I play with a guitar player and we'd like to run my Tyros and his guitar through a mixer to my twin Behrenger KX1200s. For small venues we figure this would be enough, at least to start.

Would we need a powered mixer or would that just overload the amps? I want one with some FX, which many come with today.

Hi. I would stay with the same brand, Behringer. The UB series are very quiet mixers, nearly as good as the Mackies and at a small fraction of the cost. The ratio quality/price is unbeatable. You may choose the model according to the number of channels you need, they all use the same channel strips (UB502, UB802, UB1002, etc...). Behringer also produces mixers with basic effects for 'a couple of bucks' more. Alesis has also small mixers of similar quality and in the same price range (some with effects built-in as well).

-- José.

I agree with Jose. The Behringer UB1002FX sells for $79.95 and has 99 24bit digital effects. What an amazing bang for the buck. Several years ago, Mackie was so popular because their products were all made in the USA, but today, all Mackie and Behringer products are made in China and as Jose states, you can't beat them for the price. I sell tons of Behringer mixers.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

http://www.behringer.com/UB1002FX/index.cfm?lang=SPN

Funny this looks close to my Alesis mixer

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ALEMM6FX



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The ideal way to do this is to line out of the power amp for the guitar and to plug the Tyros directly into a channel. In this case you're going to need a powered mixer, or separate mixer and power amp. There are a lot of small powered mixers. I use a 6 channel 200 watt Carvin with onboard effects, but hear good things about Beringer. You can't just plug your Tyros into a non-powered mixer and then into your speakers, unless they are powered speakers.
Expect to pay between $200.00 and $400.00 up for the equipment you need. Gary can also help you if you're interested in the Z-5500 or similar unit. You'll need a simple non-powered mixer (at least two channels for instruments-more for vocals) in that case. While some of us (me included) don't like this approach, that may be the least expensive way to go.

Hope this helps.


Russ

I've been using my same setup for 2 years now... Keyboard (psr2000) into the behringer UB1204FX, using 2 channels a right and a left and pan them on the mixer... Got a mic on another channel, Then mixer into the sound card with a right and left hook up...I have 3 more channels to use... Had my buddy next door hook his Guitar in as well Works great! ...
DJ

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i have a mackie ( 16 chann )

Thanks for the advice. After further research I'm leaning toward spending a bit more and getting a Behringer UB1222FX-PRO. It's under $180 and will cover future expansion. I want to feed my Tyros and new Nord Electro 2 through the mixer to my twin Behringer KX1200s. The guitar player has a Fender Cyber head amp that has L and R XLR line outs (that I think are not amped), so I'm hoping he can use them to send the FX signal his amp creates to the mixer.

I don't know if this will work well, but it looks like it will be fun to experiment.

I had thought of getting a powered mixer, but have read of problems with them, specifically Behringer. It seems smarter to let the mixer just do its thing and send the signal to powered amps.

Now to get decent XLR female to TRS male cords . . . .

juneau,

I recommend you a Yamaha mixer (MG series). They are affordable for their quality, and you really can't compare a Yamaha to a Behringer. I've already had some problems with Behringer equipment. Now I avoid it at all cost.

Luis Santos

I have a 1222FX Pro and have been very happy with it. I also have a 1202FX Pro. Both have been excellent with no problems.
DonM

In my store I sell both the MG series of Yamaha and the Behringer UB mixers. I sell about 30 to 1 Behringer models because there are so many more models and because the prices are much lower than comparable Yamaha MG models and I can state that I have no more repair problems with the Behringer models. Both brands are made in China.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

I have three Behringer mixers (UB502, UB802, UB2222FX) and all of them work flawlessly. I'm convinced that they aren't of inferior quality to Yamaha's, for example. I had another one in the past, the UB1204FX (one I bought from www.musik-service.de with whom I had a bad purchase experience). When I took the mixer out of the box, I noticed that it had a little problem in the power supply (in the switch). A problem of quality control, for sure. If it had been purchased in Portugal I think it would been changed for a new unit, but the people at www.musik-service.de simply ignored all my e-mails... I easily solved the problem locally with an additional 20 euros, but decided it would be the last time that I would purchase something from www.musik-service.de.

Mackie, Behringer, Yamaha, they are all made in China, these days.

-- José.

Maby I'm not understanding this application. Will you be running the Tyros directly into a non powered mixer and then to your speakers? I wouldn't think that the Tyros would have enough power to drive the speakers without an external power source. I would think that you may have an impedance problem if you come from an external speaker jack on the guitar amp, throught the mixer and then to the speakers. If you come out of the line out of the guitar amp, you would also need an external power source.


Russ