Soundcraft Ui24R 5-stars Reviews

UI24R

unique product, exceptional price, easy to work with.- recommend to every professional sound engineer.

I can't say enough

Replaced my 16 ch version of this with the Ui24R. I use it mainly for our band and have it set up to have a separate 'show' for each venue. I use it also to record all of the individual tracks live (the Ui16 can only record the Stereo Out 2track output) and port them to Logic and edit there ( although this can also be used as a DAW interface). It is truly astonishing how much functionality this unit has. Finding problem feedback and sorting is a breeze. I have recorded bands by running a cat5 cable to my PCs (2) at the back of the hall and control from there. The RTA is very useful and routing and monitoring signals is easily managed.

There are 2 issues with this unit.

Wifi:

It's not reliable. In a real time situation there is only one solution imo and that's to hard wire your PCs to a hub and connect this to the network port on the mixer. Wifi is not comfortable to use in situations where you have an outage when you need it least and have lost connection. Very disconcerting!! This does not happen when cabled directly to the unit. Some people have added a better wifi router to get around this. Ok for going around the floor checking levels etc but I'm not 100% happy to just use wifi for full control.

Recording:

Multitrack recording has no option (I can't find it anyway) to allow the effects to be recorded also. Individual tracks in Multitrack, recorded on the REC USB port are PRE processing ( I think the 2track Rec Out does have the processing added)

There is no 'switch' to add the channel effects to the individual recorded channel track. This is a shame as tracks when ported to a DAW are totally dry and need to have all effects added in Logic or whatever. For simpler recording situations it would be SO useful to be able to port the porcessed tracks into Logic and balance them there because I generally find that the live sound is really good from the Ui24R. Soundcraft should be able to add this option in firmware easily in the record functionality. Maybe there's a valid reason why they don't.

Swiss army knife of mixers

Very well thought out - basic but great lexicon effects. fantastic EQ , compression, gates. Very easy intuitive software.

Compatibly issues with monitors and touch screen monitors when connected via hdmi - very hit or miss - some work some don't. Wireless can be laggy and wifi can cut out if there's a lot of wifi congestion.

So I bought a router and run ethernet to the Ui24r from the router then ethernet to a laptop. I also use a wireless tablet so i can move about the venue. I do hope it's drivers to connect to DAWs is kept in service ... i don't like how companies can kill something by not upgrading drivers. They should put the driver source code in the public domain after 10 years.

Soundcraft

Excellent mixer console. If you need a powerful studio, live, equipment, look no further.

Great little mix

Full of features, great de-esser and 4ch effect chain. Using separate hot spot is a must..

We use it at church for the past 2 months - 4 Mic for Drums,1 pastor mic, 2 lead singers and 4 backing vocals, 1 Acoustic (direct connection using the amp sim - Acoustic Jumbo preset which is awesome), 1 Bass, ocasional Cajon and El. Guitar, Some BT adapter to stream music, accessing over Android Xiaomi Redmi Pad 4 (Great battery life, fast charging)

I love the multitrack recording straight to the USB - no additional PC/Mac needed to purchase/wait to crash, You can also use the USB connection to play music from PC or use master/aux mix to stream.

Overall great product! Highly recommended!

A huge amount of audio processing in a single box for a remarkable price.

I use this mixer for live sound, usually acoustic music events with several artists/groups in one session. I've also used it for live streaming and video recording.

It's very easy to use and I love the interface, especially the browser-based approach so you never need to update an app.

It has an amazing range of tools in one box, the quality of sound I can get is miles ahead of anything I've had before, particularly the ability to 'tune' the system to the room (many different venues). The multitrack recording to USB drive is excellent, allowing me to remix for video recordings.

The range of digital tools really make life easier, being able to set up complex multi-artist stage arrangements in advance and use patching to configure the mixer for easier use, as well as fun tricks like running more than one channel for an input to allow for instrument changes etc.

I also like the complex options for output control including using matrices and VCAs. I've learned a huge amount of new techniques since having the mixer. And there's a great supportive user group on Facebook if you have any problems. And of course the great thing about a stagebox mixer is the speed of setup and ability to mix from anywhere in the venue with a tablet or laptop.

