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122 People rated this product :
7 out of 10
17 People wrote reviews
9 out of 10
"Very very good product!!!!!!! liked it so much i upgraded to the firewire version."
Feature:
The effects pleased me but I rated it the way I did because I don't think theres enough choices to choose from. There needs to be more effects but the effects on it was good after i figured out how i wanted the voices to sound. Its usb and it was kind of slow so i upgraded the firewire version of this product. much faster.
Quality:
The only thing i worried about was the heating. I wasn't real sure because it was my first mixer, but the firewire version is the same and I never used anything else but alesis brand. i think its built very good though. I couldn't answer if components wear out after awhile because I only had it for about 8 months. On some electronics you can track where the are being used if you sell the product or its stolen and with this brand of mixer you can't. I dont know about other kinds of mixers like i said i only had this brand.
Value:
for the price and for home studios especially for beginners I would recomend it to anybody and stand behind the product to the fullest. If it was priced about 300 I wouldn't of bought it only because it's usb and I'm not sure how much longer computers with with usb ports are going to be made, and plus it's a little slow sendin to the computer. Thats why I upgraded
Desirability:
I think its slick. Its small and can fit perfect on your computer desk and youll still have room to do things. It looks like a professional mixer just alot smaller. its about 5 pounds.
Sound:
I sold mine but while I had it I liked it. It sounded great for the price. It didn't produce the best sound but for home studio I think it was perfect. I used 2 different mics on it and really it comes down to the mic. the audio technica at2020 wasn't a good mic I sold it. I wasn't happy with the sound so I upgraded to the behringer b-1 series and in my opinion I think it really showed how good of a sound it can produce. I got good compliments on my voice from other artists and I recommend it. the bad reviews are inaccurate because you don't know what microphones they have and it really comes down to the microphones on the humming sound.
Ease of Use:
It's very simple to use once you figure out what knobs are used for what and which buttons are for what. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out what each knob is used for by recording and listening to the recording.
Support:
I had a problem with it. I thought it wasn't sending a connection to my computer so I called them and was on hold for about 10 minutes and they couldn't help me. It turned out to be my usb port on my 10 year old computer wore out. Thats when i upgraded to the firewire hookups and the firewire version.
Overall:
Like I said above I liked it so much I upgraded to the firewire version because I know computers with usb ports are going to go out eventually. I wouldn't get anything other than the multimix 8 unless i needed bigger. I liked the sound. I liked how it as built. I liked the size and what it could do. I liked the product all around. Ive used a 2 channel zenyx behringer with the b-1 series mic and wasnt pleased with the sound and I use the b-1 microphone now and I am happy with the sound. I dont recomend behringer mixers.
Submitted: 10/2/2008
Style of Music: hip-hop
1 out of 10
"HORRIBLE MIXER I'VE USED..."
Feature:
It is very good to have some onboard effects like reverb, delay, echo, pitch shift, etc. But thank for the awful mic pres,it becomes useless. If the quality of its mic pres is going to be improved, it would be the best mixer in this price range. You will benefit on the effects, but surely not the sound quality. It is really a pity to hear your recording.
Quality:
I choose 1 - THE WORST. You know, the mic pres are noisy. 1st BAD point. You have great latency in monitoring. 2nd BAD point. These two points are enough to say the mixer are bad. Try to think that you can plug the mixer to the computer via USB, but providing us high latency with monitoring. How can we record? How can we mix? Good idea to add a USB host to the mixer but bad idea to have ASIO incompatible. 10 ms is too much for instrument players. Then how about 46 ms? What a pity!
Value:
If you buy the mixer, you are simply like the man who throw your money to the sea. You can't get anything from the mixer. Somebody may think that I expect too much from the mixer. But I need to tell you the truth. In this year when I bought it from ITConcept in Hong Kong, my recordings are worse than those I record via my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi platinum. The Creative's is aim at CONSUMER market but the Alesis' is aim at BEGINNER/AMATEUR studio level. Same price, different targets, and also different quality. The Creative's is far more better than Alesis' who is named as "STUDIO PRODUCTS". That's really horrible
Desirability:
If you read my comment carefully, you should know what the answer is. Surely not. I've got a nightmare in this stuff. Finally, I sold it at a reasonable price to another amateur. He accepts the quality from it. However, not me. I hope he could write another review on it.
