Behringer Review: UB2442FX-Pro

History:

Purchase: I picked up this unit after trading in my old mixer at my local music store. It was $569 CAD plus tax.

What I Like About This Behringer UB2442FX-Pro: I like the preamps, and the way everything is mounted, with the knobs riding on the metal, and the potentiometers inside (built like a mackie!) By far the best part of this unit is the direct outs on channels 1-8. This is the only mixer I could find that had that feature in a reasonable price range. The built in effects are decent too, good enough for live use anyway.

What I Do NOT Like About The Behringer UB2442FX-Pro: The direct outs aren't balanced! Who's stupid idea was that? I run it into my Digi001 with 1 fotters and I can't tell the difference, but I would like to know who decided to make the main selling point UNBALANCED! Also, I wish they would make a version without the effects. Like I said, they are good enough for live use. But I own a recording studio and I don't need them. Lots of others feel this way too.

Behringer UB2442FX-Pro Quality Rating: The unit is built tough. The faders are smooth, the detents at 12 oclock on the knobs are enough to let you know that it's not going anywhere until you turn it, and it is better than any of the other behringer mixers I've used in the past.

Review Summary: I wish that behringer would hire some people that speak english to write their english manuals. I have owned 5 behringer products over the years, and all manuals are ridden with typos, run on sentances, and in the case of the fcb1010 midi controller, it was useless.

Rating of this Behringer product: 4

This Behringer UB2442FX-Pro PA Gear Review Submitted By: Andrew Nicholls

Review Date: 2003-10-28