Phonic Helix12FW MkII 12-Channel Mixer with FireWire

12-Input Mixer with DFX & FireWire Interface.

Item: PHOH12FWMKII

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9 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 1 out of 10

"Pay a little extra and buy quality, just go USB if you can't afford firewire."

Feature:
Has all the features that you would expect for a 12 channel compact mixer (all the features that were pioneered by those Woodinville WA folks).

Quality:
Failed after only 6 months of light use (not worth the hassle of fixing considering the price)

Value:
Poor value due to poor quality. They seem to have a lot of refurbished stuff, that says a lot about quality and value.

Desirability:
It may make a good door stop.

Sound:
Sounds fine for the price (when it works).

Ease of Use:
It's a mixer, nothing much to say (the manual won't help you much).

Support:
Poor support from the Phonic people. E Mail tech support is answered by people who seem to know very little about the product (or even understand the question that was asked).

Overall:
Perhaps they should merge the company with that other 'budget' audio company from Germany.

Submitted: 7/24/2008

Style of Music: Rock, Blues, Instrumental

* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"The Perfect Garageband and Bose L1M1 "mate"!!"

Feature:
Sometime wish there was a "handle" for the mixer. Every time I move it I seem to bump a setting and knock it out of adjustment. Have to review each setting after moving the unit. Minor thing I know, but just a wish.

Quality:
So far no problems - owned for about 6 months now - use in home studio and in live music settings.

Value:
I can't believe the "bang for the buck" on this mixer!! I consider this to be one of the best values around and I'm telling anyone who will listen. I've had the Shure, Mackie and other brand names, but this beats them all in my opinion.

Desirability:
I did not purchase this for the "sex" appeal. I purchased it for the "features". Firewire, effects and the small size!

Sound:
I replaced my Mackie CFX12 with this little mixer for the main consideration of the Firewire interface to record to Garageband. I also use a mixer for more channels when necessary on my Bose L1M1 system. To my surprise, the Helix is MUCH quieter than the Mackie - lot less hiss and mixer noise to the Bose. This was a very pleasant surprise.

Ease of Use:
Pretty much plug and play. I little understanding of how the submix and channel switches work is by experimentation, but not overwhelming! Love how it "just works" with the MAC and Garageband. Truly a beautiful thing!

Support:
Doesn't apply - haven't needed anything from the company.

Overall:
At this point, it does everything I need it to do and it does it well. For podcasts and creating backing trax, it does it all. If I was lost or stolen, I would purchase another one in a heart beat! Only complaint is that some kind of grab device would be nice (otherwise known as a handle)

Submitted: 7/2/2008

Style of Music: Gospel

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The Helix Board 12FW MkII sounds great and works hard both in and out of the studio. It features a 96 KHz FireWire interface that lets you individually stream up to 10 independent channels of audio to the computer and return 2 channels to the mixer for monitoring -- all with near-zero latency.

Features
FireWire Pre/post setting for swapping streaming input channels to computer from pre low cut, EQ to post EQ, post fader

12-input small-format analog mixer with extremely low noise circuitry

DFX, our 40-bit digital multi-effect processor with 100 programs plus tap delay and foot switch jacks

96 kHz FireWire interface for streaming 10 independent channels of audio to computer with near-zero latency

Two channels of monitoring from computer via FireWire interface

Channel 9/10 routed to Computer can be selected from main mix, ALT 3/4 and aux 1/2

Four mono Mic/Line channels

Two stereo channels, two stereo AUX Returns, two AUX Sends

3-band EQ on each channel

75 Hz low-cut filter on mono channel

Inserts on channel 1 & 2

+48V phantom power on Mic channels

Stereo AUX Send 1 cue for monitoring individual channel

Master AUX section with EFX to Monitor

Extra ALT 3-4 stereo bus

Control room/Phones source matrix

Balanced master output with 60 mm fader control

High-volume headphone output

Compatible with Mac OS X and Windows XP

Steinberg Cubase LE workstation software included
4 mono, 2 stereo inputs. Stream 10 independent channels to computer. 40-bit FX processor.
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