Soundcraft LX7ii 24-channel Analog Mixer Reviews
The Soundcraft LX7ii 24 is part of Soundcraft's second generation of their acclaimed LX7 consoles. On the Lx7ii 24, Soundcraft's founder and resident electronics wizard, Graham Blyth, completely redesigned the mic pre and EQ sections, taking the precision and quality found on their high-end consoles and packing it into a smaller, more affordable, and stylish desk. With 24 input channels and an intuitive control surface, the LX7ii 24 is the perfect mixing solution for both recording and live applications. If you're on a budget, but can't stop dreaming about that flagship, high-end Soundcraft sound, take home the LX7ii 24!
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Highest Rated Reviews
Best analog mixer for home studio
I love working with this mixer in my home studio, for me one of the best mixes of 24 analogue channels
Solid Live Sound mixer
I used the 32 channel version of this board for nearly five years at my previous church and never had issues with it. The only change we made was to hardwire aux-send 5 and 6 to pre instead of post because we needed more sends as the team grew.
EQ is very usable, the summing sounds great, the faders are very responsive. Never had glitching or crackling in the channels, the sound was always solid. It's built tough and it's heavy. I had an accomplished musician once tell me that it sounded better than some multimillion dollar churches, and I was using this board to create the sound. That's pretty high praise for an analog console.
Not sure what the dude below is on about when he said the signal goes to both 1+2 and 3+4 subgroups. This is easily remedied with the use of the pan knob. I will say however that the subgroups didn't sound as punchy as the main mix bus, so I didn't use them much. But I did use them to create a vocal subgroup FX send when all of our auxes got used up for monitors.
Also, I may agree that the talk back isn't ideal, but we never used it anyway. I prefer to set my talkback up through an empty channel and use the auxes to send tech chatter to the musicians.
This is a very powerful board for the money. It's built to last and sounds pretty darn good. Purchase this product with confidence.
Update to my last review
So I've had some more time to spend with this board and I think I should add some details to my initial review.
This board is a value proposition where mono channel inputs, 24 of them, has been made the main priority.
The stereo input channels are functional but not great, the GB4 with full feature stereo channels is definitely a step up.
Again, the mic pres get noisy and ugly past halfway.
The EQ's are functional but not great.
I had to turn my monitor amps up 10db and the main speakers up 9 db to get back to what all other mixers were outputting.
On a plus, the simplicity allows untrained people to walk right up and use it.
Aux monitoring is really good and the headphone output works good for my usage.
very good mixer
very good mixer. I have tried a bunch of other mixers, (,studiomaster,trident 8t, Aries, tascam digital)) and this one works well for me. solid metal jacks, good pre's and the summing amp is quite good. direct outs are useful, good aux availability, good busses. Quiet, and punchy board ! sonically not a neve or ssl, but quite good.
Be careful what you wish for....
Well, it will get the job done, but it isn't pretty.
If you are a band, a house of worship, or a school on a budget, this is your mixer. The sound goes in and the sound goes out, it is clean and clear, but this mixer has it limitations in a professional setting. If you want to do anything really serious like a musical, get something else, this mixer is not designed for that.
Pros;
-Cheap
-24 Channels
-Compact
Cons;
-No -20db PAD, has a VERY hot gain, this is painful when you are using wireless lavs.
-The "four groups" are really 2 stereo groups, you can not select individual groups, it just goes to 3+4 or 1+2, not 1 or 2 or 3 or 4.
-The stereo channels are terrible, 2 band eq, no faders
-The phantom power is in GROUPS of 4 channels
-The TB interface is annoying
-All the outputs are on the back making it difficult to patch
-It rises at an ugly angle that is very uncomfortable
-It doesn't look nice, I know that doesn't matter, but if it costs 1,700 bucks, at least make it look nice.
Dissapointed--Should have gone digital
The whole reason I went with this mixer for my church was the "Warm pre amps". I have found this to be false.
1. Mic pre amps have no character
2. Pushing the pre's past 0db PFL and things start to get nasty. Others have called the sound "edgy" I call it crunchy and brittle.
3. Push any of the faders past 0db(unity) and the sound gets ugly too.
This board sounds worse then the Yamaha and WAY worse than the emergency sound board, a 20 year old sound craft spirit 16.
With the old Soundcraft Spirit 16 the you could push the pre's and and faders all the way hot and it just got warmer, thicker, and sweeter!
I wish they still made them that way!
