Rack-mountable is not an issue for me - extremely unlikely to want to.
Klark-Teknik - maybe better? TBH the onboard FX are a nice-to-have for sketching tracks out but I'm unlikely to be recording them anyway - I'll use better plugins mostly.
My usage - mostly for sketching out tracks, not wanting studio quality recording.
I'll likely record hw synths directly still rather than via mixer, though might do both as it lets me use hw comps etc more easily
Likely to have everything into mixer via patchbay - meaning recording direct via patchbay is still easy.
Won't be recording multiple tracks at once, so the 4bus/direct outs are nice but not essential. Def will get use, but again it's a bonus, not necessary.
USB - not sure. I might use the Behringer on-board one and it has capability to feed back the DAW into the mixer. But the mixer USB is limited at 48kHz/16bit, so my UR22 is better quality already and can also do a input/DAW mix. Nice to have both options, though most likely going to use my own interface.
Pros - USB, loads more channels than competition, shit-full of features, great price, seems to be mostly balanced option for the mains, it even has comps on channels!
Cons - probably not as good quality/clarity as other mixers, can't think of any other cons
. (EDIT - only 60mm faders, but at this price no other mixers have 100mm either).Haven't used a Behringer mixer for ages - my last experience was the old Euro mixers that were good value but IMO had muddy Eq and noticeable cross-channel bleed. But surely they've improved quality since then? And if not recording as such with it, the cross-talk is mainly a non-issue if it still exists but might record via mixer if the quality is there. Eq - nice to have but I likely won't actually record with it. I could get nominally better mixers for same price but with less features/channels and I need those channels.
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