If your a podcaster or a home DJ or a creator of great music in your bedroom, the one thing you really want is a mixer that is powerful on features and yet compact for the environment your in. This is a great contender for that prize.
The Xenyx Series is a powerful and yet budget conscious and comes in many shapes and sizes from $40 up to $300 and delivers a lot of features for little outlay.
The 1202FX is so called as it has 12 channel inputs and 1 FX loop that you can apply to any of those channels. The retail price of this is around £120, but with a little haggling you can get one for under £100.
The controls are traditional and simple, yet manageable even if you have large hands. There’s 4 XLR inputs for your microphones and Phantom Power as well. the other inputs are all 1/4inch jack. There’s outputs for control rooms and phones which is more than you could expect from a small cheap mixer.
Would I buy it again...Yes but now I’ve had my appetite for Firewire tweaked, I think I’d pay the extra and upgrade.
A Very Solid 3 Golden Bagels.
Ewen Rankin