MG10XU Analog Mixer

I was confused for USB interface vs mixers vs Karaoke/ independent microphones. I wanted a setup to cover both live vocal and instrumental performances with option to record to PC or pod-casting. I did some research for beginner to intermediate level home studio setup. Also visited a professional recording studio before finalizing this amateur setup. If you're confused whether to go for USB audio interface or mixer: 1) USB audio interfaces with RCA input/ line inputs - go for this if you want to RECORD audio from a mixer, amplifier or any other AV device that has AV output. This can work to record cassette / CD player audio to your computer. This is the cheapest option with reasonable quality. Behringer gives most cost effective options. 2) USB audio interfaces with both mic and line inputs- these are good for recording from AV source and mic input particularly for recording live music performance with instruments. Costlier than 1 above and the cost increases as you look for more inputs sources. Example, Focusrite Scarlet, Behringer, Steinberg, Zoom etc. 3) Audio Mixers: You need a mixer, if you've multiple input sources. Do not go for audio interface with many inputs - you'll not get results with desired flexibility. ** Go for a mixer with as many inputs as you need for live performance and add USB audio interface for recording.** You're good to go for both live performance, recording to PC, pod-casting, Karaoke performances. Example, Yamaha, Mackie, Behringer, Steinberg etc. There are analog audio mixers with USB interface (like this MG10XU), but the recording results over USB are not as expected (USB sound output is too low) unless you go for costly digital mixers. I went for UCA222 with this Yamaha MG10XU that gives best possibility for all possible combinations for an professional quality amateur home studio. The download of Cubase available with this is trouble-free from Steinberg, but it is too huge and technical for beginners. Audacity is a better option for beginners. Windows 10 recognizes MG10XU as recording device and configure the drivers. Personally, I'm satisfied with recording via MG10XU USB interface to Audacity with some Amplification effect. This model MG10XU is a piece of beauty and quality. Nice value for money. The built, finish, presentation is good and controls' handling is smooth. The sound quality rendered by Yamaha is excellent and the effects are good. You'll need a lot of cables and connector/ converters, so research before you buy accessories to minimize cables, connections and converters. Went for Yamaha instead of Mackie or Berhinger for better chances of support in India. PS: Professional mixing and recording is quite different consideration. Above holds good for small to medium home or amateur setup.

Tell you what! Just an amazing product whether you are a pro or a beginner you can close your eyes and get it.... Just a suggestion if the seller include some accessories like at least an xlr cable would be nice...

Sound quality awesome, absolutely value for Money and best digital eco effects . Some issues of existing cables just like sterio cable but problem solve. My suggestion are pls provided existing cables with this mixer. All over fabulous product.

best ,Cocoblue is best Seller

This mixer is great peace of art made by yamaha ,this can give you joy of karaoke ,home studio quality recording,live performances thanks to spx 24 digital effects ,while recording you get crystal clear noice free 24 bit 192 khz quality recorded file ,i also like this mg10xu very much because its a very very simple mixer to operate ,but read user manual very care fully before use it first time if you are a beginner. Last but not least , for recording always u need to amplify output file through various daw like audacity ,traction,cubase ,ects because it will give u very low volume sound recording which we have to amplify by the help of daw (digital audio workstation ) . Pros:- 1- best recording quality 24 bit 192 khz 2- very easy to use. 3- great mic pre apms ,0 noice i feel . 4- compact not need much space but yet feature full. 5- adopter is with 2 pin ac plug this will reduce issue of ground loop 6- made in Malaysia {not Chinese} And many more pros are there 7- great 24 spx effects covers each and every effects one need in live performances Cons- 1. It is suitable for small bands only not for big ones 2. It gives low volume output while recording in pc via usb but it can be amplify by daw (digital audio workstation ) very easily . This is it this is a great mixer with great spx 24 effects

While this was a bit costlier for me, I am very happy with the purchase. This has excellent sound quality, no observable latency, accepts many different inputs, has good effects. Two minor cons I have seen (I would still buy the product in spite of these): 1. It gets a bit hotter than what I would like. 2. With USB, the output is a single stereo channel (for recording say using Audacity). Ideal for me would have been to record as a stereo music channel and mono vocals. However, I am able to pan all music into the left stereo channel and vocals into the right stereo channel, thus recording them both separately as two mono channels. It is then easy to separate the recorded stereo channel into two mono channels using Audacity (and most likely other software).

This is the best one for Karoake and home recordings.. even live streaming is pretty good with this console., Im very satisfied with Yamaha 10xu mixer for it sounds pretty good and USB option is very useful for zoom musical shows. Really worth buying it and I bet u can give a professional standard high quality music with this excellent concise. Loads of luv Yamaha for this fabulous one!! ❤️❤️❤️

