Behringer SX2442FX Eurodesk 24-Channel Mixer
Behringer's SX2442FX Eurodesk gives you 24 audio channels, 16 XENYX microphone preamps and 24-bit effects built-in to ensure that you're ready for every gig.
Overall User Ratings (based on 25 ratings)
Submitted December 20, 2010 by a customer from schalck.net
"Durable, Functional, Compact"
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We've had it for 3+ years and will keep it as long as it keeps going.
Sound
I think it sounds good. We are a church choir that sings at various venues. We have some other components that I would like to replace for sound issues, but not this board.
Features
It does everything I need for a group of 7-9 singers and 3-6 instruments.
Ease of Use
The controls are simple and intuitive.
Quality
I had one input channel go out shortly after purchase, but I think it was my fault, over drove it a lot on accident and probably fried something. Never bothered to try and get it fixed because we were OK with one less channel most of the time. Otherwise it stands up to moves from location to location very well, still in the original cardboard box. Probably time to get a better case.
Value
I think the price/feature ratio on this thing is great. I use the FX processor a lot and it works great.
Manufacturer Support
I don't really know, never had to use it.
The Wow Factor
It is clean, compact and very functional!
Musical Background:
Recording engineer wannabe
Musical Style:
Contemporary Christian
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Submitted November 8, 2011 by a customer from mywdo.com
"Super compact Behringer BEHSX2442FX mixer"
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I'll run it till it quits turning on, then probably order another or the newer version.
Sound
This is a great little board for the $.
Features
I would give it a 10, but feel it needed more Aux sends for my needs.
Ease of Use
Super easy to use, right from the box.
Quality
This is a great little board, built well, and rugged.
Value
I selected this board because it is the best "bang for buck" period.
Manufacturer Support
Have had no problems, but anticipate no issue with support due to the quality of the mixer for the $
The Wow Factor
The small format makes this a great modular component piece.
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
old rock, christian contemporary, country
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Submitted August 31, 2010 by a customer from gmail.com
"Sounds good for the price."
Sound
This mixer sounds great for the price.
Features
The effects on this are great. I have had high school rock bands come and ask me if I could change how their voice sounds. I also use this in the studio and the presets are great.
Ease of Use
This product is as easy as plug and play. It takes me 10 min to hook this up.
Quality
The knobs are all different. Some stick some you don't need to touch to turn.
Manufacturer Support
I have not used the support yet.
Musical Background:
Work for zipher productions
Musical Style:
Techno
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Submitted March 31, 2010 by a customer from aol.com
"Good equiptment gets the job done at a good price can't beat that"
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I think I'll be using it for a long time
Sound
It's not a cadillac but it does the job I've had mine for two years
we play 3 nights a week i have had no problem so far I do'nt understand why people complain so much for the price it's a good deal, do they know what the are doing
Value
best deal for the price
Manufacturer Support
I
The Wow Factor
It'nice and compact
Musical Background:
Active musician
Musical Style:
Spanish top 40
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Submitted September 20, 2010 by a customer from walshfam.org
"Two boards failed in 30 days! Don't buy! You'll get what you pay for."
I have to rate this so low because of two of the same failures in two new boards within 30 days. If Behringer built a better effects system, these would be GREAT entry-level boards. Spend the extra dough for Mackie or Allen & Heath. I wish I did from the start!
Sound
Significant crosstalk, especially with strong signals. The effects don't sound all that great.
Features
They crammed a ton of features into this board!
Faders and knobs are not very smooth or consistent. Signal indicators only light when signal hits about 0dB, unlike Mackie and Allen & Heath boards that have a meter bridge-like single indicator LED that illuminates at different intensities. As mentioned above, the 99 effects are mediocre, but there are two distinct channels/processors! Could be some more aux sends.
Ease of Use
No complaints here!
Quality
Immediately after I powered up the first board, the effects system started blinking like crazy and sending hissing, distortion, and clicking out the mains, even if I lowered all the FX knobs, master fader. There was no way to stop it (power cycling, holding both effects knobs in). The second board was fine. I returned the first board to guitar center with no problems. The replacement board worked great for 25 days until the same thing happened again! Found other people with the same issue on some forums.
