Reddit reviews Behringer Xenyx 1002B Premium 10-Input 2-Bus Mixer with XENYX Preamps, British EQs and Optional Battery Operation

I've been using a Behringer Xenyx 1002B for a couple years now. It only has 1 FX send and 1 aux send, which isn't ideal for my purposes. But despite all the Behringer hate, it's treated me well up to this point, at a low cost. It's definitely noisy when recording, though.

[This is the mixer I have for example.] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027B41P0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) On the top right there is a main send, phones, mon send and fx send. For this mixer you would turn down the red(mon) knobs for each channel except for channel 1, your mic, to isolate it. Then you would connect the mon send to your mic line in with a 1/4" to 3.5mm cable. Then you could either use the 1/4" or rca output to send all the sound to your pc, which is what you will be hearing through your headphones.

Edit: It looks like the mixer you linked has these features :)

(5) Behringer Ultravoice Xm8500 - $100

(1) Behringer Xenyx 1002B - $100

(6) XLR Cables - $35

(1) 1/4" to 3.5mm cable - $10

Total = $245 (before tax)

I'm guessing you've got a computer, so I included a cable to run from the headphone output of the mixer to the 'record-in' on your computer. Audacity/Garage Band/etc will record the podcast fine.

This is quite literally the lowest barrier to entry for a 5 person podcast if you buy new. You could probably find this stuff cheaper used but it may take more time finding everything than it's worth- at the very least you want to make sure your microphones match (sound-wise).

The alternative is 5 guys sitting around an audio recorder or an iPhone, but that doesn't sound good nor does it allow for proper conversation, so I don't really consider that a podcast.

That mixer only has two stereo channels (5/6 & 7/8 with faders), you'd have to use both ch 1 & 2 panned L/R as another stereo pair, then 3 & 4 panned L/R for another pair. Then you'd no mic inputs.

You can get tricky and use the tape input as another, but its easier to find a better mixer - I'll look around and post back in a bit.

This Behringer desk mixer with 2 mono (mic) channels and 4 stereo line channels would work better -

• https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-1002B-BEHRINGER-XENYX/dp/B0027B41P0/
  
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  Also, as a protip: you don't need XLR input for a mic with XLR connections, you can use a XLR to 1/4" TRS balanced mic cable in most mixers with 1/4" inputs. The bigger question would be do you need phantom power for your mic (is it a condenser mic?). In which case, you'll want a mixer with a great preamp too.
  
  

i don't know. i have their xeynx 1002b mixer, and it is very solid. at $100 brand new and with faders, it can't be beat. you can't find a mixer with that channel count and faders any cheaper. the build quality is not reflected in the cheap price.

whoops that reply was meant for a different thread but it still fits lol.

I have fixed the link

Devices:

Antlion Audio ModMic
Behringer Xenyx 1002B
Rode VXLR Plus XLR to 3.5mm Female TRS Transforming Adapter
Rode VXLR Adapter for VideoMic Mini-Jack Female to XLR Male

The XLR to 3.5mm converts 48v to 5v and that makes the mic work but it introduces noise when turned on

The Beringer 1000B - I HOPE this will work with the adapter.

Jup, it should. If you don't have a pre amp already, you could consider buying a small behringer mixer to add a little flexibility in your setup.

If you route the output of the mixer into the MPC's input, you can add a few other audio sources to sample from (cassette deck, tv, pc etc.) without diving behind your amp and switching cables every time.

For example this one is pretty cheap and has pre amps. Secondhand they cost next to nothing if you find one.

all you need is

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-Premium-10-Input-Optional-Operation/dp/B0027B41P0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1491877117&sr=8-9&keywords=behringer+mixer

and

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NJ2TIE/ref=sr_ph_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491877289&sr=sr-1&keywords=behringer+microphone

less than 200 and youll have everything, grab a couple cables.

If I were to buy this mixer http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-1002B-BEHRINGER-XENYX/dp/B0027B41P0 would the setup we are talking about work?

TBD. We were honestly hoping to get a few episodes in the can before making any major investments, but that might be unavoidable. Here's what I'm looking at so far:

Mixer option 1

Mixer option 2

Mics

Audio out to laptop

XLR cables for phantom power

The mics each come with an XLR to 3.5mm cable which would be swapped out. I'm leaning more toward 4 mics and to have people share mics if we have additional guests. 4 is probably more realistic than 6.

Yeah, you could get an additional set, but make sure if you do that you get the uhf set so you can change channels on the second set. Also you would likely need an external mixer for any more than one set, which isn’t a bad idea anyway but I don’t know what your budget is. If you want to record through USB this one would be okay but you would need to do a bit of adapter gymnastics to get your full 5 channels:
BEHRINGER XENYX Q1202USB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CTKI45M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0912AbNZ76M19

Or if you don’t need USB this one is a bit better sized:
BEHRINGER XENYX 1002B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0027B41P0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_a912AbVWNHMKZ

Once again I’m assuming a budget of next to nothing so this is pretty much the minimum you’d want to get the job done. Another option would be to use the wired mic that you already have on one person, then wireless on everyone else into a two channel mixer such as this one:
BEHRINGER XENYX 502 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000J5UEGQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_s812AbEF7EKSG
But the jankiness of that setup scares me a bit.

Oh and here’s a 2 channel mic setup as well.
GTD Audio U-35L UHF Wireless Microphone System with Headset Lavaliere Microphone https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013XVR85M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_4l22AbVB766XE