Adapter missing with this product

I looked at buying a few different mixers before deciding on this one. I was looking for something that was reliable sounded great, and had a good feature set. This mixer is great for a few reasons 1) It's yamaha. They are generally pretty reliable. I own other yamaha music equipment and haven't had any issues with any of those items 2) Has good fx including a compressor. The mic compressor alone makes this product so much better then other mixers in terms of versatility. For recording its nice to have a little compression for the vocal before it hits the AD converter. 3) You can use this as an interface. I can't comment on its use as a an interface as I own a universal audio solo 610 interface that I love. But its a good feature to have. 4) The reverb: sounds wonderful. Particularly room 1, fx 3. It helps to glue everything together and put it in the same space. 5) The use the fx send and it has been great for a ton of uses. I use it mostly as an external bus. Whats great here is that you can use the internal effect like say a reverb and mix in a little. You can simultaneously use the fx send and send out to a delay unit, and then place the return on another channel. Other units its fx send or internal fx, you won't be able to use both. 6) Feels sturdy and seems well built. So far i've had it on well over 20 hours of use and its been good. I'll update this in a few months. 7) Value. For the money if you compare the comparable mixers like behringer and mackie I think the choice is clear. Both of the former companies have reliability issues. Mackie preamps are good but fx are bad. Behringer preamps are hit and miss but fx are good. Yamaha is overall great. Cons: For me nothing really except I wish the EQ had three bands for every channel. And I wish I could have an fx send that wasn't tied to the internal fx.

This thing is Industry standard ready and good as it gets far as im concerned. Mixes perfect with any proper gear I've thrown at it and records on cubase perfectly which is just as great of a program and all you really need for a DAW, and it comes with that too if you dont have it already. You really should. Make the right choice. It's also completly gig proof, delivery driver proof, and idiot proof, so it survives my daily use. So is Cusbase. Oh and it gets hot, because it's suppsed to, not burning hot indoors at 25c, but it's working good as it's overdriven preamps design were intended. It's yamaha, it works fine. It don't break. M audio, behringer, things like that, broken, don't even have industry standard sound processors or hardware, just fine china. When you do sort through all the company propaganda and ads, youll find their top tier actual industry standart gear is like the same price or even more than, actual industry standard gear. Get an Art tube basic tube amp, some Shure sm57 or 58 if you have too, and some instruments, pedals, proper gain and preamps, soundsystem style, outboard gear. Analog. Mix and master in Cuebase intuitively, actually finish a project, and tools to polish it up if needed. The original one I sold after 10 years use was still in perfect condition. This model I prefer and would recommend. The Cubase v4 that came with it is still running my projects and samples etc on an old IBM and integrates with all the new stuff as well. Keep it up Yamaha. The best. I got on a ton of other sequencers DAW and what not and found the workflow completely inferior, counterproductive to put it nicely. Stop fiddling around with crap and get your music done right fellas. Enjoy. Free and goot VST's VST3 now I suppose and all sorts of good helpers on cuebase if you find the right bunch.

THANK YOU SELLER FOR SUCH EXCELLENT & ORIGINAL PRODUCT LIKE THIS!! This is my first ever Mixing Console! This product is easy to use but need also some knowledge how to use it. While waiting this product I've watched so many reviews and tutorials in Youtube. Over all i love this Yamaha MG10XU👌👏

delivered with US power adapter plug, disappointing

...Then number one thing on stage is how you sound, however, looking good (as best we can) is also important. Yamaha goes out of there way to make us look bad and create dangerous trip hazards; The cord is sent to you wadded up in a figure at , so you have a serpintine power cord that will always look like trash and become a trip hazard, add insult to injury they give you a humongous power supply , that is in the middle of the cord, it should be integrated or a foot or so from the wall socket/power source end. There is NO excuse for anyone to send you a waded up figure 8 cord, a round coil never takes up more room and runs a straight line when you uncoil it, shame on yamaha, not to go over the trip hazard again, but it is also there. One last minor issue is that I would prefer the grounds on the balanced mic cords to be reversed or oriented toward the top or backside of the mixer, cause I like to used 90angle low profile balanced outs, so the can only run straight across the board in my case. Thats the bad stuff , now the good; Love the unit itself, I didn't even open the manual if it came with one, pretty intuitive if you've ever had a mixing board with onboard effects. The effects are limited to one at a time or a preset mix, which is really bad for some, but I'm fine with it, I only need one basic sound. I like effect 4, I turn it way up on my vocal channel and about 1/2 or less in the global sound pretty natural to my ears. The unit itself also looks great, layout is good, sound is great, of course you need decent active/powered speakers to go along with it and a good mic , as is true in most cases today. There is no noise when I turn the power switch on or off, while speakers are on, bravo, that is nice. I place this on a music stand, with notepad by its side, I have the music stand fixed, so the tray can't possibly swivel, before I locked it in by drilling and bolting the weight of the unit would cause it to spill everything on the ground, music stands aren't made for that kind of weight, but it makes things very convenient, and when fixed' , pretty bullet proof. I strap cables to the stand so they exit the area low as opposed to high, you can figure out why lol..... I read numerous reviews on like priced boards, chose this one , with maybe a feature here or there missing, or features I don't need added, but the cores is there and reliability was rated above pretty much all the others, so for an extra $20.00 approx, I got something that I have a pretty good idea won't develope scratchy/noisy pots, and naggling fails after 6 mos or a year. One issue that many of you will see as a plus is the connectivity , I did not want any of that, I just wanted a great live performance machine, and hoped that the developement money and components would not suffer do to features that I don't need nor want. Overall, I'm very happy with the board itself.