YamahaAg06 6-Channel Mixer / 2 Microphone White

It made my life 100x times happier as I got a tangled setup with 2 laptops (one for work and one is personal). I wanted an all-in-one solution to:- get a very good sound quality to narrate books, record videos, and do streaming- get a phantom power for when I want to use a condenser mic- be able to manually adjust the main sound aspects- be able to monitor myself- have an option to plug in the 2nd mic if I want to stream with my partner of record a podcast with another persons sitting next to me- have the headphones AND the external speakers to be connected all the time, simultaneously-- have an option to adjust the volume for the headphones and speakers independently- have a power on/off button and have it on the front- low power consumption so that I could power it from the laptop or a tablet (if needed)This little does all of that. It's incredibly reliable as it can work for 10+ hours without overheating.The only beef I had were some occasional issues with the Windows Zoom app on both my laptops. During the calls, Zoom might sporadically switch to other audio devices and then back to the mixer. However, after long sessions of finding info on forums, I realized that it's not about the mixer per se; it's about some corner cases in the Zoom under-the-hood logic. They seem to fix that bug more or less, plus we got updated drivers for this mixer about every quarter, so things have been better with Zoom in the last half a year.Also, sometimes Win desktop Discord kinda misbehaves and doesn't work correctly with the mic. But I use discord very rarely for calls, so I don't care.I'm using this mixer on Win10, Win11, and with iPad Air 5th. In all cases, the USB data cable powered the mixer with no problem.Strongly recommend if you want a versatile and reliable solution for your audio. I'm sure this mixer is a better option than most of audio interfaces which are, basically, just external audio cards.

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Excelente para un "Karaoke" o para tocar música en vivo en un baresito, buenísimo para podcast o transmisiones en vivo, muy fácil de utilizar!!!

I haven't quite figured how to get the feedback out while trying to use garage band on loopback mode.Apart from that this is an excellent purchase. Well worth the money.

I bought this unit to use as an audio interface for an iPad (Air 2). I've been keeping an eye out for an ultra-compact mixer with USB connectivity ever since I sold a small, high quality 4-channel analog mixer that served me well for several years but lacked a USB port. I was a bit hesitant to purchase this unit since the marketing literature was somewhat ambiguous about compatibility with various iOS multitrack recording apps. The AG-series mixers are Class Compliant, so there should be no issues. I was delighted to confirm this when my unit arrived - I had no difficulty at all interfacing it to my iPad and tracking audio with my preferred DAW apps.The audio quality is amazing, and the unit is (mostly) quiet as a mouse. The only exception to this is when the amp simulation is engaged on the Channel 2 input and set to moderately high gain/distortion levels, when a low-level hiss is audible with or without a guitar plugged in. This background hiss seems to be an intrinsic aspect of the unit's amp model. The amp modeling that Yamaha have included in the AG mixers is very similar to the modeling in their THR-series mini combo amps. That is to say, it's stunningly realistic and extremely musical. After using the downloadable Windows driver and editing software to dial back the heavily distorted tone of the factory preset, I was able to get a great bluesy tone that responds to picking dynamics in a way that is uncannily, eerily similar to an actual tube amp. Monitoring the tone with headphones, it's easy to close your eyes and imagine you're plugged in to an all-tube amplifier that's been mic'd. (It's also worth noting that clean settings on the Amp Sim are mostly free of any background hiss.) To test just how closely the model matches a real tube amp, I recorded the same snippet of lead guitar in three ways: 1) using the AG06's built-in amp simulation; 2) setting an SM57 mic in front of my [world's most famous British brand] Class A/B tube amp; and C) recording the headphone out signal from my Yamaha THR10 mini amp. Listening back to the three takes, I think I'd be hard-pressed to identify which one was done with the real tube amp vs. either of the simulations had I not made the recordings myself. I'm guessing that Yamaha drew on the same algorithms for the AG06's Amp Sim as those used in their THR amps. The Amp Sim circuit is post-fader in the signal path, and with suitable adjustment to the gain in the Amp Sim settings (again, via the Windows editing software) it's possible to set things up so that the guitar's tone transitions from a just-barely-crunchy to heavily-saturated-distortion just by adjusting your guitar's volume knob (or the channel fader if you prefer). There's plenty of gain, even for my single coil pickups, with the ability to set headphone volume and USB audio output levels as high as could ever reasonably be required.The mic-specific Channel 1 also has plenty of extremely clean gain available, and the one-button (and editable) Comp/EQ and effects circuits will cover an extremely wide variety of recording situations, from vocals to acoustic instruments and anything in between.The unit seems solidly built, with high quality sockets and pots that have a good tactile feel and snug connections to inserted jacks. The single peak LED on each of the two mono input channels, along with the Stereo Out's two-level Sig/Peak LED indicators, have just the right amount of sensitivity to help dial in optimized signal levels that are strong but not distorted. I really like that Yamaha included balanced inputs and outputs, rather than the unbalanced tip-sleeve connections found on many compact mixers in this price range. They've packed a very (and useful) feature set into a very compact unit (the AG06's footprint is smaller than an iPad and only 2.5" thick). Power consumption is a modest 500mA at 5V, so the 12,000 mAh mobile USB battery I'm using to power it should provide nearly 24 hours of continuous operation between charges. The 'Swiss Army Knife' metaphor gets overused these days, but the AG06 really deserves that description. There are so many possible uses for it in a music recording studio. The Loopback function is targeted at podcasters, but with the onboard amp simulator and high quality mic pre with +48V phantom power, it's an ideal compact mixer to pair with an iPad for a guitarist wanting a complete (and completely portable) multitrack recording rig.