Awesome Mixer 
by Joe from Butler, PA, November 2007
Music Background:  Audio restoration and post production.

How pleased am I with this mixer? Let me put it this way... I'm seriously considering buying a second one just in case Soundcraft decides to discontinue it. (they're notorious for doing that)

For a mixer this small, and this inexpensive, you gets lots of user options, and lots of connectivity possibilities. In my particular case, having two turntable inputs lets me add turntables to my studio setup; which is a life saver in matters of audio restoration; which I do a lot of. You say you don't need turntable inputs? No problem. The two turntable channels can easily be changed to two stereo line inputs with just the press of a button. And that's only a small part of it. This is an extremely flexible mixer for the price. I'd suggest downloading the user's manual for this product; just to see firsthand how many options this mixer really gives you.
As for the sound quality... I have no complaints whatsoever. Whether it be vinyl from my turntable or a mixdown track from my DAW, this thing sounds good.

As a sidenote, Soundcraft should consider making a rack-mountable version of the unit. That would be major sweet. I fabricated homemade rackmount brackets for my unit, and it looks great.

The bottom line is simple... this is an awesome product for the low price. It may look like a toy, but it's not. It's typical Soundcraft quality; in a nice, small package.

  Definitely a good mixer 
by Achtern Styg , June 2007
Music Background:  Producer and musician

I do home based music production and I really needed a mixer that could have several STEREO outputs except the main output such that I could route stereo instruments ( like a DJ scratching live or hard synths ) to some STEREO effect box ( like the Kaoss Pad 3 ) before it comes back to the main mix. So, believe it or not, at this price range, this is the only product that does stereo grouping. Next one in price is a Mackie, more than double the price.
It's a great piece of hardware, but a bit fragile. The buttons feel cheap, although this does not affect the sound quality. Somehow, a gain button on one of the mic channels dies as well but got fixed for 10 euro's. Also, the side space is waisted by this design plastic that could as well have been taken away ( i did that actually ) .
In any case, it beats any other product around its price range by far. I used to have an Yamaha MG10/2 before, there's no comparison in functionality. It's also surprising that the market still has few stereo dedicated mixers.

Just what i expected 
by Edgar from Guatemala, March 2005

This mixer is really good, just what you expect. The only one thing reaaaally bad, is that it does not have a power switch. And there is some piece of metal in one side, and it says something for ground, but it is not explained in the manual. Good EQ, plus it does not have buses, but you can use the stereo rec(2 outputs) and monitor(2outputs) to get out the signal independently, so you can use the 4 pre amps with phantom power to multitrack.

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