ART MX821S Eight Channel Mic/Line Mixer with Stereo Outputs, MultiColored

This is an excellent 1U stereo mixer for your top-of-rack IEM (in ear monitor) mixing. I am using this mixer to combine my guitar, on-stage stereo microphone, and FOH mix into a stereo mix for my wireless IEMs. Low-noise, plenty of headroom, easy to configure, and operate. I just works!

I use it with my four piece acoustic band playing thru a Yamaha Stage Pass 600. With four vocalists, and four acoustic instruments with internal pickups using direct boxes to the PA, we simply had too many inputs for the Stage Pass mixer. This allows us to use the PA we have, and for a very small sum, easily plug everything in with XLR cables. It sounds great, does exactly what we need, and makes setup a snap. A real problem solver.

I got this mixer for my wireless rack because I occasionally do private meetings where I am tapping into the house sound system with a few mics, but don't need anything fancy. This works great! I have everything pre-wired and just have to feed their amplifier - easy in - easy out setup.

Just connecting this mixer to my power amp (with nothing connected into the mixer inputs) generates an audible hum. If I connect my guitar synthesizer or my guitar processor directly to the power amp, there is no hum from either. I was hoping use this mixer to be able to run them both simultaneously thru the power amp but the hum that the mixer generates is unacceptable.

I installed 2 in a church as part of an update to their system because of the flexibility. I was looking for a mixer that allowed using multipleixers without running the output of one mixer into an input on another mixer. It has been many years since I have installed a small, rack mount mixer. I was pleased to find there are some that can connect to the mix bus. I chose this brand for the reported quality and was pleased with the physical and audio quality. I thought that it also fit nicely into an existing system with a minimum of fuss. I was replacing an Edcor mixer that had been in use for 20 yrs. and I hadn't been able to find a suitable replacement with at least 10 inputs that would fit in a 1 or 2 rack spaces.

I'd buy this again in a minute!

I really like the ART equipment. Simple and gets the job done.

This thing buzzed and hummed like crazy! I had it plugged into a Furman (as well as the drum machine I had plugged into it) and tried everything to get it to quit making it's own noise. Nothing worked. I have owned other ART gear before so I bought this because of my good experience with their stuff. Either this is an anomaly or their line mixers are bad. I ended up returning it for a refund. Cheap line mixers are just that, cheap.