Audio mixers

Squareepants · November 25, 2023

what would the best mixer for a xlr mic in 100$-150$ price range

Heats with Nvidia · November 26, 2023

That depends on what you want to accomplish. If it can be purely analog, i am a fan of the Yamaha MG06. Its very reliable and just a very practical tool that i use for a lot of purposes. But if you want to connect your mic (What type of mic is ist, by the way?) to your computer, just invest that money in an interface then you also get a better sound for your headphones out of that deal.

NinJake · November 27, 2023

I can agree that the Yamaha mixer is a solid choice if you really want a mixer. One of the benefits of a mixer over an audio interface is the ability to add additional sources if the need comes up in the future. For example, I use a mixer at home with my desktop pc and laptop, the laptop is plugged into a "dock/hub" and that hub feeds the audio into my mixer. Whether I want to use headphones or my speakers, I turn the volume knob for either on the mixer and can independently have both outputs going at different levels (normally I either go all in for headphones or speakers... no real reason to have both going)

Example. Spotify / discord is loaded on laptop

Game is loaded on desktop

Both sources come thru my speakers.

This all depends on your use case though and if you feel you'll ever see yourself needing such functionality. Otherwise an audio interface is definitely the way to go.