There is a small cloud on the horizon. Soundcraft don't seem to be doing much development these days as their parent company doesn't seem interested in this kind of product, and there have been some questions over quality control, I had to have mine repaired under warranty when one of the inputs was noisy.

And like all stagebox mixers, you are advised to fit an external wifi router to ensure a reliable connection. The internal ones are underpowered because of regulatory restrictions that the manufacturers can't avoid.

Superb all-in-one mixer

Great Pre-amps, platform agnostic control options (browser based), compact form-factor, onboard recorder & player. Not the newest but certainly a terrific product that’s difficult to beat.

Ease of use

Had a different soundcard but this is simple and more efficient to use

Incredible Mixing Tool for small stages

Anything you need is available.

Amazing : there is even a pre-delay on each input to align FOH sound (in case of deep stages) !!!

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Versatility

User Interface

Number of outputs

Quality of included FX

Connectors (combos TRS/XLR)

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Number of inputs : 4 additional audio inputs would be great

Recommandation : always use the Ethernet/RJ45 connection with your laptop PC/MacBook to secure the connection in live configuration.

Feature packed

This review is written after 4 years of flawless use. Great for live gigs and multitrack recording. Get to know the unit before gigging it, there is so much it can do. Ive mixed on laptops, tablets and mobile phones, all connect easily and at the same time if you want.

Multitrack to a memory stick is a piece of cake, all the files are pre eq/fx for processing later.this option cannot be changed- possibly the only downside to the Ui24r. For recording to DAW there are 20 inputs, 8 mono monitor mixes, 2 stereo mixes, all in one box. Its the best piece gear I have apart from instruments...

maybe the best

its maybe the best for the price and futures

great product

super easy to use,compact and has its own wifi.

loved it!

Verry good mix

SNR and quality of mic inputs are good not only for music production, but for high quality recording too. Menu navigation, connection a using is very simple.

Quality digital mixer

Was looking for an affordable digital mixer. Soundcraft ui24r checked all the boxes

Compact, large capacity, large functionality, easy to use and perfect for my application with small band. Only made sense to invest in this device.

As the saying goes, "big things come in small sizes". I am a very satisfied owner and cannot wait to produce quality sounds.

Great addition to my growing company!

I also have a Si Impact, which is excellent, however, for smaller shows, I didn't really have another good option.

I wanted something just as good as the Si Impact, but smaller. So, I decided to purchase a Ui24R. It sounds just as good as the Si Impact, and having an RTA on every channel is a nice feature.

As far as long-term reliability, I've only had it for a week or two, so I can't comment on that.

Best digital mixer for the price

Soundcraft UI24

Brilliant probably the best in the industry of this class rack mixer with UI 24 connectivity via HTML and great features put this mixer on the top of the ladder.

First I had only one UI24R, now I bought the second one, for me it is a good mixer both for the money and for the use, the built in wifi works good and had no issues with it, 1 mixer is mounted in a rack with everything connected for the duo so it is easy to go on gigs, and the multitrack recorder is also very good, the 2. mixer I cascade with the 1 one when we do bigger band.

Great little mixer, consists everything you need for live use.

A bit confusing for the DAW channel routing

I mainly use this for live recording and streaming performance. The feature is fantastic value for the money. You get everything you need as stage box and live digital mixer. The pre-amp is fair, not the best but really enough for demo or live situation.

Not the big fan of the digitec channel 1 & 2's guitar preamp, some of the preset shockingly much louder then other, so I suggest you pull down the gain before try them. USB record and playback is a charm, make sure to use very fast reading USB.

The reverb and delay are handy, I use them mostly for live vocals along with the parametric EQ section which also very nice and intuitive. Gate section also powerful for drums.

One of the confusing I had at first place (maybe because I'm new to this) is the DAW channel routing that have 10 digit jump. So for example when the analog input in the mixer is on channel 1, then on the DAW it will be input number 11, etc.

The best thing of this gear in my opinion is the web-browser mixing desk. Cause I hate the mixing apps that regularly needs to be update. Might not suits professional studio, but works fine for live and demo recording.