After I bought the Alesis Multimix 8USB, I really lost the confident to the manufacturer. Sorry to say that. I think Alesis should pay more effort on improving the quality of mic pre, also the main out. If you keep on doing this - to release such a low quality of products, then I simply avoid to buy your products, even you said you have greatly improve it. I am looking forward to see any improvement in Alesis' Product. I hope so.
Sound:
HISS and POPS everywhere on your recording! If you are using only a DYNAMIC MIC like Shure SM58 and turn the volume (not the gain), you simply hear noises. I've try to unplug the mic to see whether the environment noise is great or not. However, when I turn on the Gain to 12 o'clock position (about half of the gain), it is very clear to hear NOISE!! Do you think you can record clear sound with this mixer? Surely not!! I can't see any good features in its sound quality. Maybe the best word to describe its sound - BAD!! Noise, Hiss are your sound recorded. No matter how great your vocals' voice are, no matter how stunning your instruments skill are, you only get a poor voice/sound. It would be a waste to record beautiful sound with this unpleasant mixer. Beside the bad mic pres, the output from computer (means the 2TK) are also worst with noise. What a pity! I use SONY MDR-7506 for monitoring, noise covers my mix. How can I do accurate monitoring? After hearing my comment on this mixer, will you like it? For me, I don't!
Ease of Use:
Simply turn on the power, turn on the phantom power, plug the USB cable to your computer, connect the mic to the mixer, switch on the 2TK to Ctrl Rm, increase the volume of the channel, ctrl rm and also the mix, plug your headphone to the mixer, you will hear what you recorded, and the output from the computer. It is really easy to use. No driver is needed. But ASIO incompatible with 46.xxx ms latency. You still need to choose ASIO Full duplex VIRTUAL ASIO driver to do your monitoring work. If you are a keyboardist to play the instruments and use it for real-time monitor, I don't know how can you play your instruments correctly, with correct timing. Surely not. Great Latency, isn't it?
Support:
I bought it in Hong Kong. The support is awful. The staff "IS" useless and the dealer only has the duty to sell the mixer, but NOT responsible to provide any support to me. I've asked them to have the driver which is compatible to ASIO. They asked me why you need it, and told me that I can still use it to do recording and real-time monitoring in such a great latency. Finally, he said he feel sorry as I have no experience. Second, they don't know how to use Cubase LE to do separate recording (record the vocal with the playback of my MMO). The reason is they only know how to use Audacity. I've no experience on Cubase LE. But the staff said that he is the professional arranger, composer, vocal teacher and vocalist. How come a man only know how to use Audacity and Band-in-a-box can become a pro arranger? Do you think he is really a teacher, or he just simply tells lie? I need to blacklist the shop in Hong Kong. I hope the new dealer could change the reseller shop manager. It's really HORRIBLE to say these things. I solve every questions by myself. I would like to ask, what is the usage of the reseller? No, it is only garbage, a rubbish!! How come he can still work in there without firing? Why there is no zero rating, I should give the rate worse than the worst!
Overall:
Overall it is really BAD and HORRIBLE. I know the price is really low (not really, as a beginner, this may be too much for them). You still need to provide CLEAR and ACCEPTABLE sound. First, you really need to isolate the noise from mic pre. No matter how "INEXPENSIVE" your item is, you still need to do this. I have no money to buy a noise gate. Or any noise reduction plug-ins. I don't use any noise reduction plug-ins as it will further lower the quality of the sound. Don't tease the beginner like me. I am not a person who is unable to distinguish noise sound. I still hear a lot of noise from my mix.
Every person who buy the mixer will probably want decent sound. But sorry about that, Alesis Multimix 8USB will give only low quality of sound. You can't listen your mix CLEARLY. Monitor your mix with HEAVY noise. How can we mix it? How can we send our demo to the others? Do you want every users of this item become the target that everyone laugh at their mix? I think Alesis is playing tricks on every beginners. Harsh to say that but also honest to say that. Can't believe me? Go and buy one. Try this horrible garbage, you finally agree with me.
Submitted: 8/16/2008
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, Hip Hop, R&B, Canto-pop
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