Re: Soundcraft Ui 16 mixer
They are 'OK'. Excellent user interface. Easy to operate. The built in FX, etc., are really good. The ability to save scenes and presets is superb if you are coming from an analog background. The built-in anti-feedback system on these is really good too. There is one area of the Ui-12 and Ui-16 that is a real issue with low output mics and that's the preamps. They are far 'noisier' than competing systems, especially with phantom power engaged. The noise floor is really high. The later Ui24 does not suffer from this issue (they totally redesigned the preamps on that model). The preamps are OK if you use very high output mics - but for dynamic or other low-output mics they really 'hiss' a lot more than you might find acceptable. I've set up a few people with these (that being said) and they were all happy with them.. the only competition at that price is the Behringer's... the preamps on those are better than on the UI12 and Ui16, but the user interface is nowhere near as nice and they have a few other issues of their own. My actual recommendation for a small digital console would be the QSC Touchmix 8 or Touchmix 16. These are outstanding. Lovely clean, high gain preamps. Very low noise floor. Functionality and user-interface is excellent. FX are first class. They are really nice little desks. They are a lot more expensive than the Soundcraft Ui16's though...
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