclusion, this mixer is hassle free, sounds great, amazing processing, yet might seem complicated at first for the lack of faders but once you get used to it, you will rarely be able to use it to its full potential from the amount of options it gives you.

it's getting too hot

Does anyone else have this problem?

Best portable mixer ever

Solid, Fun, Easy, just Great.

Everything You Need

This is the perfect mixer for me. I play in multiple line ups in multiple groups. It has more than enough inputs for my needs and the effects all work well. It's small enough to take around in the car with a basic PA, but equally as capable as a traditional analogue mixer 10-20x the size.

Just get it.

Awesome sound quality and built-in effect

Very low noise and very good reverb effect.

Love My New Midas MR18!

Received my mixer promptly and set it up with an Android tablet easily.

The Midas preamps make all my instruments sound clearer and more detailed. The only problem is now you can hear all my mistakes so I have to practice more. What a deep and wonderful machine.

Outstanding Mixer!

I love everything about it. The features are perfect for my needs and the software to control it is very well done!

Very nice mixer for the price

You can also Connect via usb and it will show up as audio device in logic. Nice

Generally a very good product

Suddenly, after about a year of use there was an increased noise level on ch.14. It is persistent and the channel cannot be used. In general I am very happy with the product

Best purchase

This might easily be one of the top 5 purchase I've ever done.

This is simply great! I use it as audio interface for recording drums.

I used to go through a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40+adat, and was very concerned about sound quality/noisy pres. There's none of that! If you crank it, you will hear something, but if You record in a safe spot (-12, -6) you will be more than fine! Pres sound very good. I clean the signal at the source, and record after filters/eq on my DAW via ethernet cable, cause I will anyway be the only one using this boy, and have absolutely no plans to use it live for mixing, so I actually have never tried the wifi-router thing.

I was also a bit worried about the USB connection, being used to Firewire-Thunderbolt, but I have to say it's just flawless already recording on an external SSD connected to a 1TB SSD MacMini.

I can't praise this little monster enough!

Absolutely awesome!

perfect

Nothing to say the product is just perfect

Slightly better than I expected

Primarily using as a usb interface, and noticed a lot more options than I expected with routing etc. I'm using the midi to usb function also, which seems fine so far.

The preamps definitely sound nicer and cleaner than xr18/x32 pre's.

Worth the extra money over an XR18.