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I love this mixer! As stated by others effects usage is probably the hardest part of the mixer to figure out, but hey that's what there YouTube channel is there for and it was a lot of help in that area. My primary use is for my weekly karaoke gig. And the sound I'm able to get using the parametric eq's to bring out the vocals for my singers. Every week my crowds are growing as my singers pass the word around. And I get great comments from the club owners and singers. My next purchase will be the xr18 just for the more advanced recording flexibility, the xr12 only does 2 channel stereo recording and I want to be able to tweak my singers recordings and I'll be able to do that with the xr18. And the built in wireless works great with no issues and has great range to sit in the back of the room to make adjustments with my iPad. I've been able to reduce the weight of my 10 space rack case system by 20lbs removing components because it's all built on the the xr12.

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Overall, this mixer has everything you would need and some.

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This mixer makes everything sound better. It has so many features I'm still finding stuff everyday. Like other reviews have said, manuals are not helpful for features. I used this mixer with 4 Behringer CE500bk and 3 audio Technica mics and an iPad for back ground music. Just that alone was enough for close to 300 ppl to hear announcements and music. The effects are controlled via the iPad. The features with the iPad, Android or Windows are just amazing. You have so much control over your sound. You have full rack equipment all in your tablet ( maximizers, compressors, reverb, stereo exciters and many more) for total control over your sound. The software is stable and doesn't crash. I set mine up with a simple netgear router with the Ethernet cable plugged into "1" slot on router to the Ethernet on the mixer. I left the mixer under the table and all cables under the table. Only things on top the table is the iPads and router. And that's the setup. At home I found use for it in my desk recording studio setup. It bring my music out full and up front. Behringer has made an excellent product yet again.

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I've been using this mixer for 6 months now and I have been impressed with it's ease of use and features that are included. I've been a DJ/Karaoke host for 20+ years and this is the best mixer I have ever owned. I'm able to bring out the singers voice with parametric eq's and ring out the speakers from the main mix. I have every possible effect if could need for any situation. and the price point is the best feature of all. i've been able to remove 4 other pieces of equipment from my rack case because this mixer has every thing built into the software that I was using. external eq's, reverb/delay, compressors. I've dropped at 10 LBS out of my rack. and packing in & out on a nightly basis this mixer has made things a lot easier on the back.

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Long story short, I purchased this as a mixer for DJ, Solo-Duo gigs in a bar & grill type setting. All was good, especially the option to dial in an awesome FOH mix all by my lonesome, via Android tablet or cat5 cable plugged between XR12 and laptop. All good...until that one time it wasn't all good. I found out the hard way, I needed the tactile control of a physical fader to shut everything down RIGHT NOW...not after 3 swipes at a virtual fader on a tablet. Hmmm, back to an analog board, but still running the mains out thru the XR12 so I can do soundcheck by x-Air app. Game changer was the use of an X-Touch Compact's motorized mixer/fader bank, allowing control of the XR12's vast features via a good 'ol set of physical faders and buttons. Wow, after dusting off the XR12, using an awesome 3rd party software app alongside the X-Air app, I found out this was a dream set up for live mixer control. The XR12 is an amazing mixer,with way more options than any other analog mixer in similar price range. A bit of a learning curve, but it's worth it. zZounds had the best price out of all online retailer's, a lower price which also included the carry bag. I like the way they take care of bizness!

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I was a little worried on how this thing would work out on a live performance platform and how it would sound. Let me tell you, you will not be disappointed. This thing is something else. This act has gone from sounding good to sounding like a studio recording. I am using an ipad. It took me about 5 hours to get used to the layout and functions. After that it was smooth sailing. This thing has a lot of features and it will run away with you if you go too fast. Take your time adjusting the EQ and effects. The wifi is easy to use as well. I also want to thank zZounds. They are true professionals and their staff really cares about their customers as they are always there to help you in any way they can....

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I've been a sound guy, singer, musician for a long time and the flexibility this little piece of equipment gives me and my band is unlike anything I've seen come along in regards to mixing. The quality of the sound is spot on, quiet, and responsive. I am nor experiencing any latency at all! It has all of the tools of the large digital boards, but without having to run a snake to a sound table that you had to either find a hole to set up or move a few people in the audience to set up....now I can sit right in the middle of them only taking up my seat and do all the mixing and fine tuning I need to do for whomever I'm mixing for! Only downfall is learning fx...a little tricky. And....all this for $299? Crazy!

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First things first: the mixer sounds good and it's easy to use. Wi Fi works well and the unit is made well enough to last, if you treat it properly (as with any piece of equipment) - The things I would like changed (they could be via firmware and software updates) are: 1) as it stands INSERT EFX take a spot from the SEND effects. That's a limitation because the inserts effect should be a separate entity from the send effects. Processing power should not be an issue nowadays when you have phones that can do amazing things. Seems Behringer is stripping down the unit for no reason. 2) The USB playback does NOT read mp3! If you want to play music on breaks and/or use some backing tracks you will have to do everything in WAV, the ONLY supported format. Again, totally unnecessary limitation and a short sighted one. 3) You can use the 31 band EQ on STEREO out and BUSSES only - if you want to take care of problematic feedback on individual channels using the 31 band eq...you can't. 4) on the subject of feedback: why not add an automatic, real time feedback process since Behringer already has it in other units? They already have the software. OF course, you can tune the room before but, that's not always possible on smaller gigs, especially when people are already there. No one wants to listen to you "ringing" the speakers. 5) Would have been nice to have an additional STEREO out with an analog volume control. There is a phone out but, would be nice to have another out for monitoring the live mix with a set of speakers in certain situations. Those are my wish list changes. The mixer does sound good and it's super easy to use. Some the UI could be improved and surely they will continue to issue new updates to both firmware and software. Their support is non-existent as is the documentation. The Wiki page is useless for the most part and their forums seem to be taken over by "know-it-all" users that look down upon features request making it useless to post there. I hope Behringer addresses those issues. I think in an effort to cut down on their customer service expenses they have actually created an endless (and useless) loop of Wiki Page, links that are wrong, lacking documentation and hostile forums.

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