I would have been able to get past the drawbacks in some of the features, but I can't live with the chance of the effects crapping out again and lots of repairs in the future. Let me be clear. The board is unusable if the effects systems fails.
Value
I decided to return BOTH boards to buy two Mackie CFX20 mkIIs. I had bought these Behringers for $499 ea and I decided to drop the extra 500 bucks to get the Mackies at $749 ea. I'd say that the extra $500 is worth the long term investment for my church. These get used at least 3 times per week, sometimes every day. Got extended warranties too.
Manufacturer Support
Not used.
The Wow Factor
Behringer has done a great job with the appearance of their products.
Musical Background:
Non-Pro FOH Engineer
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Submitted September 30, 2021 by a customer from aol.com
"Love this board!"
I have a touring country band and this board has held up to all of the travels we have put it through for the past seven years. This summer was the first issues I have had with it in one channel failing to work (probably the xlr input is loose) and another channel's fader is noisy (probably just needs a cleaning). Once the touring season is over for us, I will take this board in for a tune up, but after seven years of hard, touring use, I couldn't be happier with my investment. When it comes time to get a new board, I will look for the same model.
Sound
I can not give an honest review of manufacture support as I have never had to use it.The only feature I wish this board had was an additional two aux sends.
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Submitted September 18, 2014 by Tom Kinstler in El Paso, TX
"Very nice board"
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I bought this board to give me the room I need to do a full band. I have a 12 channel Peavey, which I now hook up to one of the stereo channels, giving me a board for just percussion. I love the versatility, low noise, optional plug-ins. I can either go amped, or powered speaker, and the gains remain dead spot on. Not much change from non/phantom power characteristics. My only bad on this is the bleed through of the effect channels overrunning the pan/left/right sub-channels. I like complete mutable control with one slide, and the orange knobs take that away.
Musical Background:
I play professionally, and have 45 years of music experience
Musical Style:
Everything
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Submitted April 28, 2011 by a customer from gmail.com
""The Greatest Mixing board of all times""
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I believe is one of the best mixing consoles I ever use
Sound
Really Great piece of equipment, easy to use and set up great effects and reliable
Features
The effects are awesome
Ease of Use
Friendly Usefull
Quality
Graet quality on design and manufactured
Value
Great price for what you get
Manufacturer Support
All the support of the world came with it.
The Wow Factor
Is really loveable, design and look
Musical Background:
Professional Musician
Musical Style:
All
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Submitted February 28, 2016 by Ross Rutherford in Boerne, TX
"A lot of Board"
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This board allows you to do a lot with it and if you know what your doing and know how to run sound this gives you a lot of board for the value. This board has a lot of head room and channels are quite. The only problem I had were the FX did not function but it was a blemished unit. Had to send back and get another board.
Musical Background:
20 Years, Vocalist and Sound, play professionally
Musical Style:
Country, Southern Rock
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Submitted April 9, 2016 by rich l in Navarre, FL
"Very clean mixer"
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The Behringer SX2442FX Eurodesk works great in the studio. Very quiet mixer and versatile.
Musical Background:
experienced
Musical Style:
multi
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Submitted July 12, 2012 by Ernest Graham in Midlothian, VA
"This mixer does its job"
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I have been using this mixer for a few weeks in my job as soundman and it has never let me down. I have this one, the 32 channel version, a xenyx 2442 and a Yamaha MG series mixer that I use regularly. While I cannot recommend the Xenyx line for front line use, the Eurodesk line is ready for use in clubs, bars, churches and even at outdoor events. I have used mine at all these types of events with no issues whatsoever. Reliability and predictability of the gear allows me to concentrate on keeping levels straight and making sure nothing gets into the red and this mixer does that. The Xenyx one however, is prone to making noises you can hear through the speakers when you click buttons like PFL/AFL. I actually like using this mixer now because I know where all the buttons and faders I need are located and it has never failed me or even faltered. The sound is transparent as it should be and I have received many compliments (not on the gear) on the sound of the mix acheived using the mixer and Behringer DSP and amps. Some of the other soundmen seem honestly surprised to hear a clean mix come from this gear. It would have to be a pretty bad mixer for it to ruin my mix by itself. Overall it is quite good when used in a live situation. Sometimes I use the Yamaha mixer and QSC powered speakers on the job instead of this and you cannot tell the difference.
