Behringer Mixer

James Sission · Post by **James Sission** » 3 Dec 2005 8:35 am

I was wondering if someone might help me a little. I have not messed with a sound system in many years, all the new stuff is confusing to me. I want to run my peavey 112 and my CD player into a mixer and then to a flooe monitor at my feet so I can mix them and get a "more live" feel to my practice sessions. My questions is, is something like the little 80 dollar Behringer Mixer like the UB1202 or UB802 ok for that ? Second question, will they work without buying a seperate power amp ? Third question, what is "phantom power" ? I want to mix stuff to a monitor, I dont want to practice with headphones on, I dont like them and I dont like not being able to hear whats going on around me....Any input would be appreciated....James

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 3 Dec 2005 9:09 am

I have one of those, but I only use it with headphones. It only puts out line voltage, so it is like a preamp, and needs a power amp to drive a speaker. Here is what I think you can do. Either go from your volume pedal staight into the mixer; or go first into the NV112, then go from the Preamp Out into the mixer. In either case, from the mixer go into the NV112 Power Amp In. You will then be using the NV112 as a powered monitor. The only problem with this is that the NV112 is not a full range speaker, and so the CD material may not sound great in the highs. To get true hi-fi sound, you will have to use a power amp and a full range monitor. You could try going from the NV112 Power Amp Out into a full range speaker.

However, I'm not sure I see the point of what you want to do. If I want to play along with a CD without headphones, I just crank up the stereo for the CD (you have to have a pretty decent system and speakers), and play my steel through its usual steel amp. If you want the sound all coming from the same place, as if you were going directly into a PA board and hearing everything through a monitor, then just set your guitar speaker right between your stereo speakers.

You go into the 1/4" phone jacks on the front of the mixer. The Phantom jacks on the back are for certain kinds of microphone plugs.[This message was edited by David Doggett on 03 December 2005 at 09:22 AM.]

George Macdonald · Post by **George Macdonald** » 3 Dec 2005 9:49 am

James, I use a little CD player through an amp a lot both here at home and when I play out with rythm tracks. When I use a Peavey Nashville 1000 or Nash. 112 I just go from the CD player into the second input of the amp. The CD player has a volume control on it. When I use my Fender Steel King, [which will be most of the time], I use a little Behringer 602A mixer into and out of the effects loop in the back of the Steel King. The Steel King just has one input in the front. With the mixer, you can control the volume as well as eq. the highs mids and bass of the tracks. George

James Sission · Post by **James Sission** » 3 Dec 2005 2:17 pm

Thanks a bunch for the ideas guys...I really appreciate it...James

Keith Murrow · Post by **Keith Murrow** » 6 Dec 2005 4:21 pm

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Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 6 Dec 2005 11:18 pm

I have an MX802A that I've used as a mixer into my computer's soundcard line-in for home recording, and I've used it on a few gigs so that I could mix my steel and regular guitar into the same amp. While not commercial studio quality, it does what I bought it for very well and has a lot of flexibility, has phantom power, about every kind of in and out you could want and then some.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 7 Dec 2005 12:58 am

I had a similar situation, wanting to be able to leave a drum machine, CD player, two channels from a split signal all hooked up. After looking around at gear and reading specs, I ended up going with the Samson MDR624 mixer instead of Behringer. There's more outputs for recording and a few other advantages, for my use at least. I paid about $75 with shipping. I do have some Behringer stuff, it was just specific needs that I had.

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 7 Dec 2005 6:21 am

If you want to save money, take Georges' advice. I have connected a cd player ($10 at Walmart) into the low level input of my NV112. You can control the CD level with the volume control on the CD player.
I have used this setup for rehearsals, when the band has to learn a new song.
I went a little further and mounted a volume control in a small metal box. I connected both sides of the CD output through 47k resistors to the input of the volume control.

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James Sission · Post by **James Sission** » 13 Dec 2005 1:50 pm

I appreciate all the help on this. Its been very enlightening, and I thank all of you guys for giving me some ideas....James

Scott Appleton · Post by **Scott Appleton** » 13 Dec 2005 9:56 pm

From a Purely audiophile vewpoint the Behringer is
mising some fundamental frequencys.. you get what you pay for. They do the job but I would rather not
use one if I had a choice. i would go for a Alesis or
a sony or someone who is not trying for the cheapest market.

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Klaus Caprani · Post by **Klaus Caprani** » 14 Dec 2005 2:38 am

I've got a Behringer MX 602 A. To me it sounds pretty good, but rather noisy. Don't use it too much anymore, except for handling my headphone and monitor levels.

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Larry R · Post by **Larry R** » 15 Dec 2005 9:12 am

I bought a Behringer UB1202 (12 input, 2 bus) mixer 2 yrs ago for several reasons:
1. to use on the road when an amplifier wasn't convenient (i.e. Hotel rooms, back stage, on stage, etc).
2. To tune with on stage with headphones amidst noisy situations or in the event that a string breaks and you have to fine tune the new string.
3. To allow tape or cd inputs for practicing along with recorded music.
4. To run a second channel mix or instrument into the mix.

Any of the above reasons could have been used with any number of small mixers but the music store that I bought from had a good price on them and had a bunch of them, so I bought the Behringer.

That unit has been one of the best investments in my collection of music gear and has saved my !@#$ many times on and off the stage.
Most recently my band has gone totally to SHURE PSM 600 IN EAR MONITORS. Everyone had their own ear monitors except me. I was almost at a total loss the first time we played and I had no monitors beside me or in front of me, only front of the house speakers way out in front of me. After the 1rst set, our sound engineer saw the frustration I was dealing with and saw that I had the Behringer mixer with me. We ran a channel from the Main Board to the Behringer and then a channel from my Evans amp to the Behringer. I put on my headphones. Viola, I now had an inexpensive set of "Over the Head and On the Ear Monitors".
Yep, a small mixer was one of the best investments I ever made in my sound eqpt. I won't go on stage without it. I bought an inexpensive pistol case at Academy Sporting Goods to transport it in. Both work great for me.