Alesis multimix 16 USB

[UnderDrive]

1. Tell us how much you paid for the unit. ---$599
2. How long have you had it? ---3 weeks
3. Rate it on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. ---5
4. Things you like about it
-16 ins balanced
-records up to 16 tracks at once
-can be used as a stand alone analog mixer or a recording interface
-flexible routing options
-USB


5. Things you don't like about it.
-noisy preamps
-knobs feel pretty cheap
-effects not editable

6. Anything else you wish to add--for example, compare it to other similar gear, tell us your tips, sites with free patches, problems, list your website that has info specific to this piece, etc.

The preamps are noisy - hiss can heard with trim gain settings from about 10 o'clock and up. Using my outboard preamp and bypassing the gain stage on the Alesis howver provides clean noiseless results. I was heading down the 'getting more outboard preamps' road anyway....

The on board effects have no editable parameters so it is just 100 or so presets you can select from - the reverbs are impressive with full and lush
stereo sounds - the Chorus's are fat and wide - the delays are not very usable in my opinion - they are at the wrong MS setting or have funky left, Right right, - weird ping pongs.

With a couple more decent outboard preamps - I'll be able to keep this in my studio.
Is it worth the $799 retail price? NO-WAY!!
It should be more in the $299 - $499 range IMO

[Tweak]

Thanks for the review!