Mixers

With improved Firewire routing and Pro Tools compatibility, this new Onyx design offers much more than a few tweaks...

USB and Firewire mixerfaces abound these days, but not all allow you to record multiple channels simultaneously to separate tracks in your DAW. Enter the M164UF...

Summing might not sound very rock & roll, but Thermionic Culture have added a little attitude of their own to this impressive and unique design.

Audient's latest analogue console has turned the DAW-controller concept on its head, taking advantage of mainstream DAW software to provide fader automation and recall.

In many ways, the Onyx 820i is exactly what youd expect from a Firewire Mackie mixer, except for one thing: its Pro Tools compatible.

Have computers made digital multitrackers obsolete? Zoom dont think so.

Technology from SSLs high-end mixing consoles has been filtering down to the project studio for some time, in the form of the X-Logic and X-Rack products, but the desks themselves have remained the preserve of commercial studios. Until now...

This neat new hybrid product appears to be defining its own market niche, but can it really be all things to all people?

These compact, lightweight mixers are designed with live DJ-style performance in mind, but with an audio interface on board, there's plenty of flexibility when it comes to recording too.

If you want to use both a high-quality analogue mixer and a DAW control surface, you'll probably want to put them both in the same place. Well, now you can — and you get a multi-channel audio interface to boot.

Can mixers this small really provide all the preamps and monitor control facilities you need?

The almost universal trend towards using computers and hardware controllers has made business tough for the big console manufacturers — but the clever ones are fighting back with some innovative thinking, to create products that offer the best of all worlds.

Under the hood of this affordable new Alesis compact mixer lurks an 18-in/two-out audio interface. Is it too good to be true?

Designed to integrate with Cubase, and featuring new preamps and compressors, Yamaha's N-series digital mixers have been causing quite a stir. Could the N12 be the centrepiece of your project studio?

Part preamp, part summing mixer, all tube: can the Fat Track provide all the 'analogue warmth' your studio needs?

Already boasting some famous users, this new console has caused a bit of a stir. Does it live up to the Toft heritage?

These modestly priced small mixers from Yamaha offer plenty of functionality and a good clean signal path.

We find out if the most competitively priced Allen & Heath mixer yet lives up to its heritage.

Phonic's well-established Helix range has made the jump to Firewire: we look at the 12-channel version, which is capable of sending 10 channels of audio at 24-bit/96kHz to your DAW.

This new USB-equipped mixer has a control surface and a separate I/O unit, but are two boxes better than one?

Mackie's VLZ Pro mixers gained a reputation for punching above their weight. Could this next generation do even better?