Musical Background:
soundman
Musical Style:
Soundman
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Submitted November 15, 2011 by a customer from rocketmail.com
"It sounds great. Great features, and it has everything that a band needs to perform out bound."
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I would replace it ASAP.
Sound
I think it sounds great, and it does everything that we need it too. The only thing I would like to see change is for the sound person to have controll over the echo amounts. He has to turn the sound down to avoid getting too many echos.
Features
everything is great
Ease of Use
very easy to get sounds. What zzounds needs to do when selling it is to tell the customer who does not have experience that he/she needs a power amp to make it work.
Quality
made great.
Value
I only saw it sell for 10 dollars less than what I paid for it, but I did not have to pay for shipping, which made the diffrence up.
Manufacturer Support
very
The Wow Factor
all the sound effects it gives
Musical Background:
drums Professionally
Musical Style:
Hair rock
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Submitted January 14, 2013 by Andrew C
"WELL PLEASE"
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Purchased for my church and was very impressed with the sound quality, number of channels, easy set up and flexibility. I have hooked up a QSC qx5 and powering two Yamaha 2-way speakers and Peavey monitors. Im well pleased with this product. dont understand how people continue to complain about this board especially for the price!!!!
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Submitted April 17, 2009 by a customer from gmail.com
"Accept Compromise At A Bitter Price"
What a stupid idea. Seriously, what musician or engineer with any self respect would buy anything from this company except for a small accessory or a quick fix? No one with any sense would make a major purchase from this company.
Sound
Behringer products are great, until you touch them. I bought this console on a dare, and my friends are paying me back in installments. The preamps are solid in construction, if you are talking about the construction of a light souffle! Use a feather or a toothpick to move the faders because seriously the wiring in this thing is 1 molecule thick and built by cheap nanobots. If this console existed in space, operated by a weightless, invisible hand, it would be spec-perfect to a more expensive Mackie or comparable mixer. However, we live on Earth, where components need to resist stress, and last over time. Everything you have heard about Behringer is true. It works, but all of a sudden, it doesn't!
Features
All the bells and whistles.
Ease of Use
A clone of a much better product.
Quality
Shoddy components. Cheap plastic things all over it.
Value
If you need something for one session and can't borrow something from a friend, buy this, use it once, and throw it in the trash. Your signals will be thin and compromised, but who can't fix it in the mix? I give this a big 2 fir Behringer's constant devotion to spot on mimicry of reliable products.
Manufacturer Support
You can't get them to help you. They just make things for beginners to use. It's a joke that they are manufacturing products at this high a level. It's like getting a Formula 1 car from Yugo.
The Wow Factor
It's like getting a fake Rolex. Need I say more?
Musical Background:
Professional, Active Musician, Band Director, Novice Engineer
Musical Style:
All Styles. Rock. Post-Pop.
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Submitted April 10, 2016 by Michael Meilicke in Wonder Lake, IL
"Could have been a good one, but not."
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I bought this mixer because our band is growing, and we all decided to invest in upgrading our equipment. This looked like a great board, all the channels plus two effect engines sounded awesome. After getting this board and unpacking it, it lasted about 4 hours and the effects started to go on and off by themselves, cutting the sound on and off as it did this. It was very strange as I messed around with volume sliders trying to figure out why my sound died and then all of the sudden the sound kicked back in with the volume being way to loud, blowing the horns on my JBL speakers. Anyway the mixer finally just quit working all together after only owning it a few hours, the two effect engine lights remained off, and no sound at all. I did some research and found this to be somewhat of a common problem that people have complained about. My question is; If this has been an issue for the last several years, why has Behringer not addressed this problem? my suggestion is don't buy it. Not only did I have to return it, but I had to get my horns repaired on my JBL speakers as the result of this product being faulty. zZounds was very good at the return, and I ended up going with a Mackie Profx22. It really looked like a great mixer, but I will be very hesitent to ever buy anything from Behringer again.
Musical Background:
Singer/songwriter, music producer. Ive been involved in music for over 25 years.Play guitar and keyboards.
Musical Style:
Christian, original, Rock, and Pop, folk...
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